"Respect is not ... which focuses on Franklin's childhood. In these early scenes, we see the young Aretha, who everyone calls Ree, regularly encouraged to sing by her family - particularly her ...

Respect stars Jennifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin and Forest Whitaker as her ... The Oscar-winner's powerful singing is no surprise to anyone paying a modicum of attention to pop culture - or ...

New Book Aretha Franklin's Youngest Son Criticizes Upcoming Biopic 'Respect' Starring Jennifer Hudson Watch Jennifer Hudson Sing 'Respect' and Stun as Aretha Franklin in First Footage from New ...

The “Respect” singer explained her attitude ... compliment by partially covering “Survivor” on her album Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics. The track “I Will Survive (The ...

To Jennifer Hudson, Aretha Franklin became much more than a music legend when the talk show host was preparing to play her ...

My dad asked me to sing that day. I didn’t want to sing ... by where my music is concerned is great. When we recorded “Respect” and “Natural Woman” in the studio, everyone—the ...

The definitive female soul singer of the '60s, a symbol of black pride, and one of the most influential voices in the history of popular music, Aretha Franklin brought "black" music to an entirely ...

“What you want,” she assured us, “baby, I got it.” Even when she was singing about earthly love, Franklin maintained a strong connection to the church music with which she grew u ...

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 ...