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Aretha Franklin’s funeral scheduled for August 31 in Detroit

Jamie McCarthy/Getty ImagesThe funeral for The Queen of Soul will be held in her hometown of Detroit on August 31. Aretha Franklin’s publicist announced Friday that the music legend's homegoing service, which is limited to friends and family, wil...

By Music News Group|August 17th, 2018|Adult Contemporary, Classic Hits, Lite AC, Oldies, Urban, Urban AC|Comments Off|

Chain of sales: Aretha Franklin music downloads soar following her death

Taylor Hill/Getty ImagesSales of Aretha Franklin's back catalog have spiked nearly 1600% following her death Thursday at age 76, Billboard reports. On Thursday alone, sales of Franklin's albums and digital song downloads rose ...

By Andrea Dresdale|August 17th, 2018|Adult Contemporary, Classic Hits, Lite AC, Oldies, Urban, Urban AC|Comments Off|

“A great person, great cook, great woman:” Aretha Franklin’s childhood friend Smokey Robinson remembers the Queen of Soul

ABC NewsIn his first interview since the death of his childhood friend, Aretha Franklin, Motown legend Smokey Robinson recalled on ABC's Good Morning America Friday the first time they met in Detroit. "I hear a piano being played and I hear this lit...

By Andrea Dresdale|August 17th, 2018|Adult Contemporary, Classic Hits, Lite AC, Oldies, Urban, Urban AC|Comments Off|

Aretha Franklin’s nephew remembers the Queen of Soul as “auntie”

Taylor Hill/Getty ImagesWhile Aretha Franklin was known to the world as the Queen of Soul, her family knew her as a loving, family-oriented matriarch. After her passing Thursday from advanced pancreatic cancer, Franklin's nephew, Vaughn Franklin, sp...