Aretha Franklin celebrates her 69th birthday, in New York, Friday, March 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)

Aretha Franklin celebrates her 69th birthday, in New York, Friday, March 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)

Smokey Robinson joins Aretha Franklin at her 69th birthday party, in New York, Friday, March 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)

Bette Midler greets Aretha Franklin at Aretha's 69th birthday party, in New York, Friday, March 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)

Aretha Franklin sings at a her 69th birthday party, in New York, Friday, March 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)

Aretha Franklin sings with Dennis Edwards of The Temptations at her 69th birthday party, in New York, Friday, March 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)

Aretha Franklin, right, and Gayle King attend Aretha's 69th birthday party, in New York, Friday, March 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)

Aretha Franklin celebrates her 69th birthday, in New York, Friday, March 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)

Aretha Franklin walks on the court with Jesse Jackson after the Detroit Pistons-Miami Heat NBA basketball game in Auburn Hills, Mich., Friday, Feb. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Aretha Franklin smiles after the Detroit Pistons-Miami Heat NBA basketball game in Auburn Hills, Mich., Friday, Feb. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Aretha Franklin watches the Detroit Pistons-Miami Heat NBA basketball game in Auburn Hills, Mich., Friday, Feb. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Aretha Franklin cheers at the Detroit Pistons-Miami Heat NBA basketball game in Auburn Hills, Mich., Friday, Feb. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Undated picture of US singer and entertainer Aretha Franklin. (Ap Photo)

In this July 26, 2010 photo, performer Aretha Franklin looks out a window, in Philadelphia. Franklin says she believed Whitney Houston had overcome her demons and was primed for a comeback, which made learning of the troubled singer's death all the more of a shock. Interviewed on NBC's "Today" show Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, Franklin said she was watching TV in her hotel room in Charlotte, N.C., when she learned of Houston's death. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

13 June 2010 - New York, NY - Aretha Franklin. The 64th Annual TONY AWARDS held at Radio City Music Hall. The American Theatre Wing's 2010 TONY AWARDS Red Carpet Arrivals. CAP/ADM/PZ ??Paul Zimmerman/AdMedia/Capital Pictures

Aretha Franklin at the 2008 MusiCares Person of the Year Dinner Honoring Aretha Franklin held at the Los Angeles Convention Center. 08.02.2008 fot. Hill/face to face/Reporter

Aretha Franklin attends the 2008 MusiCares Person of the Year honoring Aretha Franklin held at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on February 8, 2008 08.02.2008 fot. A. M. Parks/iPhoto/face to face/Reporter

Aretha Franklin and Neil Portnow attend the 2008 MusiCares Person of the Year honoring Aretha Franklin held at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on February 8, 2008 08.02.2008 fot. A. M. Parks/iPhoto/face to face/Reporter

(FILES) In this photo taken on December 2, 2006 singer Aretha Franklin (R) and William Wilkerson arrive at the US State in Washington, DC to attend a dinner hosted by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Aretha Franklin, 69, is making plans to tie the knot with longtime friend William "Willie" Wilkerson, the Queen of Soul said on January 2, 2012 through her publicist. AFP PHOTO/Leslie E. Kossoff

Singer Aretha Franklin performs the national anthem before the Super Bowl XL football game Sunday, Feb. 5, 2006, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)