ARETHA FRANKLIN - FRANKLIN RECORDS NEW TRACKS FOR DUETS ALBUM

Soul queen ARETHA FRANKLIN has recorded four brand new songs with the likes of JOHN LEGEND, MARY J. BLIGE and MARIAH CAREY for her much-anticipated new duets album, JEWELS IN THE CROWN. The new tune Franklin has recorded with Blige, Never Gonna Break My Faith, also features the Harlem Boys Choir. The album, which is set for release in November (07) also features duets with Whitney Houston, Luther Vandross, Annie Lennox, Frank Sinatra and the Rolling Stones' Keith Richards, among others. The set also features Franklin's 1998 Grammy Awards performance of Puccini's Nessum Dorma.