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Detroit
renames
street
after
Queen of
Soul
AP News
DETROIT
- Aretha
Franklin’s
home
town of
Detroit
has
named a
street
after
her.
A
section
of
Madison
Street,
between
Brush
and
Witherell,
was
named
for The
Queen of
Soul on
Thursday.
The area
is the
heart of
a
performing
arts
district
that
includes
the
Detroit
Opera
House.
Franklin
told a
crowd
gathered
at the
Music
Hall
Center
for the
Performing
Arts
that she
knew she
would
“get
weepy”
by the
honor.
The
75-year-old
Franklin,
who is
atop
Rolling
Stone’s
all-time
greatest
singers
list,
thanked
the
Detroit
City
Council
for the
honor,
which
she
called
magnificent.
She went
on to
recall
her
youthful
days
skating
at the
Arcadia
Ballroom
and
singing
at the
Flame
Show
Bar.
The
street-naming
launched
four
days of
events
for the
inaugural
Detroit
Music
Weekend,
designed
to
showcase
the
city’s
artists.
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