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29 Things You Might Not Have Known About 'Queen Of Soul' Aretha Franklin
Full List:
1 . She Performed At The Super Bowl Show After Calling The NFL Out
2 . She Was The Second Black Woman To Appear On The Cover Of Time
3 . She Scored The Most No. 1 Singles By Any Woman
4 . She Had Her Own Record Label
5 . She Won The Presidential Medal Of Freedom
6 . She Was The Most Charted Female Artist In Billboard's History
7 . She Was No.1 On The "100 Greatest Singers" List
8 . "Respect" Was Originally A Cover
9 . Her Sisters Sang As Backup
10 . And It Became An Anthem For The Civil Rights & Feminist Movements
11 . "Respect" Is Named "The Song Of The Century"
12 . Her Father Was A Well-Known Preacher
13 . Her Parents Were Musical
14 . Whitney Houston Saw Her As An Auntie
15 . She Had 12 Honarary Degrees
16 . She Sang Opera
17 . She Won 18 Grammy Awards
18 . She Released 42 Studio Albums
19 . She Studied At Juilliard
20 . She Was A Mother Of Two By Age 14
21 . She Had A Fear Of Flying
22 . She Performed At Three Presidential Inaugurations
23 . She Had A Rare Four-Octave Vocal Range
24 . She Was The First Woman Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
25 . She Was Linked With Martin Luther King Jr.
26 . And Performed At His Funeral
27 . She Got Her Start In Church
28 . She Taught Herself How To Play Piano
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