Star Facts
  • Category Recording

    Address 6920 Hollywood Blvd.

    Ceremony date 08/29/1979

About
Aretha Franklin
Born:
1942-03-25,
Memphis,
Tennessee,
USA
Education:
Juilliard School in ny
Ethnicity:
African American
Death Date:
2018-08-16
Death City:
Detroit
Death State:
Michigan
Death Country:
USA
Death Country:
USA
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Aretha Franklin

In memory of Queen of Soul and Walk of Famer Aretha Franklin, flowers were placed on her star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday, August 16, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. The star in the category of Recording is located at 6920 Hollywood Boulevard. “Aretha, you are the Queen of Soul and always will be. May you reign in the heavens above with much Respect.” Ana Martinez, Producer of the Hollywood Walk of Fame signed the card on behalf of the Hollywood Historic Trust and the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.

Aretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter and pianist commonly referred to as The Queen of Soul. Although renowned for her soul recordings, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B and gospel music. Rolling Stone magazine ranked Franklin No. 1 on its list of The Greatest Singers of All Time.

Aretha is one of the most honored artists by the Grammy Awards, with 18 competitive Grammys to date, and two honorary Grammys. She has scored a total of 20 No. 1 singles on the Billboard R&B Singles Chart, one of which also became her first No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100: “Respect”. “I Knew You Were Waiting “, a duet with George Michael, became her second No. 1 on the latter chart. Since 1961, Franklin has scored a total of 45 “Top 40” hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. She also has the most million-selling singles of any female artist with 14. Between 1967 and 1982 Aretha had 10 #1 R&B albums – more than any other female artist.

In 1987, Franklin became the first female artist to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Aretha Franklin was the only featured singer at the 2009 presidential inauguration for Barack Obama.

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