The late, great Aretha Franklin delivered world-class soul ballads ... At other times, we were laughing at the gap between her intended objective and the final outcome — like in the 2010s ...

Aretha Franklin was about a month shy of her ... she was already very much driving her own car. Laughing on the Outside, released in 1963, opens with a spectacular reading of the Hoagy Carmichael ...

Jennifer Hudson plays Aretha Franklin in a movie that follows many of the usual biographical beats but finds its own groove. By Manohla Dargis When you purchase a ticket for an independently ...

Aretha Franklin’s voice was a pure, painful, and unforgettable expression of American history and American feeling, the collective experience of black Americans and her own life. The Queen of ...

After initial reports that Aretha Franklin is seriously ill ... My brother was there on Saturday and she was alert, talking, laughing, joking,” Tim shared. “She’s watching TV, so god ...

The crowds filed past Franklin’s open casket and were directed to not linger. Outside, a big screen was set up at a gas station up the street so fans could watch the service there, too.

Detroit-reared Franklin started in late 1950s gospel ... Taken from her 1963 Laughing on the Outside album, Aretha’s cover of Tin Pan Alley scribes Johnny Mercer and Hoagy Carmichael’s 1941 ...

She turned around and started talking and laughing with us,” Lady Mary ... "was how touching the rehearsals were." Watch Aretha Franklin Perform 'Amazing Grace' Live in 1972 Because of its ...