“So I gave it to Aretha instead.” Etta James was the singer in Washington’s position. The singer who tried to sing James’ song with James in the audience did not become famous like Franklin.

Here's what you should know by RUSSELL CONTRERAS, Associated Press TOPICS: WASHINGTON (AP) — As a 21-year-old Aretha Franklin worked on her singing voice in New York during the summer of 1963 ...

Aretha Franklin replied ... the same way it made her rendition of Dinah Washington’s “Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning” from 1964 seem almost funny. Listen to how Franklin ...

Did Dinah Washington really lose it when she attended one of Aretha Franklin’s shows and heard Franklin sing one of Washington’s songs — as depicted in the new movie “Respect”?

missed out on Aretha Franklin. “The studio was only a few blocks from where my dad’s home was, where we lived,” Ms. Franklin told The Washington Post in 2008. But “it was still a fledgling ...

By The Associated Press Aretha Franklin, the Grammy-winning singer ... which is Tuesday. Washington entered the Ritz-Carlton Hotel quietly, though the crowd got excited after realizing it was ...

Aretha Franklin was so hard-nosed in her business dealings that she demanded to be paid in cash before performing. Her heirs won't have it so simple. Though she lived to 76 and was terminally ill ...

Performers like Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughn ... But it was through the election of President Bill Clinton that Aretha Franklin’s career experienced a resurgence. Both Clinton and first ...

Performers like Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughn ... But it was through the election of President Bill Clinton that Aretha Franklin's career experienced a resurgence. Both Clinton and first lady ...