It's hard to talk about favorite Aretha moments, but one thing she did better than perhaps anyone else has ever done, at least in rock and roll, is take other people's songs - Otis Redding's "Respect" - and make them her own. A couple of others include Ben E. King's "Spanish Harlem" and her gospel take on Paul Simon's "Bridge Over Troubled Water," but a personal favorite is the great Sam Cooke's "You Send Me", sung her way:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQNJTmyPdnw
Cheers, and respect,
John
PS Roger, thanks for sharing. That is quite beautiful.