Aretha Franklin wasn’t her family’s first superstar. Her father was a pulpit celebrity whose voice was described as “explosive and filled with a river of music.” ...

Aretha Franklin was close with her father, Rev. C.L. Franklin, sisters Carolyn and Erma, and brother Clarence. ... Aretha Franklin would bequeath her half-sister $50,000 in one of her drafted wills.

Aretha Franklin has “not been a star since” her father grounded her early in her career Franklin explained to CBC’s Laurie Brown what it was like to get a taste of the musical career that ...

Before Aretha Franklin was a superstar, her father shone on a different stage “He was a pop icon before we had pop icons.” en-32th_cnna-st1-1000000004b9ad5d-640x360_1500k-1-thumb ...

The pastor of the church Aretha Franklin’s father served for years is drawing strength now from the singer’s relationship with God. “She always put God, church, and her father first in her ...

THE LATE Aretha Franklin is renowned for her unstoppable talent, chart-topping songs, and smashing the world of soul. Yet her family are now hitting the headlines for a very different reason –… ...

The church was made famous by her father, the late Rev. C.L. Franklin, who would have been 100 years old this year, and her brother, the Rev. Cecil Franklin. The Queen of Soul was there to host a ...

Singing in a Baptist church Friday afternoon, Aretha Franklin brought a crowd of hundreds to its feet at a dedication ceremony to rename a street outside after her father, the late Rev. C.L. Franklin.

Aretha Franklin pauses as she sings during a memorial service for her father and brother, the Revs. C.L. and Cecil Franklin, at New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit on Sunday, June 7, 2015 ...

The 1940 Cadillac LaSalle is the hearse that carried Aretha Franklin's casket to her public viewing Tuesday was also used to carry the coffins of her father and civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks.

Aretha Franklin has “not been a star since” her father grounded her early in her career Franklin explained to CBC’s Laurie Brown what it was like to get a taste of the musical career that ...