Named #16 on the best songs of the 1960s
"Respect" was a runaway hit, topping the US Billboard Hot 100, Pop Singles and Rhythm and Blues Singles charts in 1967. The song won a Grammy for Best Rhythm & Blues Recording and Best Rhythm & Blues Solo Vocal Performance by a Female in 1968. "Respect" was named #5 on Rolling Stone's 2003 list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. "Respect" was #4 on the Recording Industry of America and the National Endowment for the Arts list of Songs of the Century. Aretha Franklin was named the #1 Greatest Singer of All Time by Rolling Stone. In 1987, Franklin became the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. As of 2011, Franklin has scored more top forty singles than any other female performer in history, according to her biography at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. |
Released: March 1967
While Otis Redding originally had a hit with this track in ’65, it would take two years, a phenomenal soul voice, some backing “sock it to me”s and a formidable "R-E-S-P-E-C-T” breakdown to really set the track on fire. Two Grammys and countless covers later and it’s entered our musical lexicon as shorthand for girl power, soul power and, well, respect. |
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