Countless Aretha Franklin songs topped the charts throughout ... soulful tour de force from the young singer who titled the ...

Aretha Franklin was an American singer and songwriter known as "The Queen of Soul." Franklin began singing in her father's congregation as a young girl and released her first album, Songs of Faith ...

Aretha Franklin grew up in 1950s Detroit ... At 16 years of age, Franklin went on tour with him, just after recording her first album. She would sing at King's funeral a decade later.

Aretha Franklin brought "black" music to an entirely new audience. Aretha grew up in Detroit where her father was pastor at the New Bethel Baptist Church. She recorded her first album of gospel ...