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Essential Aretha Franklin Playlist

Aretha Franklin's essential set — the songs every DJ reaches for, ranked in one playlist. Copy the list, tap 🔀 for a fresh mix, add the whole set to Apple Music in one tap, or build your own with the free Setlist Machine.

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Essential Aretha Franklin — Aretha Franklin is an American singer and pianist born in Tennessee and raised in Detroit, known for gospel-rooted vocals and piano that became central to soul and R&B.

⭐ Essential Aretha Franklin100 songs

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  1. Jump To It — Aretha Franklin
  2. Respect — Aretha Franklin
  3. I Say a Little Prayer — Aretha Franklin
  4. Think — Aretha Franklin
  5. (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman — Aretha Franklin
  6. Spanish Harlem — Aretha Franklin
  7. You Send Me — Aretha Franklin
  8. Chain of Fools — Aretha Franklin
  9. Get It Right — Aretha Franklin
  10. Freeway Of Love — Aretha Franklin
  11. Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) — Aretha Franklin
  12. Respect (with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) — Aretha Franklin
  13. Rock Steady — Aretha Franklin
  14. You Made Me Love You — Aretha Franklin
  15. (You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman [with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra] — Aretha Franklin
  16. What a Diff'rence a Day Made — Aretha Franklin
  17. (No, No) I'm Losing You — Aretha Franklin
  18. Baby, I Love You — Aretha Franklin
  19. Call Me — Aretha Franklin
  20. Good to Me as I Am to You — Aretha Franklin
  21. Ain't No Way — Aretha Franklin
  22. Who's Zoomin' Who? — Aretha Franklin
  23. Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody — Aretha Franklin
  24. Nobody Like You — Aretha Franklin
  25. Don't Play That Song — Aretha Franklin
  26. People Get Ready — Aretha Franklin
  27. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive — Aretha Franklin
  28. Son of a Preacher Man — Aretha Franklin
  29. (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone — Aretha Franklin
  30. One Step Ahead — Aretha Franklin
  31. Ain't Nobody (Gonna Turn Me Around) — Aretha Franklin
  32. Operation Heartbreak — Aretha Franklin
  33. Wonderful — Aretha Franklin
  34. Day Dreaming — Aretha Franklin
  35. Walk on By — Aretha Franklin
  36. The House That Jack Built — Aretha Franklin
  37. I Will Survive (The Aretha Version) — Aretha Franklin
  38. Hello Sunshine — Aretha Franklin
  39. Drown in My Own Tears — Aretha Franklin
  40. You Light Up My Life — Aretha Franklin
  41. Rolling In the Deep (The Aretha Version) — Aretha Franklin
  42. Do Right Woman, Do Right Man — Aretha Franklin
  43. A Rose Is Still a Rose — Aretha Franklin
  44. I Told You So — Aretha Franklin
  45. Border Song (Holy Moses) (with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) — Aretha Franklin
  46. You're a Sweet Sweet Man — Aretha Franklin
  47. You're All I Need to Get By — Aretha Franklin
  48. It Ain't Necessarily So — Aretha Franklin
  49. Never Let Me Go — Aretha Franklin
  50. God Bless the Child — Aretha Franklin
  51. I Say a Little Prayer (with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) — Aretha Franklin
  52. All Night Long — Aretha Franklin
  53. Eleanor Rigby — Aretha Franklin
  54. At Last — Aretha Franklin
  55. Save Me — Aretha Franklin
  56. My Guy — Aretha Franklin
  57. Let It Be (with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) — Aretha Franklin
  58. Do Right Woman - Do Right Man — Aretha Franklin
  59. This Bitter Earth — Aretha Franklin
  60. Ever Changing Times (feat. Michael McDonald) — Aretha Franklin
  61. A Deeper Love — Aretha Franklin
  62. Baby, Baby, Baby — Aretha Franklin
  63. Angel — Aretha Franklin
  64. Night Time Is the Right Time — Aretha Franklin
  65. Just for a Thrill — Aretha Franklin
  66. What a Fool Believes — Aretha Franklin
  67. Every Girl (Wants My Guy) — Aretha Franklin
  68. Won't Be Long — Aretha Franklin
  69. The Weight — Aretha Franklin
  70. Dr. Feelgood (Love Is a Serious Business) — Aretha Franklin
  71. Son of a Preacher Man (with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) — Aretha Franklin
  72. Spirit in the Dark — Aretha Franklin
  73. Something He Can Feel — Aretha Franklin
  74. Oh Happy Day — Aretha Franklin
  75. I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) — Aretha Franklin
  76. See Saw — Aretha Franklin
  77. Here We Go Again — Aretha Franklin
  78. Think (with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) — Aretha Franklin
  79. A Change Is Gonna Come — Aretha Franklin
  80. The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) — Aretha Franklin
  81. Maybe I'm A Fool — Aretha Franklin
  82. You're All I Need to Get By (with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) — Aretha Franklin
  83. That Lucky Old Sun — Aretha Franklin
  84. Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I) — Aretha Franklin
  85. It's So Heartbreakin' — Aretha Franklin
  86. When They Ask About You — Aretha Franklin
  87. Wholy Holy — Aretha Franklin
  88. A Change — Aretha Franklin
  89. I Surrender, Dear — Aretha Franklin
  90. People Get Ready (with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) — Aretha Franklin
  91. I Can't See Myself Leaving You — Aretha Franklin
  92. Exactly Like You — Aretha Franklin
  93. Groovin' — Aretha Franklin
  94. Mary, Don't You Weep — Aretha Franklin
  95. Don't Play That Song (You Lied) (with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) — Aretha Franklin
  96. Young, Gifted and Black — Aretha Franklin
  97. Rough Lover — Aretha Franklin
  98. Let It Be — Aretha Franklin
  99. Today I Sing the Blues — Aretha Franklin
  100. Love Is the Only Thing — Aretha Franklin

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