DETROIT, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Tasty turkeys might have gotten cold in the time it took the legendary singer Aretha Franklin to finish the national anthem on Thanksgiving in Detroit.
Aretha Franklin can sang. https://t.co/HMbRe4tpue
— deray mckesson (@deray) November 24, 2016Advertisement
Franklin's 4:35 rendition of the pregame song set Twitter users' keyboards on fire.
I call Aretha Franklin the Abe Lincoln of singing the National Anthem cuz she started four score and seven years ago.
— Tom Fornelli (@TomFornelli) November 24, 2016
The 'Queen of Soul' was the target of several remarks joking about just how long she piped out her beautiful rendition. Franklin, 74, began her signing career at 18-years-old.
Aretha Franklin is pretty far up at the top of the list of folks who can take however long they want with the national anthem.
— Dan Graziano (@DanGrazianoESPN) November 24, 2016
"Aretha Franklin is pretty far up at the top of the list of folks who can take however long they want with the national anthem," ESPN's Dan Graziano wrote on Twitter.
