GREATEST SONG EVER - AN OVERVIEW

”He was referring to the knockout sound of Franklin’s backup singers — her sisters, Carolyn and Erma — chanting “Sock it to me” at large velocity, which Aretha and Carolyn cooked up to the session. The late Tom Dowd, who engineered the date, credited Carolyn with the saucy breakdown through which Aretha spelled out the title: “I fell