1967 represented a whole new scene as it was a landmark year in the music business. The Beatles released Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and in San Francisco it was the “Summer of Love.” The big hit-makers that year were the Beatles, the Supremes, and the Monkees. However, in the first week of June, Aretha was right up there with them on as her song “Respect” topped the charts. Aretha arrived on the scene—with the psychedelia of the Strawberry Alarm Clock and the pop stylings of the Seekers—and redefined the sound of R&B music. Her music was forceful, raw, and earthy in a way that no one who came before her had ever expressed. Aretha demanded ‘Respect’ and although her man has done her wrong, she wept boldly that “I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) and demonstrated her perseverance through “A Change Is Gonna Come” in a way that everyone, regardless of skin color, could understand.
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