Aretha Franklin (1942-2018), the Queen of Soul, is easily one of the best singers in living memory in the US, if not the best.
She has 20 number-one hit songs on the US R&B chart:
- 1967: I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)
- 1967: Respect
- 1967: Baby I Love You
- 1968: Chain of Fools
- 1968: (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You’ve Been Gone
- 1968: Think
- 1969: Share Your Love with Me
- 1970: Call Me
- 1970: Don’t Play That Song (You Lied)
- 1971: Bridge Over Troubled Water
- 1971: Spanish Harlem
- 1972: Day Dreaming
- 1973: Angel
- 1974: Until You Come Back to Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do)
- 1974: I’m in Love
- 1976: Something He Can Feel
- 1977: Break It To Me Gently
- 1982: Jump to It
- 1983:…
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