This iconic artist took a cover and launched it into the stratosphere.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Liesl Tommy’s Aretha Franklin biopic “Respect” opens, Aretha is still just a kid, hoping to please her dad (the formidable ...

Fans of Aretha Franklin who didn’t get a chance to see the new star-studded biopic in movie theaters can now watch it at home. On Friday, the 145-minute PG-13 drama launched on video-on-demand ...

Respect, in theaters August 13, is Hollywood’s latest musical biopic, telling Franklin’s story from her childhood to her 1972 album Amazing Grace. Franklin herself was involved in the project before ...

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Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson expertly embodies many aspects of the young Aretha Franklin in “Respect,” but she drew the line when it came to smoking cigarettes in director’s Liesl Tommy’s ...

For Tracey Scott Wilson, Aretha Franklin was the “soundtrack of my childhood.” Now, Tracey has penned the ultimate tribute to the Queen of Soul serving as the screenwriter for the singer’s biopic ...

Aretha Franklin was the Queen of Soul, but she was also the matriarch of her sizable family, including her four sons: Clarence Franklin, Edward Franklin, Teddy Richards and Kecalf Franklin. The ...

Jennifer Hudson is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning actress, but that doesn’t mean she wasn’t apprehensive about playing the Queen of Soul. “I’m realizing that like, ‘Whoa, it’s like walking ...

Many cover songs are far more popular than the original recordings. Aretha Franklin's version of a song by Otis Redding also became her most iconic.