Get The Magazine
Subscribe to the all-new Rolling Stone! Everything you need to know from the authority on music, entertainment, politics and pop culture.
Order today and save over 66%!
Subscribe NowNewsletter Signup
Sign up for our newsletter and go inside the world of music, culture and entertainment.
From Madonna getting married to the music world coming together for Live Aid, we look back at the biggest musical moments from the summer of 1985
Peter Travers on the halfway-point highlights of the year — from 'Avengers: Endgame' to 'Us'
Decades of master tapes destroyed in "the biggest disaster in the history of the music business," according to a New York Times report
The singer performed the Queen of Soul's "Amazing Grace"
Singer honored "for her indelible contribution to American music and culture for more than five decades"
Concert film of the Queen of Soul's 1972 gospel shows has taken decades to see the light of day — and it's more than worth the wait
State House of Representatives votes 101-6 to christen section of Detroit's M-10 as "Aretha L. Franklin Memorial Highway"
From a first extended look at the last 'GoT' episodes to superhero movies, Mindy Kaling's new comedy and more
Prosecutors investigating whether someone cashed singer's check without permission two months before Queen of Soul's death
"In terms of scope and depth, little else compares to its greatness," producing legend Jerry Wexler once said of the performance
