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Aretha Franklin Aretha Franklin was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist universally known as "The Queen of Soul," whose commanding voice and gospel-rooted delivery transformed American popular music across seven decades. She recorded 18 number-one R&B singles, received 18 Grammy Awards, and was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. Her recording of "Respect" (1967) became an anthem of the civil rights and feminist movements.
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Aretha Louise Franklin was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Honored as the "Queen of Soul", she was twice named by Rolling Stone magazine as the greatest singer of all time.
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This profile section is complemented from Wikipedia for Aretha Franklin. American singer (1942–2018)
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Primary source page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretha_Franklin
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Birth of Aretha Franklin.
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