Songwriter Dan Penn doesn’t put out albums under his name very often. The celebrated co-writer behind numerous Memphis/Muscle Shoals-era soul hits, including “Do Right Woman, Do Right Man,” “Dark End of the Street,” “I’m Your Puppet,” and “Cry Like a Baby” has released only a handful of studio recordings since …
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The Jennifer Hudson-starring Aretha Franklin biopic has recruited a director and writer to bring the Queen of Soul’s life story to the big screen. MGM announced Friday that Liesl Tommy, an award-winning stage director who has also helmed episodes of The Walking Dead and Insecure, will serve as director on …
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Aretha Franklin, who died on August 16th at age 76, recorded more than 40 full-length albums in her six-decade career. It’s a deep catalog, crowded with indisputable classics and hidden gems. Rolling Stone’s music staff is paying its R.E.S.P.E.C.T.s to the Queen with tributes to our favorite Aretha LPs. Next …
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Aretha Franklin, who died on August 16th at age 76, recorded more than 40 full-length albums in her six-decade career. It’s a deep catalog, crowded with indisputable classics and hidden gems. Rolling Stone’s music staff is paying its R.E.S.P.E.C.T.s to the Queen with tributes to our favorite Aretha LPs. First …
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Faith Hill and Tim McGraw opened many shows of their 2017-2018 Soul2Soul World Tour with “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me),” Aretha Franklin‘s 1987 duet with George Michael off her Aretha album. Following Franklin’s death on Thursday at 76 after a bout with pancreatic cancer (Michael died Christmas Day …
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