Aretha Franklin
Jamie McCarthy, Getty Images While Aretha Franklin was too ill to attend goddaughter Whitney Houston's funeral, she did perform two moving tributes to the fallen singer at Radio City Music Hall.
"This honors one of the greatest singers that ever stood in front of a microphone," Franklin said, even her speaking voice musical in its lilt. "I'm speaking of none other than Whitney Elizabeth Houston."
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Bennett Raglin / Kevork Djansezian, Getty Images Aretha Franklin canceled her performance at the funeral of her goddaughter, Whitney Houston, yesterday. While Franklin's rep told CNN the Queen of Soul had fallen ill, Franklin was well enough to perform at Radio City Music Hall later that same night.
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Jeff Fusco, Getty Images Even the Queen of Soul gets sick sometimes. Aretha Franklin cancelled her performance at the funeral of goddaughter Whitney Houston.
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Bennett Raglin / Kevork Djansezian, Getty Images Aretha Franklin will be performing at Whitney Houston's invite-only funeral service on Feb. 18, Entertainment Tonight is reporting. Record label executive Clive Davis, who helped guide the careers of both singers as the president of Arista Records for a quarter-century, personally requested to have Franklin perform, and the Queen of Soul found it impossible to turn down the invitation.
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Jeff Fusco, Getty Images The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, is celebrating the 50th anniversary of her first album with a new release, 'Aretha: A Woman Falling Out Of Love,' to be released at Walmart on May 3 and a month later at other online outlets, according to the New York Times.
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Dave Hogan, Getty Images When it comes to belting out a tune, few contemporary singers have pipes comparable to the vocal powerhouse that is Adele. During her VH1 'Unplugged' episode, the British, Grammy-winning singer showed off her beautiful voice by giving a goosebump inducing performance of the classic song, 'Natural Woman.'
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