Aretha Franklin to Perform at Kauffman Center

Aretha Franklin is one of the giants of soul music and American popular culture. Her great contributions to R&B music earned her the title ‘The Queen of Soul’. Throughout her career, she has won eighteen Grammy Awards and has had twenty number one singes on the Billboard R&B Charts. In the late 1960’s, Franklin became one of the biggest international recording stars and is best known for her soul-fueled hits such as “Respect”, “Chain of Fools”, “Think” and “I Say a Little Prayer”.