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    Aretha's Christmas: 'Silent Night' with Four Tops

    DETROIT (AP) — Detroit's Queen of Soul knows how to throw a Christmas party, and she welcomed in the holiday with glitter, a jazzy musical backdrop and a finale of "Silent Night" with the Four Tops.

    Aretha Franklin held her annual Christmas party on Friday at the Detroit Athletic Club, greeting guests in a teal blue gown accented with a silver sequined bodice.

    The Detroit News reports (http://bit.ly/tPkXO9 ) that Franklin exchanged gifts with family and friends as Ursula Walker, Buddy Budson, Marian Hayden and Gayelynn McKinney played jazz in the background.

    During a meal of filet mignon and salmon, guests were entertained by performances by Gwen & Charles Scales and Franklin's son Eddie Franklin, who sang "Some Enchanted Evening."

     

    29 comments

    • Rex  •  Jackson, Mississippi  •  5 mths ago
      It isn't the same without the incomparable Levi Stubbs. RIP.
    • Deborah  •  Oakland, California  •  5 mths ago
      Aretha, I adore and admire you. My mother, who passed six years ago, had every song you ever made, and her love for you was passed down to me. I remember having to listen to your music EVERY Saturday morning, while cleaning up, very loud. To this day, you are my favorite entertainer, I just pray I have an opportunity to see you live...It sounds like you had a blessed Christmas and I pray that God keeps you and your family in his loving arms...God Bless You...A devoted fan from the Bay Area...
    • brniedgrl  •  5 mths ago
      Love you Aretha!!!
    • LeonE  •  Boston, Massachusetts  •  5 mths ago
      I wish that I was there.
      • Orly 5 mths ago
        me too wish i were there.
    • Susie  •  Los Angeles, California  •  5 mths ago
      She is still a diva and I am sure this party was grand. She looks great since she lost weight. Hopefully we will all have her around longer now.
    • Wing nut  •  Seattle, Washington  •  5 mths ago
      You are the QUEEN, Aretha!!!
    • H.Ann  •  Charleston, South Carolina  •  5 mths ago
      wish i could have been there --
    • cindy  •  South Bend, Indiana  •  5 mths ago
      Sing on sister of soul!! May God bless you each and every day. Live and love with God in your heart and you will sing forever!
    • Sweet Lucy  •  Chicago, Illinois  •  5 mths ago
      Aretha you have style and you have class. I know the party was all of that, great.
    • LaurieA  •  4 mths ago
      You are everyone's Queen of Soul.Respect and good health to bestow you Ms.Franklin for 2012.G-d speed and continue to nourish yourself with good music for your own soul.
    • Orly  •  5 mths ago
      Hat's off to someone who really is an orig diva, love her them then, and love them both now. I hope they are around for many more years.
    • Beverly  •  Southfield, Michigan  •  4 mths ago
      Just love, "the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin," so glad God blessed her to be here another Christmas to spend with family and friends! Kudo's to all the good comments, to the few bad I guess you had nothing better to do! She still reigns as, "the true Qeen of Soul," and she still can sing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I'm glad she had a nice Christmas and chose to celebrate it with family and close friends, the way she wanted!
    • lrcote  •  Boston, Massachusetts  •  4 mths ago
      The Queen of Soul. Glad you're feeling better, Aretha!
    • rn4u  •  Miami, Florida  •  5 mths ago
      so happy to hear the queen is back....God Bless and happy holidays........
    • percy j  •  Los Angeles, California  •  5 mths ago
      She Know's How to throw Laves Party's
    • Ben  •  Portland, Maine  •  5 mths ago
      how could the four tops be there ( there all dead )
      • Sweet Lucy 5 mths ago
        You ever heard of new members? The Temptations are still around and most of them are gone.
    • Jake  •  Irvine, California  •  4 mths ago
      Aretha! Push yourself away from the table once in a while please! We don't want you to pass away like Heavy D!
    • MiaMeyer  •  New Orleans, Louisiana  •  5 mths ago
      jon_ get a life no one would want to say that online
    • Spaceman Spiff!  •  Phoenix, Arizona  •  5 mths ago
      Aretha for President!
    • Bosox52  •  Boston, Massachusetts  •  4 mths ago
      Aretha was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer,not long for this world.
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