The new biopic “Respect” runs through two decades of Aretha Franklin’s life in 2½ hours, starting at age 9 and culminating with her back-to-the-roots gospel project “Amazing Grace.” ...

You know that Aretha Franklin's "Respect" is one of the greatest Soul tracks of all time. You might not know the loaded gender history behind its lyrics. Or that Otis Redding actually wrote and ...

"It’s important for people," Aretha Franklin told Vogue in 2016. The death of Aretha Franklin is sparking reflection on her two-time Grammy-winning song, "Respect," which arguably catapulted the ...

But here's the thing: "Respect" wasn't entirely Aretha Franklin's. Otis Redding wrote and recorded it first, or at least his version of it. "I had heard Otis Redding sing it, and I rehearsed it ...

It was Valentine’s Day 1967 when Aretha Franklin sat down at a piano in the Atlantic Records studio in New York and recorded “Respect.” The Queen of Soul, who died in Detroit Thursday ...

No one saw it coming, but the song Aretha Franklin laid down on Valentine's Day 1967 would go on to become one of the greatest recordings of all time. "Respect" hit the top of the charts four ...

You’ve seen “Respect” before. Slivers of this sleepy biopic about the life of singer Aretha Franklin can be found all over the place, from “Ray” to “Jersey Boys.” There are the early ...

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 ...

Biopics ain’t Wikipedia entries. Lives never conform to a tidy narrative arc — even one as dramatic as Aretha Franklin’s. With Respect, screenwriter Tracey Scott Wilson and director Liesl ...

Aretha Franklin was one of our greatest artists, and Respect, the new movie about her early years, doesn't entirely avoid those biopic conventions. But there's real intelligence and feeling in it ...

The new Aretha Franklin biopic “Respect” shows the Queen of Soul grappling with fame, fortune, finding the right note at the start of her career and everything that followed. But it offers ...