Read more Aretha Franklin stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/10555/aretha-franklin.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:11:42 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/52886/obama-foreign-policy-takes-cue-from-aretha.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAretha Franklin gave a roaring performance at Barack Obama's inauguration in January—and maybe, writes Gideon Rachman, she's had a bit of influence on his foreign policy. "R-E-S-P-E-C-T" has been the guiding principle for the new administration's rhetoric and engagements with Iran, Iraq, Russia, and China. Neocons might see it...http://www.newser.com/story/52886/obama-foreign-policy-takes-cue-from-aretha.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Mar 2009 9:04:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/49102/activists-hit-fur-hag-arethas-star.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJanuary has not been kind to the queen of soul. First Aretha Franklin was mocked for her ginormous inauguration hat, and now her Walk of Fame star has been vandalized, Perez Hilton reports. Anti-fur activists scrawled “Fur Hag” across her star in Hollywood after doing the same thing to the...http://www.newser.com/story/49102/activists-hit-fur-hag-arethas-star.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Jan 2009 10:36:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48791/everyone-wants-arethas-hat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAretha Franklin’s inauguration hat has been mercilessly mocked by some, but lots of people want one of their very own. The Detroit millinery where Franklin has been a customer for 20 years has been flooded with calls for orders, the AP reports. But Aretha wannabes soon learn that the hand-molded...http://www.newser.com/story/48791/everyone-wants-arethas-hat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Jan 2009 8:31:58 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48405/aretha-world-will-be-dancing-in-the-streets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAretha Franklin is psyched to sing to the biggest audience of her life in Washington today, she tells the Times of London. When she thinks of Obama she thinks of "jubilation all over the world," the Queen of Soul says. "Dancing in Africa, dancing in London, dancing in Japan—people...http://www.newser.com/story/48405/aretha-world-will-be-dancing-in-the-streets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Jan 2009 8:38:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45612/aretha-rick-warren-on-tap-for-inauguration-day.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAretha Franklin will participate in Barack Obama’s inauguration next month, the New York Times reports, with the Queen of Soul hitting the stage after evangelical leader Rick Warren gives the invocation. Obama has also commissioned composer John Williams to write a new piece of music for the ceremony—to be...http://www.newser.com/story/45612/aretha-rick-warren-on-tap-for-inauguration-day.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 17 Dec 2008 15:47:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42547/greatest-singer-ever-aretha.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAretha Franklin isn't just the Queen of Soul, she's the greatest singer of all time, according to a new Rolling Stone poll of critics, musicians, and industry leaders. Her heavenly voice is "a gift from God," says Mary J. Blige. "Aretha has everything—the power, the technique," Bilge adds. "When...http://www.newser.com/story/42547/greatest-singer-ever-aretha.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 13 Nov 2008 10:18:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/39650/divas-renew-royal-rumble.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Aretha Franklin-Tina Turner feud has taken another dissonant turn, USA Today reports. Beyoncé referred to Turner as "the queen" at the Grammy Awards—yes, that was 8 months ago—and Turner stirred things up again last week, saying: "There were so many kings and queens there that night. Her...http://www.newser.com/story/39650/divas-renew-royal-rumble.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 10 Oct 2008 15:19:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35010/music-giant-jerry-wexler-dead-at-91.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJerry Wexler, a music industry giant who coined the term "rhythm and blues" and worked to bring black popular music into the mainstream, died today at age 91, the New York Times reports. Wexler, a producer at Atlantic Records in its heyday, worked with new artists such as Aretha Franklin,...http://www.newser.com/story/35010/music-giant-jerry-wexler-dead-at-91.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 15 Aug 2008 15:11:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/27017/duffy-latest-to-give-motown-a-uk-twist.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 23-year-old Welsh singer is the latest in a wave of pop artists—female, British ones—to channel 1960s Motown, the Wall Street Journal reports. Duffy, who storms the US this week with TV talk-show appearances and a performance at the Apollo tonight, is already a hit across Europe, her...http://www.newser.com/story/27017/duffy-latest-to-give-motown-a-uk-twist.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 May 2008 12:56:10 CDT