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April 29, 1967: Aretha Franklin's "Respect" Released
Express Newspapers, Hulton Archive
If we're being difficult, Otis Redding released the original "Respect" in 1965, but it was Aretha Franklin's version that spelled out the R-E-S-P-E-C-T line, and that's what really socked it to listeners, making it an all-time classic.











