Prior to President Barack Obama’s swearing in, Aretha Franklin belted out My Country, ‘Tis of Thee.
While the song was lovely, all eyes were on her bedazzled hat.
But since it’s such a historic day, we pardon Miss Thing’s fashion blunder.
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Aretha Franklin tops Rolling Stone’s list of the 100 greatest singers of the rock era in the magazine’s special issue, out Friday, with four separate covers: Franklin, Elvis Presley (No. 3), John Lennon (No. 5) and Bob Dylan (No. 7).
The list was compiled from a poll of producers, Rolling Stone editors and musicians.
Others [...]
Remember way back when Aretha Franklin branded it “a cheap shot for controversy” when Beyonce introduced fellow performer Tina Turner as “the queen” during the Grammy Awards?
Now Tina is responding to Aretha’s flippage of the lip in a new interivew with USA Today. Says Tina: “She’s the queen of soul, and I’m the queen [...]
PETA – aka the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals — just came out with their 2008 Worst Dressed List, putting legendary soulstress Aretha Franklin at #1.
Say the animal rights militants: “When you waddled into the Grammys in yet another vulgar fur, you looked as if you were going to perform I Am the [...]
