NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Aretha Franklin on 5 August 2020. Aretha Franklin has been played over 410 times on NTS, first on 24 December 2012. Aretha Franklin's music has been featured on 311 episodes.

Aretha Franklin (March 25, 1942 - August 16, 2018) was a Memphis, Tennessee born and Detroit, Michigan reared American iconic gospel, soul, and R&B singer, songwriter and pianist. Many have called her "The Queen Of Soul" and "Lady Soul".

She is renowned for her soul and R&B recordings (on many, of which, she accompanied herself on keyboards and piano, a skill she learned at an early age,…