The most captivating photos of Aretha Franklin you've probably never seen
The Queen of Soul, long may she reign
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Posing for a portrait circa 1970
Credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Singing ‘I Say a Little Prayer’ at Madison Square Garden in 1968
Credit: © Walter Iooss Jr./Globe Photos via ZUMA Wire
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Backstage before a performance at Symphony Hall in Newark, New Jersey, in 1969
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With Stevie Wonder during a BET Honors dinner at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., in 2012
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Photo session with Art Kane in 1967
Credit: Art Kane
Posing for a portrait in 1973
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Posing for a portrait in Los Angeles in 1980
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Holding a copy of her album Soul ’69 in the Atlantic Records studios in New York in 1969
Credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
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In the studio with Jerry Jemmott, Spooner Oldham, Tommy Cogbill, Jimmy Johnson, Roger Hawkins, and Arif Mardin in 1968
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Performing with Mariah Carey for VH1 Divas Live in 1998
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View of the Apollo Theater in New York in 1971
Credit: Tyrone Dukes/The New York Times/Redux
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EW's tribute issue
Credit: (c) 1968 Paul McCartney. Photographer: Linda McCartney
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