VH1 Legends Aretha Franklin
TV Episode | Documentary, Biography, Music

VH1 Legends

Aretha Franklin

TV Episode | Documentary, Biography, Music

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Updated Oct 10, 1998

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Oct 10, 1998 (United States)

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26 cast members

Name	Known for
William Baldwin Self - Narrator Self - Narrator See fewer	Backdraft (1991)
Ahmet Ertegun Self Self See fewer	Angel Heart (1987)
Aretha Franklin Self Self See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Cecil Franklin Self Self See fewer	VH1 Legends (1996)
Jerry Wexler Self Self See fewer	Angel Heart (1987)
Ray Charles Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
James Cleveland Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Mississippi Burning (1988)
Sam Cooke Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Innerspace (1987)
Mike Douglas Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Cinderella (1950)
C.L. Franklin Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Soul Train (1971)
Carolyn Franklin Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Erma Franklin Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Boys in the Band (2020)
Cissy Houston Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	A Time to Kill (1996)
Whitney Houston Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Bodyguard (1992)
Mahalia Jackson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Mississippi Burning (1988)
Martin Luther King Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Freedom Writers (2007)
Otis Redding Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Top Gun (1986)
Art Tatum Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Great Debaters (2007)
Clara Ward Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The DuPont Show of the Month (1957)
Dinah Washington Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Shutter Island (2010)
Ted White Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Singers: Aretha Franklin Close Up (1968)
Jackie Wilson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Coming to America (1988)
George Harrison Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	A Hard Day's Night (1964)
John Lennon Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Paul McCartney Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Ringo Starr Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	A Hard Day's Night (1964)