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Today in Black History: Aretha Franklin

 
By Essence · Updated October 29, 2020
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She told us she only needed a little bit, but we knew she meant it. On June 3, 1967, “Respect,” Aretha Franklin’s definitive rendering of Otis Redding’s soul classic, topped both the pop charts for the first two weeks and the R&B chart for the first seven weeks.

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