“Respect” was really the only Aretha Franklin song I remember hearing on the radio with any regularity as a kid. It wasn’t until I saw the movie The Blues Brothers that I finally heard another song from her. We had a VHS tape with The Blues Brothers, Rambo, and Rocky IV recorded from the television that I would watch quite regularly. Much later in life, I was fortunate enough to really dig into a majority of her Atlantic Records recordings via my work. This is when I truly gained an understanding of her title, The Queen Of Soul.
Song: “I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)”
Artist: Aretha Franklin
Songwriter(s): Ronny Shannon
Album(s): I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You) (Single) / I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You (Full-length)
Release Year(s): 1967
Song: “Ain’t That Peculiar”
Artist: Marvin Gaye
Songwriter(s): William “Smokey” Robinson, Marvin Tarplin, Warren “Pete” Moore, Robert Rogers
Album(s): Ain’t That Peculiar (Single) / Moods Of Marvin Gaye (Full-length)
Release Year(s): 1965 (Single) / 1966 (Full-length)
I Wish You Would Hear Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6jFrq03xPtVVOexYHZF1OW?si=bc9df95d2d854d