Jennifer Hudson performed Aretha Franklin’s “Respect” recently. As a musical tribute to comedienne Tina Fey, who was receiving the 13th Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in Washington, D.C., Hudson brought the house down! Dressed in a form-fitting black dress, Hudson introed with James Brown’s “It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World” before covering the […]

DETROIT (AP) — Aretha Franklin is canceling all concert dates and personal appearances through May on the orders of her doctors, the singer’s spokeswoman said Thursday. The news came two days after the announcement that Franklin had been released over the weekend from a Detroit hospital following a brief stay. Publicist Tracey Jordan said Tuesday […]

The Queen Of Soul, Aretha Franklin is under strict doctors orders to cancel all upcoming concert dates and personal appearances until next year after spending a week in a Detroit hospital. The Grammy Award-winning icon was recently admitted to the hospital at the recommendation of her doctors and was released from Detroit’s Sinai Grace Hospital […]

Aretha Franklin's son was severely beaten at a gas station in Detroit, the singing legend's spokeswoman said Tuesday (September 21).

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soul (Middle English, from Old English sawol) – 1. the animating and vital principle in human beings, credited with the faculties of thought, actions and emotion and often conceived as an immaterial entity. 2. a sense of ethnic pride among African-Americans, expressed in areas such as language, social customs, religion and music.