To Jennifer Hudson, Aretha Franklin became much more ... ends with the diva being driven off in the song's noted pink Cadillac. Its license plate? RESPECT. The singer, who was making a comeback ...

Aretha Franklin ... a Man." Franklin's first No. 1 hit came that same year with her cover of Otis Redding's "Respect," which also won Franklin her first two Grammy Awards. The song subsequently ...

"I'm looking for a really big hit for Aretha. How about writing a song called A Natural Woman?" King and Goffin wrote it that night after putting the kids to bed. However, it was Franklin's vocals ...

"It's more effective as a jukebox musical than a character piece, but the central performance and those amazing songs ... two children." Aretha Franklin died in August 2018, aged 76 Respect ...