After
selling out her show at The Fox Theatre in March 2012, Aretha Franklin is
coming back to Atlanta to do it again on Saturday, September 21st at
8 pm!
Tickets start at $59 and can be
purchased at www.FoxAtlTix.com, by
calling 855-ATL-TIXX or by visiting the Fox Theatre Box Office.
Known around the world by her first name, and as the undisputed,
reigning "Queen of Soul," Aretha Franklin is peerless. 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.
Aretha Franklin has earned countless international and national
awards as well as accolades and global recognition on an unprecedented
scale. She is a 2005 recipient of a Presidential Medal of Freedom honor
(the U.S.A.'s highest civilian honor), presented by President George W. Bush,
and in 1999, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts, presented by President
Bill Clinton. She sang at the historic inauguration of President Barack
Obama (2009) and at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton (1993). She also
performed at the inaugural gala for President Jimmy Carter (1997). In
1968, she sang at the funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr. She is the
recipient of a Kennedy Center Honor; 18 GRAMMY® Awards, including Best Female
R&B Vocal Performance for eight consecutive years, a GRAMMY Legend Award,
and a GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award; five American Music Awards; and four
NAACP Image Awards.
In 1987, she was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame, and in 1979, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
In 2007, Franklin was honored at the Annual United Negro College Fund Evening
of Stars and was presented with UNCF's Award of Excellence. She was
named 2008 MusiCares® Person of the Year by the Recording Academy, and she
was presented with the prestigious NAACP Vanguard Award. In 2010, she
was inducted into the Apollo Legends Hall of Fame at the Apollo
Theater. In April 2012, Franklin received the TV Land Music Icon
Award. In August 2012, Franklin was inducted into the Gospel Music
Associations’ Hall of Fame. To date, she has received 12 Honorary Doctorate
Degrees.
