Editor's note: This story originally appeared in the Free Press on June 3, 2007. We are republishing it today as Detroit and the world remember the Queen of Soul, who died Aug. 16. Forty years ago ...
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s easy to forget that “Respect” wasn’t originally Aretha Franklin’s song. But the Queen of Soul sang it like it was made for her, and for only her. She transformed Otis Redding’s ...