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  • As Aretha Franklin you remember her memorable haberdashery at the inauguration, right? would say: All I'm askin' is for a little r-e-s-p-e-c-t.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Dave 2009

  • As Aretha Franklin you remember her memorable haberdashery at the inauguration, right? would say: All I'm askin' is for a little r-e-s-p-e-c-t.

    "That Was Easy ! ! ! ! " West End Bob 2009

  • Much r-e-s-p-e-c-t for former Attorney General Janet Reno for her passionate rendition of the classic Aretha Franklin song.

    CNN Transcript Jan 28, 2006 2006

  • Some performers sang songs whose meanings were deliberately masked - Aretha Franklin was demanding r-e-s-p-e-c-t but for her gender or colour?

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

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