Franklin’s artistic breakthrough - and a landmark in American music as a whole. Recorded in part at Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, in the US state of Alabama, this was the album that introduced ...

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 ...

Ariana Grande has topped the UK album chart in a week that saw three Aretha Franklin albums re-enter the Top 40. Grande said she was "so grateful" to score her second UK number one album with ...

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 ...

Quincy Jones, who passed away Sunday, helped produce Michael Jackson’s albums “Off The Wall,” “Thriller,” and “Bad.” ...