August 16, 2018 –
Hey Nineteen, that’s Retha Franklin!
Aretha Louise Franklin, the Queen of Soul, died after a long battle with pancreatic cancer on this date.
In 1987, she became the first woman inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. In 2008, she was voted Greatest Singer Of All Time by the musicians and journalists selected by Rolling Stone magazine to name their favorite singers of the Rock era. Following Aretha were Ray Charles, Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke and John Lennon. Franklin is the most charted female artist in history, with 20 #1 R&B singles, 17 Top 10 pop singles, and over 110 songs that appeared on the Billboard chart. She also won more awards than almost anyone else, racking up 18 Grammys, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the National Medal of Arts, besides being honored as the first female inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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