R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul

Aretha Franklin was born to sing. The daughter of a pastor and a gospel singer, her musical talent was clear from her earliest days in her father’s Detroit church where her soaring voice spanned more …

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