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"amazing grace" is still the greatest gospel ever made. she did songs with lauren hill and stevie wonder and curtis mayfield. there is nobody who stands at the level of aretha franklin. she's the singer of america's music. >> aretha franklin will take you to church and she will make you dance in the club, right? >> yeah, mark said it best. her voice was one of a kind. i spent today in preparation of the piece i have coming out in rolling stone for tomorrow looking at two key points of african-american history, one was when she sang "precious lord take my hand" and when she sang for obama's ina...

Inauguration. again, her ability to take standard songs and then speak to and through us, i think it's bar none. she was a walking icon and legend to us all. >> trey, mark, thank you. i appreciate it. >> she took you a song and didn't give it back. >> right, it was her song. sorry, it's mine now. thank you. i appreciate that. >> put it right in that purse. >> thanks for watching, everyone. we're going to leave you with this from the legend. i hope i did you proud, queen. aretha franklin. ♪ amazing, amazing grace ♪ ♪ how sweet the, oh, the sound