Aretha Franklin was an American singer and songwriter ... father's congregation as a young girl and released her first album, Songs of Faith, in 1956. She originally signed with Columbia Records ...

When Aretha Franklin died, the clip that was shared ... Encouraged by her father, Aretha made her first recording, the album Songs of Faith, when she was just 14, by which time she had already ...

To Jennifer Hudson, Aretha Franklin ... Gonna Break My Faith," on which she's joined by Mary J. Blige and The Boys Choir of ...

Franklin, who punctuates her short answers with a steady "mmmm hmmm," embraced contemporary music on her most recent album, 2014's Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics. On it, she covers ...

Aretha Franklin grew up in 1950s Detroit, surrounded from childhood by the now-famous faces of the civil rights movement. Her songs would become their anthems. Her Baptist minister father was the ...

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 ...