Aretha Franklin is undoubtedly the Queen of Soul, a living legend, a true vocal talent. So it only made sense that she was asked her opinion of the current crop of pop girls during her interview with the Wall Street Journal. Her answers for some (Adele, Whitney Houston, Alicia Keys) were positive, fair judgments. Her reaction to others, however -- not so kind.
Aretha Franklin has a new album called "Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Hits" (dropping Oct. 21), featuring covers of songs by Etta James, Barbra Streisand, Chaka Khan and Alicia Keys, but the real standout is her remake of Adele's "Rolling in the Deep", and for that, she keeps our eternal R-E-S-P-E-C-T...
Aretha Franklin will be performing at Whitney Houston‘s invite-only funeral service on Feb. 18, Entertainment Tonight is reporting. Record label executive Clive Davis, who helped guide the careers of both singers as the president of Arista Records for a quarter-century, personally requested to have Franklin perform, and the Queen of Soul found it impossible to turn down the invitation.
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