Aretha Franklin

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August 4, 2011
NEW YORK - Aretha Franklin will perform at a free concert in New York City's Coney Island...
August 4, 2011
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Gene McDaniels, who recorded the 1961 hit "A Hundred Pounds of Clay" and later wrote Roberta…
August 3, 2011
DETROIT (AP) - Norman West of Lansing filed the suit July 15 against the Queen of Soul's publishing company in…
July 22, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Welcome to the weekly wrap up. We've got all the black entertainment news from the week that…
July 16, 2011
DETROIT (AP) - A longtime songwriting partner of Aretha Franklin has sued her publish company, claiming it did not sign…
June 21, 2011
Currently touring in support of her new album "A Woman Falling Out of Love," Aretha Franklin recently paid a visit…
May 25, 2011
CHICAGO (AP) - Oprah Winfrey's talk show ends Wednesday with an episode featuring only the talk show queen thanking her…
May 18, 2011
CHICAGO (AP) - "You always had the power, and that is the message you brought into our lives," Tom Cruise…
May 12, 2011
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Cornell Dupree Jr., a guitarist who played on R&B and jazz hits with artists including…
March 11, 2011
That's the story the Queen of Soul's sticking to as she once again shoots down rumors about her health, this…
March 2, 2011
DETROIT (AP) - The 68-year-old Franklin underwent surgery for an undisclosed ailment in December and didn't go into detail about…
February 23, 2011
It got Fantasia so mad that she skipped out on her own Grammy win, but, well, Aretha Franklin doesn't seem…
February 16, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Aretha Franklin says she's back at "150 percent" and plans her first post-surgery concert in May...
February 16, 2011
Fantasia called in to BET's 106 & Park on Monday and revealed to hosts Rocsi and Terrence how unhappy she…
February 13, 2011
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Dressed in white, a healthy looking Franklin -- who has yet to disclose what was ailing…
February 11, 2011
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) - The Queen of Soul came out to watch King James -- and Dwyane Wade, too...
January 18, 2011
OPINION - Aretha very clearly wants star power and glamour to drive her film, but casting the wrong actress in…
January 15, 2011
Aretha Franklin has been vocal about which leading lady she would like to portray her on the big screen, and…
January 14, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Franklin, 68, arrived at Columbia in 1960, at 18. There, she recorded jazz and pop standards,…
January 14, 2011
Aretha Franklin spent December living through a severe health crisis, surgeries and rumors of incurable diseases...