Aretha Franklin famously sung of love and heartbreak ... Two months ahead of her 13th birthday, Aretha gave birth to her first child - a baby boy she named Clarence after her own father.

She had a second child, Edward, when she was 16 ... Carole King talks about watching Aretha perform the song for the first time Listen to Aretha Franklin tracks (BBC Music) Reflecting on that ...

Theodore White II - Franklin's third child, from her brief marriage to her former manager - argues that the notarised 11-page document from 2010 is the valid will. Aretha Franklin: In her own ...

When Aretha Franklin first entered FAME studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, in January 1967, the 24-year-old singer was crackling with potential. “I hadn’t heard much about her,” recal ...