Aretha FranklinSummaryInfluencesHits
Summary
Influencers
- Billie Holiday
- Clara Ward
- Dinah Washington
- Mahalia Jackson
- Ruth Brown
- Sam Cooke
- Sarah Vaughan
- Big Maybelle
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe
- Willie Mae Ford Smith
- Wynona Carr
- Bessie Smith
- Dorothy Love Coates
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Esther Phillips
- James Cleveland
- Johnny Ace
- LaVern Baker
- Ma Rainey
- Nat King Cole
- Nina Simone
- Arizona Dranes
- Sally Barker
- Little Esther
Followers
- Beyoncé
- Donna Summer
- Mary J. Blige
- Natalie Cole
- Patti LaBelle
- Whitney Houston
- Cassandra Wilson
- Chaka Khan
- Deniece Williams
- Janis Joplin
- Jill Scott
- Joan Armatrading
- Minnie Riperton
- Roberta Flack
- Sister Sledge
- The Pointer Sisters
- Vanessa Williams
- Alicia Keys
- Annie Lennox
- Donnie McClurkin
- Gladys Knight
- Gloria Gaynor
- Jennifer Hudson
- Joss Stone
- Mariah Carey
- Oleta Adams
- Vanessa Bell Armstrong
- Ann Peebles
- Brenda Russell
- Candi Staton
- Fantasia
- Agnes Monica
- Joelle James
- Katharine McPhee
- Sharon Jones
- Sia
- Thelma Houston
- Whissell
- Will Jay
- Janet Jackson
- Rachelle Ferrell
- En Vogue
- Freddie Mercury
- Betty Wright
- Shania Twain
- Faith Hill
- Bette Midler
- Luther Vandross
- Erykah Badu
- Al Green
- Shelby Lynne
- Kelly Clarkson
- Heather Headley
- Mary Wells
- Donny Hathaway
- Anita Baker
- Laura Nyro
- Dusty Springfield
- Teena Marie
- Céline Dion
- Alice Russell
- Queen Latifah, Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron and Elijah Kelley
- Macy Gray
- Dionne Warwick
- India.Arie
- Margie Joseph
- Sally Barker
- Terry Reid
- Queen Latifah
- Jennifer Holliday
- Monica
- Labelle
- Lisa Stansfield
- Sylvester
- Vonda Shepard
- Paul Carrack
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