When the holidays draw near, the first songs Aretha Franklin starts playing from her yuletide collection are "This Christmas" and "Christmas Just Ain't Christmas (Without the One You Love)." "Those ...

NEW YORK (Billboard) - As Aretha Franklin celebrates her 68th birthday this month, she shows no sign of slowing down. She plans to sing arias this summer in three charity concerts with former ...

The Band's Robbie Robertson, who died Wednesday in Los Angeles at age 80, had plenty of career highlights to his name. But one of his most cherished moments came in spring 1969, when he learned that ...

The biggest name at this weekend’s Essence Music Festival was a big one: Aretha Franklin. The Queen of Soul performed on the closing night of the four-day event and received the first ever “Power ...