“Trump, who knew Franklin leaned liberal and had sung for Obama ... Says She Hopes to Make Aretha Franklin ‘Proud’ in Playing Her Idol in Respect Trump’s inauguration became a major ...

Aretha Franklin was an American ... she received invitations to sing at the inauguration of three U.S. presidents, including Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. In 1987, Franklin became ...

(CNN)-- Legendary singer/songwriter Aretha Franklin sang "My Country 'Tis of Thee" at the inauguration Tuesday. CNN's Larry King talks with "The Queen of Soul" about the reality of the nation's ...

Barack Obama has been sworn in as the 44th president ... Ros Atkins has met four African-American women. All agree that Aretha Franklin stole the show with her performance of the national anthem ...

At Obama’s first inauguration in 2009, around 1.8 million people attended the historic event. This surpassed the record of 1.2 million set in 1965 by Lyndon B. Johnson. The late Aretha Franklin ...

Aretha Franklin, Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman and the U.S. Marine Band. There will be prayers and speeches -- including Obama's inaugural address. And for the fourth time in the nation's 56 ...