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The Cosby Showspinoff series followed Lisa Bonets Denise as she entered the fictional HBCU, Hillman College.
So they started looking for other options, Lewis said over the phone.
But that version would never see the light of day.
After it was finished, the producers decided they wanted a a female voice instead, says Lewis.
Thats when the singer Phoebe Snow stepped in to sing the first seasons theme.
Much likeThe Cosby Show, the producers wanted to switch up the theme song every season.
Their thought for the second season was, lets get a different singer.
So they got Aretha Franklin thinking that for the next season they would have somebody else do it.
Lewis didnt remember exactlyhowthe Queen of Soul came to record the song though.
So I actually called her, Allen said.
I wanted her, everybody did.
So we put a call in to her and she said she would come.
But she would not fly on a plane.
Unsurprisingly, she nailed it.
I just know that she came in and hit it, said Allen.
It wasnt like she had to do ten takes, thats what I know.
She just hit it.
