Aretha Franklin memorabilia on display at the Detroit Historical Museum, including a rare “Respect” test pressing. Credit: Lee DeVito The day before Aretha Franklin died earlier this month, owners of ...

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 signature hit has another feather in its cap. The Queen of Soul’s “Respect” is No. 1 in the latest version of Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list, released Wednesday, ...

Even for a Grammy and Oscar winner like Jennifer Hudson, singing live as Aretha Franklin in the new biopic “Respect” was a daunting prospect. “It’s tricky,” Hudson, 39, told In Style. “You don’t want ...