(Eurweb) — Aretha Franklin has expressed disappointment with her longtime songwriting partner after he launched a legal battle over royalty payments. The Queen of Soul says she’s “extremely disappointed” over the lawsuit filed last month by Norman West, who has worked with the singer since the 1980s. West is suing executives at Franklin’s publishing company Springtime Publishing over allegations they failed to sign a royalty agreement for a song called “Put It Back Together Again,” which appears on her latest album, “Aretha: A Woman Falling Out of Love.”
