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Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and pianist.
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Aretha Franklin has a lot more than her 70th birthday to celebrate: She's reuniting with one of her musical mentors, Clive Davis , for a new album.
In an interview at her swanky birthday party on Saturday, Franklin said she and Davis, who helped engineer her comeback in the 1980s, would be working on new music."I have re-signed with Clive Davis, so I'm recording with Clive again," said Franklin of the music mogul, who is associated with Sony Music Entertainment.Franklin said that after Davis' birthday next month, "we're going to sit together and decide what it is we're going to record."Davis sat next to Franklin for most of the night at the soiree at the Helmsley Park Lane Hotel, which included a sit-down dinner, a dance performance and a mini-concert that featured rising jazz pianist Kris Bowers.Other guests included Diane Sawyer , Rev. Al Sharpton , and Willie Wilkerson, Franklin's longtime companion and briefly this year her fiancDe.Wilkerson stood by Franklin's side as she cut her t...
Musical legends unite for world tour
The Queen of Soul is performing in a hospital boot after stumbling over a designer shoe and fracturing a toe on her left foot.Spokeswoman Tracey Jordan told The Asso...
Aretha Franklin says the ailment that lead to her recent surgery has been resolved.In an interview with Jet magazine , the Grammy winning Queen of Soul says she firs...
URGENT: Legendary soul singer Aretha Franklin has been diagnosed with cancer, MyFoxDetroit.com confirmed Wednesday.Sources close to Franklin, 68, tell reporter Al Al...
'Queen of Soul' fighting incurable pancreatic cancer
Aretha Franklin will sing, Pastor Rick Warren will pray and Yo-Yo Ma will play the cello during President-elect Barack Obama's Inauguration.Congressional leaders on ...
DETROIT - The calls began to flood Luke Song's hat shop not long after Aretha Franklin finished belting out "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" at President Barack Obama's in...
Court: Detroit-area pastor can't testify about teen's confession in sexual assault caseDETROIT (AP) — The Michigan appeals court says prosecutors can't use a pastor'...
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Induction of the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin , and the late King of Pop, Michael Jackson, into the Apollo Hall of Fame
Former U.S. Secretary of State shares the stage with Aretha Franklin to perform for charity
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum opened its new library and archives to the public on Tuesday to give scholars and fans access to the stories behind the mus...
Aretha Franklin won't be getting fitted for a wedding gown after all: She's called off her engagement.In a statement released Monday, her representative said her wed...
Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin got engaged over the holidays to her longtime friend William 'Willie' Wilkerson."We're looking at June or July for our date and no, I'm...
Aretha Franklin will perform at a free concert in New York City's Coney Island.The Daily News reports that the Queen of Soul will appear at the Brooklyn seaside venu...
Aretha Franklin commanded R.E.S.P.E.C.T. during a restaurant meal in Manhattan, avoiding a parking ticket and leaving the eatery's owners smitten, the New York Post ...
Aretha Franklin says she's lost 85 pounds as part of an ongoing effort to drop weight.The legendary singer said in a taped interview that aired Wednesday on "The Wen...
Aretha Franklin is canceling all concert dates and personal appearances through May.A spokeswoman for the legendary singer told The Associated Press on Thursday that...
In an appearance on the Wendy Williams show Wednesday, music legend Aretha Franklin revealed that she has shed a remarkable 85 pounds after deciding that she was “en...
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