Song takes on new form to connect with kids. In 1965, Otis Redding wrote and released the tune “Respect.” Two years later, Aretha Franklin tweaked the music and lyrical thrust and turned the catchy ...

Aretha Franklin transformed Otis Redding's "Respect" into a rallying cry for women by making some strategic changes to the 1965 original's lyrics, including adding the iconic bridge: “R-E-S-P-E-C-T / ...

The 'Queen of Soul' turned this record into a No. 1 hit.

Many cover songs are far more popular than the original recordings. Aretha Franklin's version of a song by Otis Redding also ...

This iconic artist took a cover and launched it into the stratosphere.

Respect is due Otis Redding — and Aretha Franklin. For the first time since 2004, Rolling Stone magazine has reshuffled its list of the 500 greatest songs of all time, and Franklin’s version of ...

The Cover of all Covers! We are talking about the song ‘RESPECT,” written and recorded in 1965 by American soul artist the great Otis Redding. But that’s likely not the version you know of this song.

On this day 50 years ago, a little-known gospel singer from Detroit went into a New York City recording studio to try to jump-start her career. No one saw it coming, but the song Aretha Franklin laid ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you learned how to spell "respect" thanks to the legendary Aretha Franklin, you're not alone. Franklin's seminal 1967 track, ...

R-E-S-P-E-C-T is exactly what Aretha Franklin got in 1967. Fifty-nine years ago today, the Queen of Soul took her cover to No ...