Known around the world by her first name, [Aretha Franklin] has achieved global recognition on an unprecedented scale. She has influenced generations of singers from Janis Joplin and Chaka Khan, to Natalie Cole and Mary J. Blige, to "American Idol" winner Fantasia Barrino and Oscar-winning Jennifer Hudson.

New York, NY (March 10, 2008)-Aretha Franklin, known the world over as the undisputed "Queen of Soul," will be bring her one-of-a-kind five performance to New York for two concert dates at the Radio City Music Hall on Friday, March 21, and Saturday, March 22, showtime at 8:00 p.m. (The second night is already sold out.) The 18-time Grammy Award winner (second highest of any woman in history), Grammy Living Legend and Lifetime Achievement Award honoree, the first woman inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame and 2005 recipient of the Presidential Medal Of Freedom (America's highest honor), has a roll call of awards and accolades that is endless.

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