Aretha Franklin attends her seventieth birthday party in New York, Saturday, March 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)

Aretha Franklin arrives to her seventieth birthday party in New York, Saturday, March 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)

Aretha Franklin and Clive Davis attend her seventieth birthday party in New York, Saturday, March 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)

Aretha Franklin and boyfriend William Wilkerson attend her seventieth birthday party in New York, Saturday, March 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)

Aretha Franklin attends her seventieth birthday party in New York, Saturday, March 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)

Aretha Franklin attends her seventieth birthday party in New York, Saturday, March 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)

Aretha Franklin attends her seventieth birthday party in New York, Saturday, March 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)

Aretha Franklin and boyfriend William Wilkerson attend her seventieth birthday party in New York, Saturday, March 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)

Aretha Franklin attends her seventieth birthday party in New York, Saturday, March 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)

Aretha Franklin wax figure is unveiled to mark the start of the Black History Month at Madame Tussauds in New York, 02.02.2012. Credit: MediaPunch/face to face - Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Romania, Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland and USA rights only - fot. Face to Face/Reporter

Aretha Franklin wax figure is unveiled to mark the start of the Black History Month at Madame Tussauds in New York, 02.02.2012. Credit: MediaPunch/face to face - Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Romania, Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland and USA rights only - fot. Face to Face/Reporter

Aretha Franklin wax figure is unveiled to mark the start of the Black History Month at Madame Tussauds in New York, 02.02.2012. Credit: MediaPunch/face to face - Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Romania, Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland and USA rights only - fot. Face to Face/Reporter

Aretha Franklin wax figure is unveiled to mark the start of the Black History Month at Madame Tussauds in New York, 02.02.2012. Credit: MediaPunch/face to face - Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Romania, Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland and USA rights only - fot. Face to Face/Reporter

Singer Aretha Franklin performs during the BET Honors at the Warner Theatre in Washington on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Aretha Franklin arrives at the BET Honors 2012 at the Warner Theatre in Washington, 14.01.2012. Credit: MediaPunch/face to face - Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Romania, Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland and USA rights only - fot. Face to Face/Reporter

Soul diva Aretha Franklin arrives on stage to perform at the dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial October 16, 2011 in Washington, DC. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN

President Barack Obama kisses Aretha Franklin after she sang during the dedication ceremony for the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011, on the National Mall in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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