History Music / ArethaFranklin

Her other hits include "Think" ([[RefrainFromAssuming erroneously known as]] "Freedom"), "Chain of Fools", and "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman." Some of her many achievements include singing at Martin Luther King's funeral, becoming the first woman inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, standing in for Luciano Pavarotti at the 1998 Grammys with an improvised but showstopping operatic number, and singing at UsefulNotes/BarackObama's inauguration ceremony in a [[NiceHat hat]] that took on a [[MemeticMutation life of its own]] and is now kept at the Smithsonian. She has placed at #1 on both Creator/VH1's Top 100 Women of Rock n Roll and ''Rolling Stone'''s Top 100 Singers of All Time. She has also done duets with the late [[Creator/GeorgeMichael George Michael]] and Annie Lennox of [[Music/{{Eurythmics}} The Eurythmics]]

* SignatureSong: [[invoked]]"Respect", the song most people think of when they think of Franklin's music.

Her other hits include "Think" ([[RefrainFromAssuming erroneously known as]] "Freedom"), "Chain of Fools", and "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman." Some of her many achievements include singing at Martin Luther King's funeral, becoming the first woman inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, standing in for Luciano Pavarotti at the 1998 Grammys with an improvised but showstopping operatic number, and singing at UsefulNotes/BarackObama's inauguration ceremony in a [[NiceHat hat]] that took on a [[MemeticMutation life of its own]] and is now kept at the Smithsonian. She has placed at #1 on both Creator/VH1's Top 100 Women of Rock n Roll and ''Rolling Stone'''s Top 100 Singers of All Time.

She passed away on August 16, 2018.

* CoveredUp: "Respect", "I Say A Little Prayer" and "(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman" are all signature songs and attributed mostly to Franklin but all are covers.

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* VocalEvolution: Natural after decades of professional singing, Franklin's was brought on a little bit prematurely particularly from the mid-1980s through cigarette smoking, which she has since given up.

Aretha Louise Franklin, [[FanNickname The Queen of Soul]] (born 25 March 1942).

Her appearance in ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'' and its sequel as the wife of Matt "Guitar" Murphy revamped her career in the 1980s. She has never entirely gone away, still puts out hits, and draws crowds even today.

Aretha Louise Franklin, [[FanNickname The Queen of Soul]] (b 25 March 1942).

* TheAce: Could be considered so in popular singing and is so by many publications.

Her other hits include "Think" ([[RefrainFromAssuming erroneously known as]] "Freedom"), "Chain of Fools", and "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman." Some of her many achievements include singing at Martin Luther King's funeral, becoming the first woman inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, standing in for Luciano Pavarotti at the 1998 Grammys with an improvised but showstopping operatic number, and singing at UsefulNotes/BarackObama's inauguration ceremony in a [[NiceHat hat]] that took on a [[MemeticMutation life of its own]] and is now kept at the Smithsonian. She has placed at #1 on both VH1's Top 100 Women of Rock n Roll and ''Rolling Stone'''s Top 100 Singers of All Time.

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Her appearance in ''TheBluesBrothers'' and its sequel as the wife of Matt "Guitar" Murphy revamped her career in the 1980s. She has never entirely gone away, still puts out hits, and draws crowds even today.

!!'''Tropes''':

* NiceHat: The hat she wore at UsefulNotes/BarackObama's inauguration.

* SassyBlackWoman: If her appearance in ''The Blues Brothers'' proves nothing else, ''do not mess with her'', [[SpoofAesop or she will deliver a showstopping musical number to show you what's what]].

* RefrainFromAssuming

* SpellingSong: Guess which.

* LongRunner: from the early 1960s to 2014, and still going...

She started her career in the early [[TheSixties 1960s]]. Her breakout hit was "Respect" (1967), a song originally written and recorded by OtisRedding. This song helped define her persona: since it was originally written for a guy, its narrator is naturally more assertive than most female singers were before.

* LongRunner: from the early 1960s to 2012, and still going...

Her other hits include "Think" ([[RefrainFromAssuming erroneously known as]] "Freedom"), "Chain of Fools", and "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman." Some of her many achievements include singing at Martin Luther King's funeral, becoming the first woman inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, standing in for Luciano Pavarotti at the 1998 Grammys with an improvised but showstopping operatic number, and singing at BarackObama's inauguration ceremony in a [[NiceHat hat]] that took on a [[MemeticMutation life of its own]] and is now kept at the Smithsonian. She has placed at #1 on both VH1's Top 100 Women of Rock n Roll and ''Rolling Stone'''s Top 100 Singers of All Time.

* NiceHat: The hat she wore at BarackObama's inauguration.

* FanNickname

Aretha Louise Franklin, [[FanNickname The Queen of Soul]] (b 25 March 1942)

She started her career in the early-[[TheSixties 1960s]]. Her breakout hit was "Respect" (1967), a song originally written and recorded by OtisRedding. This song helped define her persona: since it was originally written for a guy, its narrator is naturally more assertive than most female singers were before.

Aretha Louise Franklin, [[FanNickname The Queen of Soul]] (1942-)

She started her career in the early-[[TheSixties 1960s]]. Her breakout hit was "Respect" (1965), a song originally written and recorded by OtisRedding. This song helped define her persona: since it was originally written for a guy, its narrator is naturally more assertive than most female singers were before.

* BigBeautifulWoman: Hell yeah!

* LongRunner: from the early 1960s to 2010, and still going...

Her appearance in ''TheBluesBrothers'' and its sequel as the wife of Matt "Guitar" Murphy revamped her career in the 1980's. She has never entirely gone away, still puts out hits, and draws crowds even today.

She started her career in the early-[[TheSixties 1960s]]. Her breakout hit was "Respect," a song originally written and recorded by OtisRedding. This song helped define her persona: since it was originally written for a guy, its narrator is naturally more assertive than most female singers were before.

She started her career in the early-1960s. Her breakout hit was "Respect," a song originally written and recorded by OtisRedding. This song helped define her persona: since it was originally written for a guy, its narrator is naturally more assertive than most female singers were before.

[[FanNickname The Queen of Soul]].