"Sock It to Me"

Jim Parish jparish at SIUE.EDU
Sat Jun 4 19:17:13 UTC 2005


Fred Shapiro wrote:
> According to the Cassell Dictionary of Catchphrases,
>
> "The actual phrase was taken from a hit record entitled 'Respect' (1967)
> recorded by Aretha Franklin, which featured a chorus repeating 'Sock it to
> me' quite rapidly in the background."
>
> Can anyone confirm that this was the chorus?

Yep.

Jim Parish



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