The upcoming Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics album features the Queen of Soul covering some truly great female music icons of the past and present – including Gladys Knight, Barbra Streisand, Whitney Houston, Sinead O'Connor, the Supremes, Alicia Keys, Gloria Gaynor, Destiny's Child and others.
One of the more contemporary additions to the "diva" pantheon is Adele, whose 2010 mega hit "Rolling in the Deep" is one of the featured songs on the album due October 21.
Listen to Franklin kill it on the track, AFTER THE JUMP…
Tracklist [via Stereogum] –
01 “At Last” (Etta James Cover)
02 “Rolling In The Deep” (Adele Cover)
03 “Midnight Train To Georgia (Gladys Knight And The Pips Cover)
04 “I Will Survive” (Gloria Gaynor Cover)
05 “People” (Barbra Streisand Cover)
06 “No One” (Alicia Keys Cover)
07 “I'm Every Woman” (Chaka Khan Cover) / “Respect”
08 “Teach Me Tonight” (Dinah Washington Cover)
09 “You Keep Me Hangin' On” (The Supremes Cover)
10 “Nothing Compares 2 U” (Sinéad O'Connor Cover)
