Franklin’s artistic breakthrough - and a landmark in American music as a whole. Recorded in part at Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, in the US state of Alabama, this was the album that introduced ...

Stacker compiled the top 100 albums of the 1960s, according to Best Ever Albums, which ranks albums according to their ...

Apple Music has officially crowned one album as the best of all time ... and Bad Bunny to Aretha Franklin appeared on the ...

Franklin, who punctuates her short answers with a steady "mmmm hmmm," embraced contemporary music on her most recent album, 2014's Aretha Franklin ... $39.55-$107.35 (CAD) Best known today by ...

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 ...

It wasn't just her spine-tingling voice that made Franklin an icon, though. From her ties to the US civil rights movement to the surprising story behind her best-known hit, Respect - Aretha not ...

Aretha Franklin grew up in 1950s ... At 16 years of age, Franklin went on tour with him, just after recording her first album. She would sing at King's funeral a decade later.

Aretha Franklin was an American singer and songwriter known as "The Queen of Soul." Franklin began singing in her father's congregation as a young girl and released her first album, Songs of Faith ...

Tale of the Tape: Lauryn Hill Vs. Best R&B Album Grammy Nominees This is not a competition, but albums by Erykah Badu, Brandy, Aretha Franklin and Maxwell were also great and deserve recognition.