“Aretha’s sound was all her own. But in the very early stages of her career, when she was doing the standards, she was not able to find her voice.” That’s Jennifer Hudson, star of the Aretha Franklin ...

They had just a little bit of time to set up lights and cameras in the New York hotel room before Aretha Franklin got there. When Franklin arrived, the Queen of Soul was hungry, recalls Anthony Arendt ...

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*Jennifer Hudson sat down with “CBS Sunday Morning” and took a trip to Muscle Shoals, Alabama to absorb for the first time the studio where “I’ve Never Loved a Man (The Way That I Love You)” was ...

After Aretha Franklin signed with Atlantic Records in 1967, producer Jerry Wexler brought her to record in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Known for its local recording studios, including FAME and Muscle ...

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will honor Muscle Shoals, Alabama, with a new exhibition. The exhibit, "Muscle Shoals: Low Rhythm Rising," will run for nearly three years starting November ...

Aretha Franklin and Paul Simon. Otis Redding and Hank Williams Jr. Duane Allman and Wilson Pickett. These artists that might not seem to have anything in common have one major thing in common: their ...