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”He was referring on the knockout sound of Franklin’s backup singers — her sisters, Carolyn and Erma — chanting “Sock it to me” at large speed, which Aretha and Carolyn cooked up for the session. The late Tom Dowd, who engineered the day, credited Carolyn with the saucy breakdown in which Aretha spelled out the title: “I fell off my c