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”He was referring for the knockout sound of Franklin’s backup singers — her sisters, Carolyn and Erma — chanting “Sock it to me” at significant pace, which Aretha and Carolyn cooked up for that session. The late Tom Dowd, who engineered the date, credited Carolyn with the saucy breakdown wherein Aretha spelled out the title: “I fell o