June 3, 1967 –
Aretha Franklin’s cover of the Otis Reading song Respect hits #1 in America, one this date.
Franklin’s cover is by far the best-known version, but this was an important song for Otis Redding. It was just his second Top 40 hit, following I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now), and it helped establish Redding on mainstream radio. Otis also performed the song at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967; this was a defining performance for the singer, who died in a plane crash six months later.
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