When Franklin's version of "Respect" was released in April 1967, and it soared to number one on the charts and stayed there for at least 12 weeks. The country was in the throes of a revolution. The ...
Aretha Franklin's 1967 hit "Respect" has been ranked the best song of all time by Rolling Stone. Interestingly, the song wasn't originally Franklin's. It was written and recorded by Otis Redding ...