Aretha Franklin - The Queen of Soul Quiz

Answer: (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman

This song was written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin and was released by Franklin in 1967. It reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and twenty eight years later Mary J Blige did a cover version on the "New York Undercover" soundtrack.

Answer: Respect

Originally recorded by Otis Redding in 1965, Aretha took out the honours with her version of the song in 1968 and it became popular with the feminist movement.

Answer: Burt Bacharach and Hal David

Bacharach and David wrote the song for Dionne Warwick in 1967. Warwick's original reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and one year later Aretha released her version reaching number ten. King and Goffin's first songwriting hit was "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" by The Shirelles. Greenwich and Barry wrote such popular songs as "Be My Baby" (The Ronettes) and "And Then He Kissed Me" (The Crystals).

Some of the well-known songs Leiber and Stoller wrote were, "Jailhouse Rock" (Elvis Presley) and "Poison Ivy" (The Coasters).

Answer: Think

Ted White and Aretha co-wrote this song for her "Aretha Now" album. The album also featured her younger sister Carolyn Franklin on backing vocals. In 1979, Aretha's contract ran out with Atlantic records, but she hit the limelight again in 1980 when "Think" and her acting role of Mrs Matt Murphy featured in the movie "The Blues Brothers" and was then signed to Arista Records.

Answer: Memphis, Tennessee

Aretha was born in 1942 to parents, Rev C L Franklin & Barbara Franklin (nee Siggers) and was one of five children. Unfortunately, Aretha's parents separated when she was six and her mother died of a heart attack when she was only ten. Her first record deal was with Checker Records and she released the album, "Songs of Faith" in 1956 at age fourteen.

Answer: I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)

Released in March 1967, this song reached the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed at the number one spot on the Billboard's R&B Singles Chart for seven weeks.

Answer: "Who's Zoomin' Who?" released 1985

Her most successful single from this album was "Freeway of Love" and the television series "Grey's Anatomy" used "Who's Zoomin' Who?" for the title of their season one finale in 2005.

Answer: Annie Lennox, George Michael, Elton John and Frank Sinatra

Aretha recorded her duet "Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves" with Annie Lennox in 1985 which reached number eighteen on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number nine in the UK Singles Chart. In 1987, she recorded "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" with George Michael which achieved number one status in US (Billboard Hot 100), UK (UK SIngles Chart) and Australia (The ARIA Charts). "Through The Storm" with Elton John reached number three in the US Billboard chart in 1989 and in 1993 Aretha recorded "What Now My Love" with Frank Sinatra.

Answer: First woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Aretha was the first woman to be inducted into the R&R Hall of Fame and the second for the UK Music Hall of Fame (Madonna was the first!). Her title of "Queen of Soul" is more of status rather than an actual award and she received the 'National Medal of Arts' in 1999 and the 'Presidential Medal of Freedom' in 2005.

Answer: 9

Aretha was the only woman to make it into the top ten! The top ten are: 1. The Beatles. 2. Bob Dylan. 3. Elvis Presley. 4. The Rolling Stones. 5. Chuck Berry. 6. Jimi Hendrix. 7. James Brown. 8. Little Richard. 9. Aretha Franklin. 10. Ray Charles.