While she achieved fame at 12 years old as the first ventriloquist to win AGT, Lynne's career has evolved to reflect her many talents, notably her dynamite singing voice. Whether singing a spot-on ...

The Queen of Soul's timeless anthem continues to define generations and top music rankings.

Officially, “Respect” is a relationship song. That’s how Otis Redding wrote it. But love wasn’t what Aretha Franklin was interested in. The opening line is “What you want, baby, I got it.” But her ...

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Aretha Franklin will forever be remembered as the legendary Queen of Soul, but her six decade career (during which she won 18 Grammy awards and was the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and ...