Relive 7 iconic Aretha Franklin performances, from Obama's inauguration to "Blues Brothers"

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Aretha's performance---the look on Carole King's face as Aretha sang and Obama being brought to tears are probably my most favorites.




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Relive 7 iconic Aretha Franklin performances, from Obama’s inauguration to "Blues Brothers"

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By Elahe Izadi
, Staff writer
August 16 at 4:19 PM

For six decades, the world had countless opportunities to be stunned by the talent and range of the undisputed Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, who died Thursday at age 76 of pancreatic cancer.

Her long recording career was punctuated by iconic performances that could stir a nation, get an ordinary concertgoer out of their seat and dancing and reduce a sitting president to tears.

[Aretha Franklin, music’s ‘Queen of Soul,’ dies at 76]

Here is a look back at just a few of those moments.
Fillmore West (1971)..................



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Bringing President Obama to tears (2015)

When the annual Kennedy Center Honors selected singer-songwriter Carole King for recognition, it was Franklin who stole the show.





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1. Thank you

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