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THE QUEEN OF SOUL TO RELEASE “ARETHA FRANKLIN SINGS THE GREAT DIVA CLASSICS” OCTOBER 21!

 Aretha Franklin— NEW YORK, USA (AP) — Aretha Franklin is showing some R-E-S-P-E-C-T to her fellow divas: The Queen of Soul will release an album October 21 covering classic songs from other female singers. Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics will include songs such as Gladys Knight’s Midnight Train to Georgia, Barbra Streisand’s People and Whitney Houston’s I’m Every Woman. The most contemporary track is a reworking of Adele’s colossal hit Rolling In the Deep, which is the first single off the album. It will be available digitally Monday, when the 72-year-old will also perform the song on Late Night with David Letterman. Great Diva Classics reunites Franklin with longtime collaborator Clive Davis. “I mean, it is great,” he said in an interview. “For her to do all these songs, it’s very exciting.” Kenneth ‘Babyface’ Edmonds … Read entire article »

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