Rare Clip: Aretha Franklin & Cissy Houston Backstage at McDonald's Gospelfest 2013 in Newark, NJ
RIP Cissy Houston. Watch these two musical titans run into each other backstage after their performances at McDonald's Gospelfest in 2013.
About Aretha Franklin
Aretha Louise Franklin ( ə-REE-thə; March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Regarded as the "Queen of Soul", she was twice named by Rolling Stone magazine as the greatest singer of all time. As a child, Franklin was noticed for her gospel singing at New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan, where her father C. L. Franklin was a minister. At the age of 18, she was signed as a recording artist for Columbia Records. While her career did not immediatel...
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