soul will live on forever. we will spend this hour honoring that. stephanie el a elam is taking a at the woman, the legend. she was the queen of soul who garnered respect on and off stage. born aretha louise franklin in memphis, tennessee, she got her start at a young age at her father s church in detroit. she often credited him with nurturing her talent. he taught me a number of things having to do with timing and phrasing and different things like that and coaching me in different ways. he did say at one point that one day i would sing for kings and queens. he did say that. i have. franklin won her first grammy