" Yip " Harburg ( performed by Judy Garland in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz ), " White Christmas " written by Irving Berlin ( best-known performance by Bing Crosby ), " This Land Is Your Land " written and performed by Woody Guthrie, " Respect " written by Otis Redding ( best-known performance by Aretha Franklin ), and " American Pie ".

Twain's mainstream pop acceptance was further helped by her appearance in the 1998 first edition of the VH1 Divas concert where she sang alongside Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Gloria Estefan and Aretha Franklin, and also by VH1's 1999 heavily aired Behind the Music, which concentrated on the tragic aspects of her early life as well as her physical attractiveness and Nashville's early resistance to her bare-midriff music videos.

* In 1996, RCA Victor released the tribute album The Songs of West Side Story featuring new versions of the songs from the musical sung by popular music stars, including: " The Jet Song " sung by Brian Setzer, " A Boy Like That " sung by Selena, " I feel Pretty " sung by Little Richard, two versions of " Somewhere " performed by Aretha Franklin and Phil Collins, " Tonight " sung by Wynonna Judd and Kenny Loggins, " America " sung by Patti LaBelle, Natalie Cole and Sheila E., " I Have a Love " sung by Trisha Yearwood and " Rumble " performed by Chick Corea Elektric Band and Steve Vai's Monsters.

* February 14 – Respect is recorded by Aretha Franklin ( to be released in April ).

Aretha Franklin's 1967 recordings, such as " I Never Loved a Man ( The Way I Love You )", " Respect " ( originally sung by Otis Redding ), and " Do Right Woman, Do Right Man " ( written by Chips Moman and Dan Penn ), are considered the apogee of the soul genre, and were among its most commercially successful productions.

While famous for classic recordings from Rod Stewart, Aretha Franklin, Eric Clapton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Rolling Stones and The Allman Brothers, recent hit songs such as " Before He Cheats " by Carrie Underwood and " I Loved Her First " by Heartland continue the city's musical legacy.

She sang on various episodes of the show, including a heavily altered version of Aretha Franklin's " Respect " and the original song, " Make Up Your Mind " produced by Robert Jerald of N ' Spyre Music Productions.

The will o ' the wisp also appears in the song " skylark " sung by Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Maxine Sullivan and others

Sharon D Clarke, backed by Nadine Lewington, Rakie Ayola and Phoebe Thomas performed a soul version of Aretha Franklin's signature song, " Respect ".

A number of musicians, ranging from Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis to Isaac Hayes and Aretha Franklin, have identified her singing, guitar playing and showmanship as an important influence on them.

It features musical numbers by R & B and soul legends James Brown, Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and John Lee Hooker.

On September 2, 1995, the opening of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was celebrated with an all-star concert which featured Chuck Berry, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Jerry Lee Lewis and others.

Allen was born Deborah Lynn Thurmond in Memphis, Tennessee and was strongly influenced by Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Ray Charles, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and the current music which was being played in Memphis on WHBQ and WDIA, as well as country greats such as Brenda Lee, Patsy Cline, Tammy Wynette, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash.

Many notable performers worked on the chitlin ' circuit, including Count Basie, George Benson, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis, Jr., Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, The Jackson 5, Redd Foxx, Aretha Franklin, Jimi Hendrix, Billie Holiday, John Lee Hooker, Lena Horne, Etta James, B. B.

The scene opens with John Lee Hooker playing his song Boom Boom on the street before the film's stars, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd enter a restaurant owned and operated by Aretha Franklin looking for Matt " Guitar " Murphy and " Blue " Lou Marini.

" Cold, Cold Heart " has since been recorded by many other artists, including Louis Armstrong ( recorded September 17, 1951, released Decca Records catalog number 27816 ), Donald Peers ( recorded October 5, 1951, released EMI via His Master's Voice label as catalog number B 10158 ), Petula Clark, Johnny Cash, Nat King Cole, Aretha Franklin ( 1964 ), Bill Haley & His Comets, Rosemary Clooney, Dinah Washington, Norah Jones, Lucinda Williams, Ronnie Hawkins, Raul Malo, George Jones, David Allan Coe, Guy Mitchell, Teresa Brewer, Jerry Lee Lewis, Cowboy Junkies, Frankie Laine, and Jo Stafford.

Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, Willie Nelson, Reba McEntire, Little Richard, Boyz II Men, Ashanti, Boys Choir of Harlem, Michelle Williams, John Legend, Nicole Scherzinger, Fantasia Barrino, and Keri Hilson have each renditioned the song " America the Beautiful " before the show.

The album is a personal collection of favourite songs by women who have inspired her, Bonnie Raitt, Aretha Franklin, Emmylou Harris, Chrissie Hynde, Joni Mitchell, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Lucinda Williams and Jane Siberry.

As MTV became the center of the entertainment universe, Hunter ’ s celebrity interviews included the first MTV interviews with Madonna, Duran Duran and U2, and also included Ozzy Osbourne, Frank and Moon Unit Zappa, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Loverboy, Kasim Sultan, Crosby Stills & Nash, Kevin Bacon, Robin Williams, Dan Aykroyd, Eurythmics, Kenny Loggins, the Psychedelic Furs, Bob & Doug McKenzie, Lou Reed, Andy Warhol, the Cars, the GoGos, the Bangles, Colin Hay and Men at Work, Boy George, Bon Jovi, Bryan Adams, John Mellencamp, Hugh Hefner, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Rod Stewart, Cheap Trick, Billy Idol, Thomas Dolby, Joe Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, Crowded House, Aretha Franklin, Michael McDonald, Rick Springfield, Peter Wolf, Toto, Level 42, Steve Martin, Tom Hanks, Martin Short, Chevy Chase and Pee-Wee Herman among others.

Since that time, Williams has continued his solo career, touring the US, Europe and South Africa, and has recently shared stages with Aretha Franklin, The Whispers, Rick James, Boney James, Bobby Womack, Ohio Players, Al Green, Usher, K-Ci & JoJo, Alicia Keys, Anthony Hamilton and Frankie Beverly & Maze.

The band has also recorded ( both individually and as a band ) with a wide range of other artists including Bob Dylan, Meat Loaf, Bonnie Tyler, Air Supply, Dire Straits, David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, Stevie Nicks, Tom Morello, Sting, Ian Hunter, Ringo Starr, Ray Davies, Ronnie Spector, Gary U. S. Bonds, Darlene Love, Southside Johnny, The Grateful Dead, Santana, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris, Tracy Chapman, Lady Gaga, and Aretha Franklin.

In 2005 DiCaprio's face was seriously injured when Aretha Wilson, a model, hit him over the head with a broken bottle at a Hollywood party.

Despite his initial reluctance, like several former gospel singers Aretha Franklin, and Wilson Pickett, Burke was " molded into a more secular direction when he signed with Atlantic in the ' 60s ," and became one of " the " backsliders ," artists who " preferred a secular acclaim to the gospel obscurity ", after deciding eventually that " secular music was not the anithesis of the church but, rather, ' a new avenue, a new dimension to spread the gospel.

" However, Burke ’ s chart decline coincided with the years when most other exemplars of soul music ( including Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, the Temptations, and Stevie Wonder ) were " solidifying their respective stardoms.

Her status as one of the music industry's biggest pop divas was further solidified when she was asked to perform on VH1's Divas Live special in 1998, with superstars Aretha Franklin, Gloria Estefan, Shania Twain and Mariah Carey.

Music historian Robert Stephens attributes the birth of soul music to " What'd I Say " when gospel and blues were successfully joined ; the new genre of music was matured by later musicians such as James Brown and Aretha Franklin.

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You is the breakthrough 1967 album by Aretha Franklin.

Spooner Oldham, the house organist of Alabama recording studio Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, can be heard playing the Farfisa on numerous southern soul recordings from the 1960s, notably " When a Man Loves a Woman " by Percy Sledge and " I Never Loved a Man ( The Way I Love You )" by Aretha Franklin, among many others.

The group's most successful album, 1985's Cupid & Psyche 85, spawned three UK Top 20 hits with " Wood Beez ( Pray Like Aretha Franklin )", " Absolute ", and " The Word Girl ", as well as a US Top 20 hit with " Perfect Way ".

Houston performed the operatic soprano melody on the Aretha Franklin hit, Ain't No Way.

They would collaborate on Ain't No Way ( originally a Cissy Houston and Aretha Franklin vehicle ), on which Cissy sang " Cissy " and Whitney " Aretha ".

* I Never Loved A Man ( The Way I Love You )-Ronnie Shannon ( popularized by Aretha Franklin )

On May 17, 2005, Clive Davis selected Dionne Warwick's " I'll Never Love This Way Again " for Solomon to perform, the judges selected Donna Summer's " On the Radio " and her own choice was Aretha Franklin's " Chain of Fools.

Aretha Franklin won a Grammy for her rendition of " A House Is Not a Home ", and Stevie Wonder and Beyoncé won a Grammy for their cover of " So Amazing ".

She first won the award in 46th Grammy Awards | 2004 for " So Damn Happy ( Aretha Franklin album )# Track listing | Wonderful " and won again at the 48th Grammy Awards | 2006 ceremony for " A House Is Not a Home ( song )# Cover versions | A House Is Not a Home ".

Author Taraborrelli called it as one of her most " earnest " songs and compared it with Aretha Franklin's song " Respect " as well as Barbra Streisand's " A House is Not a Home ".

Aretha Franklin and Rod Stewart also recorded " Amazing Grace " around the same time, and both of their renditions were popular.

In 2001 Kid Rock began dating actress Pamela Anderson, after the two met at a VH1 tribute to Aretha Franklin.

* January 3 – Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

James Cleveland, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin plus Motown artists The Supremes, The Four Tops and Marvin Gaye.

In February 2010, Minnelli appeared in a Snickers commercial along with Aretha Franklin and Betty White.

Jimmy Hughes, Percy Sledge and Arthur Alexander recorded at Fame, and Aretha Franklin recorded in the area later in the 1960s.

These independent labels produced high-quality dance records with such singers as Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding and Wilson Pickett.

Colbert County is also home of the towns Sheffield and Muscle Shoals where many popular musicians such as Aretha Franklin and the Rolling Stones recorded music.

In response, UserLand came to re-position Frontier as a Web development environment, distributing the software free of charge with the " Aretha " release of May 1995.

* C. L. Franklin, father of Aretha Franklin

Muscle Shoals is known for recording many hit songs from the 1960s to today at FAME Studios, where Aretha Franklin recorded, and Muscle Shoals Sound Studio which developed work for Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, the Rolling Stones and countless others.

Cher, The Rolling Stones, The Osmonds, Aretha Franklin, Bob Seger, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Simon & Garfunkle, The Staple Singers and many others recorded the biggest hits of their careers in this small studio, that remains well known and respected throughout the music industry.

* Aretha Franklin, singer and songwriter, daughter of prominent preacher C. L. Franklin

* Carolyn Franklin, singer and songwriter, and younger sister of Aretha Franklin.

The show included entertainers such as Frankie Lymon, The Supremes, Marian Anderson, Louis Armstrong, Pearl Bailey, LaVern Baker, Harry Belafonte, James Brown, Godfrey Cambridge, Diahann Carroll, Ray Charles, Nat King Cole, Bill Cosby, Count Basie, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis, Jr., Bo Diddley, Rocío Dúrcal, Duke Ellington, Lola Falana, The 5th Dimension, Ella Fitzgerald, The Four Tops, Aretha Franklin, Dick Gregory, W. C. Handy, Lena Horne, The Jackson 5, Mahalia Jackson, Eartha Kitt, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Little Anthony & The Imperials, Moms Mabley, Johnny Mathis, The Miracles ( later known as Smokey Robinson & the Miracles ), Melba Moore, The Platters, Leontyne Price, Richard Pryor, Lou Rawls, Della Reese, Nipsey Russell, Nina Simone, Sly & the Family Stone, The Temptations, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Tina Turner ( at the time known as " The Ike & Tina Turner Revue "), Leslie Uggams, William Warfield, Dionne Warwick, Dinah Washington, Ethel Waters, Flip Wilson, Jackie Wilson, Nancy Wilson, and Stevie Wonder.