As the granddaughter of gospel icon Aretha Franklin, music runs in Grace Franklin's family. And in Sunday's season premiere of "American Idol," Grace, then 15, auditioned for the singing competition ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Dave Davies. Cissy Houston, the gospel singer and backup vocalist who guided her daughter Whitney Houston to stardom, died Monday at the age of 91. Cissy Houston began singing ...

*Hundreds of people attended a memorial service planned by Aretha Franklin for her late father and brother held at the Detroit church where they were ministers. The Detroit News reports the Sunday ...

Respect covers 20 years of Aretha’s (Jennifer Hudson)’s life and career. In Detroit in 1952, Ree (Skye Dakota Turner) lives with her father Clarence (Forest Whitaker). Clarence is a preacher for whom ...

Queen frontman Freddie Mercury loved Aretha Franklin so much that he wrote this 1976 classic with her in mind.