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Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin is a person from the US, active from 1942.

Person US 1942–2018 soul gospel southern soul
TOTAL PLAYS
5,402
SONGS PLAYED
346
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2005-02-22 00:48 · 6 Music — "Respect"
LAST PLAYED
2 months ago · 6 Music — "Rock Steady"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
600 450 300 150 0
'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 2,856 53%
6 Music 2,221 41%
1Xtra 218 4%
Radio 1 107 2%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 14:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Respect 772 2026-05-19
2 I Say a Little Prayer 593 2026-05-25
3 Think 576 2026-05-15
4 Rock Steady 366 2026-05-26
5 Chain of Fools 246 2026-04-01
6 Don't Play That Song 171 2025-09-15
7 (You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman 163 2026-05-21
8 See Saw 154 2026-05-06
9 Freeway of Love 140 2026-05-07
10 The House That Jack Built 139 2026-05-08
11 Who's Zoomin' Who? 128 2026-04-18
12 Chain Of Fools 96 2011-11-22
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-26 09:00 Rock Steady 6 Music
2026-05-25 03:56 I Say a Little Prayer Radio 2
2026-05-24 14:52 Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) Radio 2
2026-05-23 10:18 Day Dreaming 6 Music
2026-05-22 14:53 Rock Steady Radio 2
2026-05-21 21:21 A Deeper Love Radio 2
2026-05-21 12:38 (You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman Radio 2
2026-05-19 07:09 Respect 6 Music
2026-05-15 14:44 Think 6 Music
2026-05-11 10:57 Think Radio 2
2026-05-10 22:46 Let It Be Radio 2
2026-05-08 16:20 Respect Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

346 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
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'God Will Take Care of You' (Live at New Missionary Baptist Church, Los Angeles) — 1 ▶
(Blue) by Myself — 1 ▶
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction — 5 ▶
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (Live at the Olympia Theatre, Paris, 7 May 1968) — 1 ▶
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction [Live at the Olympia Theatre, Paris, May 7, 1968) — 1 ▶
(No, No) I'm Losing You — 1 ▶
(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone — 2 ▶
(Sweet, Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone — 15 ▶
(You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman — 163 ▶
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman — 6 ▶
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman (Live In Paris) — 2 ▶
(You Make Me Feel) Like A Natural Woman — 2 ▶
96 Tears — 3 ▶
A Brand New Me — 2 ▶
A Change — 1 ▶
A Change (Soul Flip Edit) — 1 ▶
A Change Is Gonna Come — 8 ▶
A Deeper Love — 52 ▶
A Deeper Love (A Deeper Mix) — 2 ▶
A Deeper Love (C&C Hot Mix) — 1 ▶
A Deeper Love (C&C Remix) — 8 ▶
A Deeper Love (C+C Hot Mix) — 1 ▶
A Deeper Love (C+C Music Factory Mix) — 1 ▶
A Deeper Love (C+C Radio Mix) — 6 ▶
A Deeper Love (morales mix) — 1 ▶
A Deeper Love (Sam Halabi Radio Remix) — 2 ▶
A Deeper Love (Sam Halabi Remix) — 2 ▶
A Deeper Love - C+C Radio Mix — 1 ▶
A Rose Is Still A Rose — 38 ▶
A Rose Is Still A Rose (instrumental) — 3 ▶
A Rose Is Still a Rose (Original Radio Edit) — 3 ▶
Ac Cent Tchu Ate the Positive — 1 ▶
Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive — 7 ▶
Ain't No Way — 25 ▶
Aint Nobody Gonna Turn Me Around — 1 ▶
Ain’t No Way — 1 ▶
All The King's Horses — 7 ▶
Almighty Fire — 2 ▶
Almighty Fire (Woman of the Future) — 2 ▶
Amazing Grace — 2 ▶
Amazing Grace (Live at New Temple Missionary Baptist Church) — 1 ▶
amazing grace (live) — 3 ▶
Angel — 21 ▶
Another Night — 3 ▶
As Long As You Are There — 1 ▶
At Last (Let Me In Your Life Outtake) — 1 ▶
Baby I Love You — 39 ▶
Baby, Baby, Baby — 4 ▶
Baby, I Love You (Live at the Olympia Theatre, Paris, May 7, 1968) — 2 ▶
Baby, I Love You (Live At The Olympia Theatre, Paris, May 7,1968) — 1 ▶
Baby, I Love You (live in Paris) — 1 ▶
Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home — 1 ▶
Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home — 2 ▶
Bitter Sweet Love — 3 ▶
Border Song — 3 ▶
Border Song (Holy Moses) — 1 ▶
Border Song - New York Neederlander Theatre 1993 — 1 ▶
Brand New Me (Just Because Of You) — 1 ▶
Break It to Me Gently — 1 ▶
Bridge Over Troubled Water — 33 ▶
Bring It on Home to Me — 1 ▶
But Beautiful — 1 ▶
Call Me — 5 ▶
Chain of Fools — 246 ▶
Chain Of Fools — 96 ▶
Chain of Fools (ANOTR Edit) — 3 ▶
Chain Of Fools - New York Neederlander Theatre 1993 — 2 ▶
Chain Of Fools / See Saw / Don't Play That Song / Respect - Live In Philly 1972 — 1 ▶
Chain Of Fools 1993 — 1 ▶
Climbing Higher Mountains — 6 ▶
Climbing Higher Mountains (Live at New Temple Missionary Baptist Church) — 7 ▶
Climbing Higher Mountains (Live at New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, LA) — 1 ▶
Climbing Higher Mountains (Live) — 1 ▶
Come Back Baby — 3 ▶
Coming Out Of The Dark - New York Neederlander Theatre 1993 — 1 ▶
Cry Like A Baby — 1 ▶
Dark End of the Street — 1 ▶
Day Dreaming — 61 ▶
Daydreaming — 1 ▶
Deeper Love (C&C Music Factory Remix) — 1 ▶
Do Right Woman, Do Right Man — 28 ▶
Don't Let Me Lose This Dream — 5 ▶
Don't Play That Song — 171 ▶
Don't Play That Song (Live At Fillmore West) — 1 ▶
Don't Play That Song (Live At The Fillmore) — 1 ▶
Don't Play That Song (You Lied) — 18 ▶
Don't Play That Song You Lied — 1 ▶
Dr Feelgood — 2 ▶
Dr Feelgood (Love Is a Serious Business) — 15 ▶
Dr. Feelgood — 1 ▶
Dr. Feelgood (Love Is a Serious Business) — 8 ▶
Dr. Feelgood (Love Is Serious Business) — 1 ▶
Drinking Again — 1 ▶
Drown in My Own Tears — 2 ▶
Eleanor Rigby — 9 ▶
Every Natural Thing — 2 ▶
Evil Gal Blues — 2 ▶
Exactly Like You — 1 ▶
First Snow in Kokomo — 2 ▶
freedom — 2 ▶
Freeway of Love — 140 ▶
Freeway Of Love — 19 ▶
Get It Right — 23 ▶
Give Yourself To Jesus — 1 ▶
God Bless the Child — 2 ▶
God Will Take Care Of You — 1 ▶
Good Times — 4 ▶
good to me as i am — 1 ▶
Good to Me As I Am to You — 5 ▶
Groovin' — 2 ▶
Happy Blues (The Reflex Revision) — 1 ▶
Hard Times — 2 ▶
Hello Sunshine — 1 ▶
Here We Go Again — 2 ▶
Hey Now Hey (The Other Side Of The Sky) — 1 ▶
Honest I Do — 1 ▶
How Deep Is the Ocean — 6 ▶
How Deep Is the Ocean? — 1 ▶
How Do You Feel / Move The Spirit - New York Neederlander Theatre 1993 — 1 ▶
How I Got Over — 8 ▶
How I Got Over (Live at New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, Los Angeles, 0. CA (feat. Rev. James Cleveland & Southern California Community Choir) — 1 ▶
How I Got Over (Live at New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, Los Angeles, CA) — 3 ▶
How I Got Over (Live) — 1 ▶
I Apologize — 1 ▶
I Believe (Thank God) - New York Neederlander Theatre 1993 — 1 ▶
I can't get no satisfaction — 10 ▶
I Can't See Myself Leaving You — 1 ▶
I Dreamed a Dream — 3 ▶
I Get High — 10 ▶
I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) — 1 ▶
I Never Loved a Man — 3 ▶
I Never Loved a Man (the Way I Love You) — 63 ▶
I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You) — 38 ▶
I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You) [LIVE] — 1 ▶
I Say a Little Prayer — 593 ▶
I Say A Little Prayer (Htd Version) — 1 ▶
I Say A Little Prayer (Mike and Tess re-edit) — 1 ▶
I Say A Little Prayer (mikeandtess reedit) — 2 ▶
I Say A Little Prayer <3.33> Star Girl — 1 ▶
I Say A Little Prayer For You — 1 ▶
I Want To Be With You — 1 ▶
I'm Every Woman / Respect — 1 ▶
I'm Every Woman / Respect (Eric Kupper Club Mix) — 2 ▶
I'm Sitting on Top of the World — 1 ▶
I'm Trying To Overcome (Outtake) — 1 ▶
I'm Wandering — 1 ▶
I've Been Loving You Too Long — 1 ▶
If Ever I Would Leave You — 1 ▶
If I Had A Hammer — 1 ▶
If I Should Lose You — 1 ▶
If She Don't Want Your Lovin' — 1 ▶
If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody — 1 ▶
Integrity — 3 ▶
It Ain't Fair — 4 ▶
It Ain't Neccesarily So — 1 ▶
It Ain't Necessarily So — 2 ▶
It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be (feat. Whitney Houston) — 2 ▶
It Only Happens (When I Look at You) — 1 ▶
It's so Heartbreakin' — 1 ▶
Joy to the World — 7 ▶
Joy To The World — 1 ▶
Jump — 1 ▶
Jump to It — 55 ▶
Jump To It (Album Version) — 1 ▶
Jump To It (Original Extended Version) — 1 ▶
Jump To It (Single Version) — 2 ▶
Jump To The Edit — 1 ▶
Jumpin' Jack Flash — 5 ▶
Just for the Thrill — 1 ▶
Just To See Her - New York Neederlander Theatre 1993 — 1 ▶
Land Of Dreams — 1 ▶
Lee Cross — 9 ▶
Let It Be — 7 ▶
Let Me In Your Life — 2 ▶
Love Is the Only Thing — 1 ▶
Love The One You're With — 3 ▶
Lover Come Back to Me — 3 ▶
Mary, Don't You Weep — 1 ▶
Master Of Eyes (The Deepness Of Your Eyes) — 3 ▶
Maybe I'm a Fool — 1 ▶
Medley: Precious Lord, Take My Hand/ You've Got A Friend — 1 ▶
Misty — 5 ▶
Money Won't Change You — 1 ▶
Moon River — 2 ▶
More — 3 ▶
Mr. D.J. (5 for the D.J.) — 2 ▶
Muddy Water — 4 ▶
My Cup Runneth Over (Outtake) — 1 ▶
My Cup Runneth Over (Young, Gifted And Black Outtake) — 1 ▶
My Guy — 1 ▶
My Song — 1 ▶
My Sweet Lord (instrumental) — 1 ▶
My Way — 1 ▶
My Way (Spirit In The Dark Outtake) — 1 ▶
Natural Woman - New York Neederlander Theatre 1993 — 1 ▶
Natural Woman 1993 — 1 ▶
Nessun Dorma — 1 ▶
Never Gonna Break My Faith (feat. The Boys Choir Of Harlem) — 4 ▶
Never Grow Old — 3 ▶
Never Grow Old (Recorded Live, January 1972) — 1 ▶
Night Life — 2 ▶
Night Life (feat. Gene Orloff) — 1 ▶
Night Time Is The Right Time — 3 ▶
Niki Hoeky — 2 ▶
No No I'm Losing You — 1 ▶
Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning — 1 ▶
Nobody Like You — 2 ▶
Nothing Compares 2 U — 2 ▶
Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby) — 5 ▶
Oh No Not My Baby — 1 ▶
Old Landmark (feat. Rev. James Cleveland & Southern California Community Choir) — 1 ▶
One Step Ahead — 30 ▶
One Step Ahead (Mono Mix) — 3 ▶
Only Thing Missin' — 1 ▶
Operation Heartbreak — 1 ▶
People Get Ready — 12 ▶
Precious Lord (Part Two) — 2 ▶
Precious Lord (Take My Hand) (part 1) — 1 ▶
Precious Lord / You've Got A Friend Medley — 1 ▶
Pride (A Deeper Love) — 2 ▶
Pride (A Deeper Love) (C&C Remix) — 1 ▶
Ramblin' — 2 ▶
Reach Out And Touch (Somebody's Hand) (Live At The Fillmore) — 1 ▶
Respect — 772 ▶
Respect (Live) — 1 ▶
Respect (DJ Agent 86 Bboy Edit) — 11 ▶
Respect (Live at the Fillmore) — 1 ▶
Respect (Live In Paris) — 2 ▶
Respect (Live) — 1 ▶
Respect (tShak Remix) — 1 ▶
Respect (with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) — 1 ▶
Rock Steady — 366 ▶
Rock Steady (Alternate Mix) — 1 ▶
Rock Steady (Danny Krivit edit) — 4 ▶
Rock Steady (Jimi Needles edit) — 1 ▶
Rock-a-bye baby with a dixie melody — 2 ▶
Rock-A-Lott — 1 ▶
Rocksteady — 1 ▶
Rolling In the Deep — 2 ▶
Rolling in the Deep (The Aretha version) — 1 ▶
Rough Lover — 1 ▶
Runnin' out of Fools — 1 ▶
Satisfaction — 2 ▶
Save Me — 37 ▶
Say a Little Prayer — 2 ▶
See Saw — 154 ▶
Share Your Love with Me — 4 ▶
Since You've Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby) — 1 ▶
Since You've Been Gone (Sweet, Sweet Baby) — 20 ▶
Since You've Been Gone - New York Neederlander Theatre 1993 — 1 ▶
Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves — 1 ▶
Sit Down and Cry — 1 ▶
Skylark — 2 ▶
Skylark (Alternate Version) — 1 ▶
So Soon — 1 ▶
So Swell When You're Well — 2 ▶
Someday We'll All Be Free — 1 ▶
Something He Can Feel — 9 ▶
Somewhere — 1 ▶
Son of a Preacher Man — 26 ▶
Soul Serenade — 1 ▶
Soulville — 1 ▶
Spanish Harlem — 84 ▶
Spanish Harlem (Alternate Take) — 2 ▶
Sparkle — 4 ▶
Spirit in the Dark — 9 ▶
Spirit in the dark (live at fillmore west) — 1 ▶
Spirit in the Dark (Live at Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, 3/7/1971) — 1 ▶
Spirit In the Dark (Live at Fillmore West, San Francisco, February 7, 1971) — 1 ▶
Spirit In The Dark (Live At Filmor West) — 1 ▶
Spirit In The Dark (Live at Filmore West, San Francisco Feb 7, 1971) — 1 ▶
Spirit In The Dark (Reprise with Ray Charles) — 1 ▶
Suzanne — 2 ▶
Sweet Bitter Love — 2 ▶
That Lucky Old Sun — 2 ▶
That's the Way I Feel About Cha (Alternate Version) [Hey Now Hey The Other Side — 1 ▶
The Fool On The Hill (This Girl's In Love With You Outtake) — 2 ▶
The Happy Blues — 2 ▶
The House That Jack Built — 139 ▶
The Long & Winding Road — 1 ▶
The Long and Winding Road — 5 ▶
The Lord Will Make A Way — 1 ▶
The Weight — 16 ▶
There Is No Greater Love — 1 ▶
Think — 576 ▶
Think 1993 — 2 ▶
Think (Blues Brothers OST) — 2 ▶
Think (Kraak & Smaak Club Remix) — 2 ▶
Think - New York Neederlander Theatre 1993 — 1 ▶
This Bitter Earth — 1 ▶
This Girl's in Love with You — 2 ▶
This Old Heart Of Mine - New York Neederlander Theatre 1993 — 1 ▶
This Old Heart Of Mine 1993 — 1 ▶
Tighten Up Your Tie — 1 ▶
Today I Sing the Blues — 6 ▶
Tracks Of My Tears — 2 ▶
Trouble in Mind — 5 ▶
Try a Little Tenderness — 10 ▶
Try A Little Tenderness — 6 ▶
Try Matty's — 1 ▶
Until You Come Back to Me — 40 ▶
Until You Come Back To Me — 43 ▶
Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) — 81 ▶
Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) — 1 ▶
Walk on By (Studio Rio Version) — 1 ▶
What a Fool Believes — 5 ▶
What A Friend We Have In Jesus — 7 ▶
What A Friend We Have In Jesus (Live At New Temple Missionary) — 1 ▶
When You Love Me Like That — 5 ▶
Who's Zoomin' Who — 84 ▶
Who's Zoomin' Who? — 128 ▶
Who's Zooming Who — 1 ▶
Who's Zooming Who (Dance Mix) — 1 ▶
Wholy Holy (Live at New Temple Baptist Church) — 1 ▶
Wholy Holy (Live at New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, LA, January 13 1972) — 1 ▶
Wholy Holy (Live at New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, Los Angeles, CA, 01/13 — 4 ▶
Why I Sing the Blues — 2 ▶
Willing to Forgive — 1 ▶
Willing To Forgive — 1 ▶
Winter Wonderland — 65 ▶
Without the One You Love — 1 ▶
Without You — 1 ▶
Won't Be Long — 3 ▶
Won't Be Long (feat. Ray Bryant) — 1 ▶
Won't Be Long (feat. The Ray Bryant Combo) — 1 ▶
Yeild Not To Temptation — 1 ▶
Yield Not to Temptation — 1 ▶
You Got All The Aces — 3 ▶
You Grow Closer — 1 ▶
You Keep Me Hangin' On (Terry Hunter Extended Remix) — 1 ▶
You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman — 44 ▶
You Send Me — 23 ▶
You'll Never Walk Alone — 3 ▶
You're A Sweet Sweet Man — 2 ▶
You're All I Need to Get By — 46 ▶
You're All I Need To Get By — 15 ▶
You're All I Need To Get By (Demo version) — 1 ▶
You're All I Need to Get By (Demo) — 2 ▶
You're All I Need To Get By (Outtake 2) — 3 ▶
You're All I Need To Get By (Takes 1 & 2) — 1 ▶
You're All I Need To Get By - Take 1 — 2 ▶
You're All I Need To Get By - Take 2 — 1 ▶
Young, Gifted and Black — 5 ▶
You’Re All I Need To Get By — 1 ▶
YouÂ’Re All I Need To Get By — 1 ▶
Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart — 2 ▶