You Know You Want It! Aretha's Hat...

In the queer blogosphere one of the high(!) points of Tuesday's inauguration was Aretha Franklin's hat. Joe.My.God's post on the subject was his most searched for item ever in the 5 years of his blog. He also posted multiple Photoshopped images in which the hat has been added.

Now comes word that many other people would love to get their hands on Aretha's unique headgear.

DETROIT – The calls began to flood Luke Song's hat shop not long after Aretha Franklin finished belting out "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" at President Barack Obama's inauguration.

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The hat worn by the "Queen of Soul" was hand-molded and would cost upward of $500 — if it were for sale, the 36-year-old designer said. Customers instead were offered a satin ribbon version for $179.

"They want the same hat, but they understand it's for the 'Queen' only," he said. "Ninety-nine percent said, 'That's fine. I'll get the next best thing.'"

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The design for Franklin's hat came from two different hats at the store.

"She walked through the shop and said 'I want that bow (put) on that hat,'" he said. "She had the coat already, but she needed the hat to set it off."

There are no words.

The Top 100 Singers Of All Time

oooh, child! Thanks to kennethinthe212 I was alerted to this list compiled by Rolling Stone magazine of the 100 greatest singers of all time. Miss Aretha Franklin was #1, with only one other female in the Top 20 (Tina Turner, #17).

Now, you know the gay boys will be fighting over this list all during Thanksgiving, but did they really need to list Miss Whitney Houston at #34 and Miss Mariah Carey at #79?

Who would you put in your Top 10? This is their list:

1 Aretha Franklin by Mary J. Blige
2 Ray Charles by Billy Joel
3 Elvis Presley by Robert Plant
4 Sam Cooke by Van Morrison
5 John Lennon by Jackson Browne
6 Marvin Gaye by Alicia Keys
7 Bob Dylan by Bono
8 Otis Redding by Booker T. Jones
9 Stevie Wonder by Cee-Lo
10 James Brown by Iggy Pop

First of all, how could they forget the recently deceased Yma Sumac?