Happy 71st birthday Aretha!
Aretha Franklin has turned 71 gracefully and is still rocking steady baby.
Known around the world by her first name, and as the undisputed, reigning "Queen of Soul," Aretha Franklin is a living legend. She is one of the most influential and important voices in the history of American music, with a repertoire that spans pop, soul, jazz, rock, blues and gospel. In 2009, Franklin was named the #1 Vocalist of All Time by Rolling Stone magazine. With her ever-distinctive, soulful, to-the-bone vocal style, she has graced music charts for nearly five decades and her 'live' performances have touched the hearts of tens of millions since she began her musical journey in Detroit as a singing child prodigy. It is her rich legacy of recordings that are a testament to the power, majesty and genius of this one-of-a-kind artist of the first order.
Several other celeb share the same birthday as Franklin. Happy birthday to Laz Alonso, Elton John, Sara Jessica Parker and Lark Voorhies.
