Dionne better than Aretha? What?! She's actually one of those really popular singers who I haven't heard much of beyond the most popular singles, so I can't really judge fairly. Listen to this shit though, Aretha was only 15 in the first one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgh0EJfq7DU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J60tRqOo-fQ