Aretha Franklin

Jennifer Hudson paid tribute to music icon Aretha Franklin at the Pulitzer Prize ceremony on Tuesday.

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Stop Take A Minute and watch the new The Soul Movers video

The Soul Movers have channelled The Blues Brothers and the Aretha Franklin scene for the video for their new song ‘Stop, Take A Minute’.

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National Geographic to tell Aretha Franklin story

Aretha Franklin will be the subject of the upcoming third season of National Geographic’s scripted anthology series Genius.

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IRS is chasing $3m from Aretha Franklin Estate

The Estate of the late Aretha Franklin owes more than $3 million to the IRS and the IRS isn’t going to let it go.

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Kelly Clarkson and Celine Dion to perform at Aretha Franklin tribute concert

Kelly Clarkson, Celine Dion, and John Legend will gather to pay tribute to Aretha Franklin at a concert in January.

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47-Year Old Aretha Franklin Movie To Be Released

A concert movie Aretha Franklin spent years keeping off the big screen is to be released three months after her death.

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Family Of Aretha Franklin Calls Pastors Eulogy Distasteful

Aretha Franklin’s family have blasted the eulogy delivered by Rev. Jasper Williams Jr. at the singer’s funeral on Friday, calling it “distasteful”.

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Ahmet Ertegun Portrayed As Abusive Sex Fiend In New Book

Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegun is exposed as an abusive, sexual harasser in a new book by his former secretary Dorothy Carvello.

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Bishop Apologizes For Touching Ariana Grande At Aretha Franklin Service

Bishop Charles H Ellis III has apologized to Ariana Grande after being called out for inappropriate behaviour at the service for Aretha Franklin.

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Aretha Franklin Viewing Undergoes Costume Change

Aretha Franklin’s loved ones are keeping the late Queen of Soul looking fresh and fashionable for her public celebration of life by giving her a daily wardrobe change.

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Aretha Franklin Dominates Australian Chart

Aretha Franklin is all over the Australian charts this week with more than a dozen albums in the chart and songs populating on the singles and streaming charts.

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Stevie Wonder To Sing At Aretha Franklin Funeral

Stevie Wonder will perform at the Aretha Franklin funeral in Detroit on 31 August.

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Aretha Franklin Sends A Rainbow At Detroit Tigers Tribute

Aretha Franklin, The Queen of Soul (and maybe now the Queen of Souls) sent a very positive message to fans at a Detroit Tigers match on Tuesday.

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Aretha Franklin Life To Be Celebrated Over Two Days In Detroit

Fans have been invited to pay their final respects to Aretha Franklin at a two-day public viewing in her hometown of Detroit, Michigan later this month (Aug18).

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Stevie Wonder Says We Should Celebrate Aretha Franklin And Continue Her Legacy

Stevie Wonder has given a heartfelt interview to ‘CBS This Morning’ saying that we need to celebrate the life of Aretha Franklin and continue her legacy through her music.

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Aretha Franklin Funeral Set For Detroit 31 August

Aretha Franklin will be laid to rest on 31 August 2018 in her hometown of Detroit.

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Respect – Aretha Franklin Has Every Song In US Top 5

Aretha Franklin’s music has taken over the U.S. and Australian charts with the Queen of Soul owning the Top 5 positions in the iTunes singles chart today in America and 21 songs in the Top 100.

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Barbra Streisand and Paul McCartney Honor Aretha Franklin

Barbra Streisand, Sir Paul McCartney, and Hugh Jackman are leading the tributes to Aretha Franklin following the news of her death.

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Tributes Flow For Aretha Franklin

Sir Elton John, Clive Davis, and Quincy Jones have shared their heartache over the loss of Aretha Franklin as the tributes to the Queen of Soul continue to pour in.

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Aretha Franklin R.I.P. 1942-2018

The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, has lost her eight-year battle with cancer at the age of 76.

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Stevie Wonder Has Visited Ailing Aretha Franklin

Stevie Wonder has paid a visit to his longtime friend Aretha Franklin at her home in Detroit, Michigan as she battles ill health.

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Missy Elliott Leads Tributes To Aretha Franklin

Missy Elliott and Ciara are leading the tributes to Aretha Franklin following heartbreaking news the Queen of Soul is “gravely ill”.

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Aretha Franklin Fans On Standby Over Health Of Singer

Fans of Aretha Franklin are standing by for an update of the singer’s health after entertainment site Showbiz 411 reported the soul legend “gravely ill”.

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Aretha Franklin Cancels Two More Shows On Doctor’s Orders

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Once again, Aretha Franklin has cancelled scheduled performances due to orders from her doctor.

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Aretha Franklin Killed Off In Fake News Tweet

Aretha Franklin’s loved ones have urged fans to ignore false reports of the soul legend’s death.

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New Music Releases November 10 2017

by Gavin Ryan

Major new titles coming this week from: Evanescence, Walk the Moon, The Corrs, Aretha Franklin, Kerser, Taylor Swift, Elton John, Seal, Pnau and Cold Chisel (Live).

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Aretha Franklin To Be Given An Orchestrated Make-Over

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

First, it was two albums by Elvis Presley. Then, the family of Roy Orbison took a turn. Now, Aretha Franklin is following suit with new reimaginings of her Atlantic recordings with new arrangements by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Aretha Franklin and Dionne Warwick Feud Escalates

Aretha Franklin has accused fellow music icon Dionne Warwick of libel relating to remarks made at Whitney Houston’s funeral in 2012.

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Aretha Franklin Honoured In All-Star New York Show

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Michael Dorf, owner of City Winery in New York, held his annual salute concert at Carnegie Hall on Monday night with this year’s show surrounding the music of Aretha Franklin.

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