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Aretha Franklin’s “Respect”: Still T-C-B After 50 Years

February 14, 2017
24-year old Aretha Franklin walked into Atlantic Recording Studios on February 14, 1967. In her pocket, she held a new arrangement of Otis Redding’s 1965 hit “Respect”. 50 years later, Aretha Franklin’s cover of “Respect” is not only her signature song, but the song of a movement and generation. Let me take you back… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO8qqQoFoj8 Find Out What It Means To

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