There isn’t a single song Aretha Franklin ... t disappoint with her cover of John’s “Border Song.” Featured on her gospel-tinged album, Young, Gifted and Black, Franklin meditates on ...

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Black women have long shaped the sound and soul of R&B music. Their voices—raw, emotional and unmatched—have given us ...

‘Genius’ is a word that gets banded about far too readily these days, but it only seems fitting when discussing the life and times of Aretha Franklin ... From their early covers of rock and roll stars ...

along with Hank Williams in 2010 and Aretha Franklin in 2019. In 2018, rapper Kendrick Lamar also won the Pulitzer for Music for his 2017 album Damn and was the first honoree that didn’t ...

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Her father, Charlie Gray, is a professional trumpeter who has performed with Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald and Tony ... “That’s how my family started,” Gray says. The album’s striking cover photo ...

When it comes to the early days of rock ‘n’ roll ... woman ever inducted into The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (after Aretha Franklin), LaVern Baker is the golden voice behind classic hits ...