ENTERTAINMENTAretha Franklin through the yearsAretha Franklin performs during the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th U.S. President at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, January 20, 2009.Alex Wong, MCTAretha Franklin performs in front of an audience at the Peace Center in downtown Greenville on Tuesday, April 18, 2006.Staff Photo/Heidi HeilbrunnVocalist Aretha Franklin warbles a few notes into microphone in January 1972.ASSOCIATED PRESSAretha Franklin early in her career.Atlantic RecordsAretha Franklin performs at New York's Radio City Music Hall, July 5, 1989.Mario Suriani, APCandice Bergen, left, and Aretha Franklin on "Murphy Brown" in 1991.CBS TelevisionAretha Franklin opens the "VH1 Divas 2001: The One and Only Aretha Franklin" tribute concert on April 10, 2001, in New York.Suzanne Plunkett, APAretha Franklin attends the Elton John AIDS Foundation's 25th Anniversary Gala on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017, in New York.Andy Kropa/Invision/APThe recipients of the 1994 Kennedy Center Honors award attend a reception in evening on Sunday, Dec. 4, 1994 in the East Room of the White House. From left to right are songwriter Pete Seeger, director Harold Prince, composer Morton Gould, singer Aretha Franklin, and actor Kirk Douglas.Doug Mills, APAretha Franklin gestures backstage after winning a Grammy for lifetime achievement at the 36th Annual Grammy Awards at New York's Radio City Music Hall, March 1, 1994.Mike Albans, APAretha Franklin performs at pre-inaugural festivities, Jan. 1993 in Washington, D.C.Amy Sancetta, APAretha Franklin and her new husband, Glen Turman, arrive at a Los Angeles hotel, April 17, 1978 for their wedding reception. Turman signals his okay and pleasure at the reception as Kecalf, Aretha's son by a previous marriage looks on. The couple married recently, had planned a reception at her Beverly Hills home on Saturday but the party was rained out, and moved to the hotel for the Sunday party.Doug Pizac, APAretha Franklin performs as Pope Francis is seated nearby during the Festival of Families, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, in Philadelphia.Matt Slocum, APAretha Franklin holds both shoes and award after being honored during the 10th annual American Music Award presentation in Los Angele, Jan. 17, 1983. Ms. Franklin received her third American Music award by winning the honor for favorite soul album with "Jump To It."Reed Saxon, APAretha Franklin holds her Grammy Award for Best Rhythm and Blues performance for the song "Bridge Over Troubled Water," on March 13, 1972, in New York.Dave Pickoff, APA file picture dated Sept. 5, 2011, shows Aretha Franklin performing at a Labor Day event outside of the Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan.EPA-EFE/JEFF KOWALSKYAretha Franklin, 1972Lynn Howell, Milwaukee Journal SentinelAretha Franklin performs at New York's Radio City Music Hall, July 5, 1989.Mario Suriani, APIn this photo taken on Dec. 7, 2015, singer Aretha Franklin poses on the red carpet before the 38th Annual Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, DC.MOLLY RILEY / AFP/Getty ImagesAretha Franklin and Jesse Jackson join Detroit Mayor Coleman Young at a rally for the Mayor in New St. Paul Tabernacle Church of God in Christ on Nov. 3, 1989.Hugh Grannum/Detroit Free PressAretha Franklin performs at the Michigan Festival on MSU's campus, Aug. 11, 1995.Lansing State Journal File PhotoAretha Franklin arrives at the 135th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 2, 2009.Jeff Gentner, Getty ImagesAretha Franklin signed to Atlantic Records in 1967 at age 24.Courtesy Of Atlantic Records