History YMMV / ArethaFranklin

* RefrainFromAssuming: It is common for "Think" to be mistakenly referred to as "Freedom".

%%* SignatureSong: Respect

* SignatureSong: Respect

** At the 1998 Grammy Awards presentation, Luciano Pavarotti had to bow out of a planned appearance at the insistence of his doctor. With literally a moment's notice, Aretha declared that she could do it. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k33sINjn9o0 She killed it.]]

* CoveredUp: "Respect" [[note]]originally by Music/OtisRedding[[/note]] and "I Say a Little Prayer"[[note]]originally by Dionne Warwick[[/note]] have both become most strongly associated with Aretha Franklin rather than the original singers, though the original versions were both hits when released. The original singer of "Respect", Music/OtisRedding, conceded himself that Aretha did the definitive take on it. At the time of its release, it also applied to "Border Song", which charted better than the original by Music/EltonJohn.

* HilariousInHindsight: Who'd ever have thought Aretha's song, "Who's Zoomin' Who?" would become such a pertinent question in the UsefulNotes/CoronavirusDisease2019Pandemic with the rise of the online video conferencing service, Zoom?

* CoveredUp: "Respect" [[note]]originally by Music/OtisRedding[[/note]] and "I Say a Little Prayer"[[note]]originally by Dionne Warwick[[/note]] have both become most strongly associated Aretha Franklin rather than the original singers, though the original versions were both hits when released. The original singer of "Respect", Music/OtisRedding, conceded himself that Aretha did the definitive take on it. At the time of its release, it also applied to "Border Song", which charted better than the original by Music/EltonJohn.

* OldShame: She feels this way about her 1979 disco album, ''La Diva''. Looking back on it, she sees it as a desperate, rushed attempt to cash in on a rapidly dying DeadHorseGenre. It probably doesn't help that it was a critical and commercial flop.

* HilariousInHindsight: Who'd ever have thought Aretha's song, "Whose Zoomin Who?" would become such a pertinent question in the UsefulNotes/CoronavirusDisease2019Pandemic with the rise of the online video conferencing service, Zoom?

* HilariousInHindsight: Who'd ever have thought Aretha's song, "Whose Zoomin Who?" would become such a pertinent question in UsefulNotes/CoronavirusDisease2019Pandemic with the rise of the online video conferencing service, Zoom?

* CoveredUp: "Respect" [[note]]originally by Music/OtisRedding[[/note]] and "I Say a Little Prayer"[[note]]originally by Dionne Warwick[[/note]] have both become most strongly associated Aretha Franklin rather than the original singers, though the original versions were both hits when released. The original singer of "Respect", Music/OtisRedding, conceded himself that Aretha did the definitive take on it.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments: The fact that she is the first artist to have a single peak at every single top 10 position on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, a feat only repeated by just four other artists [[note]] The others being Music/MarvinGaye, Music/{{Madonna}}, Music/{{Drake}}, and Music/TaylorSwift.[[/note]]

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments: The fact that she is the first artist to have a single peak at every single top 10 position on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, a feat only repeated by ''four'' other artists.

* MomentOfAwesome: The fact that she is the first artist to have a single peak at every single top 10 position on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.
* OldShame: She feels this way about her 1979 disco album, ''La Diva''. Looking back on it, she sees it as a desperate, rushed attempt to cash in on a rapidly dying DeadHorseGenre. It probably doesn't help that it was a critical and commerical flop.

* CoveredUp: Music/OtisRedding's original version of "Respect" was a moderate hit in 1965, but even he conceded that Aretha did the definitive take on it.

* GrowingTheBeard: When she signed with Atlantic Records in 1967 and her producer Jerry Wexler let her have free rein to incorporate her gospel roots into her music.

* CoveredUp: OtisRedding's original version of "Respect" was a moderate hit in 1965, but even he conceded that Aretha did the definitive take on it.

* GrowingTheBeard: When she signed with Atlantic Records in 1967 and her producer Jerry Wexler let her have free reign to incorporate her gospel roots into her music.

* MemeticMutation: The [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ARETHA_FRANKLIN_HAT_6909.jpg Fierce Hat]] has become a popular subject for humorous photoshoppery.