Aretha Franklin
Queen of Soul
Facts
- Born: 1942
- Country: United States
- Field: Music
- Era: Television Age
Overview
Won eighteen Grammy Awards and the Grammy Legend Award in 1991. Respect 1967 is in the Library of Congress National Recording Registry and is a founding document of soul music. She was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005 and a posthumous special citation from the Pulitzer Prize board in 2019.