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But Franklin made pop come to her, not the other way around. When showtunes and standards didn’t work in the ’60s, Aretha switched to gritty R&B and gospel ... Is This Song No. 1?” ...

A long-awaited Aretha Franklin documentary ... which is so pure and joyous." Franklin won 18 Grammys and had 17 Top Ten US chart hits over a music career spanning seven decades.