Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1967, legendary musician Aretha Franklin released her first No. 1 hit — "Respect." The song is widely considered one of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In addition to being a maternal figure to Hudson, the Memphis-born icon has long been the Queen of Soul to music lovers around the ...

Few artists have cemented their status among the pantheon of legendary musical artists like Aretha Franklin did. The Queen of Soul has been crowned the greatest singer of all time by Rolling Stone, ...

They came from two very different worlds. The couple that wrote one of Aretha Franklin’s greatest songs never met the singer who would turn the composition into a classic. Carol Joel Klein—later to ...

In 1967, legendary musician Aretha Franklin released her first No. 1 hit — "Respect." The song is widely considered one of the greatest hits of all time, and established Franklin's legacy as the ...