Aretha Franklin performs the Star-Spangled Banner on the National Mall during the 2003 NFL Kickoff Live concert in Washington, D.C., on September 4, 2003. (REUTERS/Molly Riley File Photo) Reuters  ...

*About a week or so ago we told you about the beef between Aretha Franklin and Dionne Warwick that seemed to come from out of nowhere. As we reported, Franklin told the Associated Press that Warwick ...

Aretha Franklin, who died Thursday, is remembered locally for two concerts at the Durham Performing Arts Center in recent years. But the Queen of Soul performed in Raleigh a half-century ago, and the ...

Aretha Franklin, universally acclaimed as the “Queen of Soul” and one of America’s greatest singers in any style, died Thursday at her home in Detroit. She was 76. The cause was advanced pancreatic ...

Had a four-octave vocal range. Was a self-taught pianist, who learned without knowing how to read music. Her father was shot by burglars in 1979 and remained in a coma until his death in 1984. Rev.