Mercury News, California — Aretha Franklin, Alicia Keys, Stevie Wonder, Fats Domino among the others who make our list. more info

The Independent — Never-before-seen footage of soul legend Aretha Franklin recording the biggest-selling album of her career is about to be shown in public for the first time. more info

Stereogum — After the success of Straight Outta Compton — it garnered a whopping $60.2 million at the box office on opening weekend alone and sparked the release of a new Dr. Dre album — the movie’s producer is reportedly eyeing Jennifer Hudson for a role ... more info

Perez Hilton — Well this sounds great! Producer Scott Bernstein's most recent movie Straight Outta Compton was extremely successful and he's now looking to move on to his next project — an Aretha Franklin biopic! The Untitled Aretha Franklin Project has been in d... more info

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L.A. Times - Entertainment — About seven years ago, the former record producer Alan Elliott received a call from Sydney Pollack. The director was very ill, and he had a request of Elliott, who had done some early work with Pollack on the filmmaker's unfinished 1972 Aretha Frankl... more info

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L.A. Times - Entertainment — More than 40 years ago, the late director Sydney Pollack began a movie about the recording of Aretha Franklin's live double album "Amazing Grace" at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles. more info

Mercury News, California — Aretha Franklin delights fans at Oracle Arena in Oakland. more info

Mercury News, California — The legendary soul also talks about her last gig in Oakland more than some 50 years ago. more info