Aretha Franklin gravitated toward soulful dishes that were deeply rooted in Southern tradition, with one old-school classic standing out as her favorite.

In 1967, at the Regal Theater in Chicago, Aretha Franklin was coronated. Before a concert there, local DJ Pervis Spann placed a crown on her head and named her Queen of Soul, as her version of Otis ...

Aretha Franklin, whose gospel-rooted singing and bluesy yet expansive delivery earned her the title “the Queen of Soul,” died this morning in her Detroit, Michigan, home. She was 76. We’re wrapping up ...

Aretha Franklin died of pancreatic cancer on Thursday at age 76, leaving behind a legacy including iconic music and civil rights activism — and a reported fortune in the millions. The Queen of Soul ...

Aretha Franklin’s casket was escorted out of Detroit’s Greater Grace Temple after a nearly eight-hour funeral service filled with performances by superstar singers and remarks by friends and former ...

A week and a half ago, the Queen of Soul reignited one of music’s oldest feuds. Speaking about her longtime rival Dionne Warwick in an interview with the Associated Press, Aretha Franklin said, “She ...

A look back at the 1998 performance of ‘Natural Woman,’ when Franklin’s barn-burning vocals destroyed Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, and a stage of divas, cementing her GOAT status. Editor-at-Large, ...

Three decades after Michael premiered, the iconic dance hall where John Travolta filmed one of the movie's best-known scenes ...

Notes from Franklin's celebrity admirers and collaborators have poured in since news of her failing health became public earlier this week Celebrities are paying tribute to the Queen of Soul. Aretha ...

There's no question that Aretha Franklin is our Aries Angel. The Queen of Soul—who performed at the first ESSENCE Festival in 1995—began her career in the church. She later bellowed into the music ...

Queen of soul whose voice could scald or soothe, and whose talent drew on both sacred and secular traditions On a crisp, sparkling day in January 2009, Aretha Franklin stood on the steps of the ...

Aretha Franklin, whose gospel-rooted singing and bluesy yet expansive delivery earned her the title “the Queen of Soul,” died this morning in her Detroit, Michigan, home. She was 76. We’re wrapping up ...