WHAT'S ALL this jazz. about soul? Well, Lady Soul has the nitty-gritty answer. For, there is no denying that gospel gut-singing moved uptown with Aretha Franklin and her penetrating wail of truth.

On January 22, 1968, Aretha Franklin released “Lady Soul.” Credit: Photo courtesy of All Music. Aretha Franklin has long been considered the “Queen of Soul” and her Detroit upbringing has always kept ...

— Aretha Franklin, the undisputed “Queen of Soul” who sang with matchless style on such classics as “Think,” ”I Say a Little Prayer” and her signature song, “Respect,” and stood as a cultural icon ...

Aretha Franklin, the former gospel singer who went on to reign over the music industry as the Queen of Soul with hit songs such as "Respect," "Chain of Fools" and " (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural ...

The Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra’s (CJRO) brings national recording artist Tatiana LadyMay Mayfield to the Arvada Center for an evening of music from the queen of soul herself, Aretha Franklin!

Lady Soul, released back in ‘68, was Aretha Franklin’s second R&B chart-topping album. It’s not hard to see why the masses took to the record when looking down the track-listing, but it would be a ...

No one pummels a lyric quite like Aretha Franklin. (Save the outrage, Lady Soul fans; that's a compliment.) Even at 65, with her spotlighted space in the popular music pantheon locked down, the ...

Aretha Franklin, universally acclaimed as the “Queen of Soul” and one of America’s greatest singers in any style, died Thursday at her home in Detroit. She was 76. The cause was advanced pancreatic ...

Aretha Franklin, who died Thursday at 76, was a once-in-a-generation singer. She was the Queen of Soul, but she also ventured into — and mastered — virtually every style of music, from jazz and ...

DETROIT — Aretha Franklin, the undisputed “Queen of Soul” who sang with matchless style on such classics as “Think,” ”I Say a Little Prayer” and her signature song, “Respect,” and stood as a cultural ...