1967 Aretha Franklin song that reached No. 1 on Billboard's R&B chart (3 wds.) Crossword Clue

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1967 Aretha Franklin song that reached No. 1 on Billboard's R&B chart (3 wds.) Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

BILLBOARD (noun)
1. large outdoor signboard
FRANKLIN (noun)
1. printer whose success as an author led him to take up politics; he helped draw up the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution; he played a major role in the American Revolution and negotiated French support for the colonists; as a scientist he is remembered particularly for his research in electricity (1706-1790)
2. United States historian noted for studies of Black American history (born in 1915)

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