YOLANDA ADAMS, TASHA COBBS LEONARD, ARETHA FRANKLIN’S FUNERAL

YOLANDA ADAMS, TASHA COBBS LEONARD, AND THE CLARK SISTERS LEAD LIST OF ARETHA FRANKLIN’S FUNERAL PERFORMERS

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via TheGospelGuru/The DetriotFreePress:

Aretha Franklin’s funeral will be a star-studded musical affair: Stevie Wonder, Faith Hill, Ronald Isley, Chaka Khan and Jennifer Hudson are among the singers who will perform at the Aug. 31 service in Detroit.

Fantasia, Yolanda Adams, Shirley Caesar, the Clark Sisters and Jennifer Holliday are also on tap to perform, Franklin’s family announced Thursday. The full list of 19 performers is below.

Franklin’s funeral will be at 10 a.m. Aug. 31 at Greater Grace Temple on Detroit’s west side. It is expected to draw a host of dignitaries and celebrities from across the entertainment spectrum.

Many of the singers enlisted for the funeral were longtime friends and collaborators with Franklin, who died Aug. 16 in Detroit.

Jennifer Hudson, for instance, is the singer-actress handpicked by Franklin for her upcoming biopic.

Faith Hill recorded a duet with Franklin for 2011’s “A Woman Falling Out of Love” (though the track did not make the record), while she and husband Tim McGraw have been opening their recent concerts with a cover of “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me).”