Soul icon Aretha Franklin "cracked up" with laughter when she heard reports suggesting Beyonce did not perform the National Anthem live during U.S. President Barack Obama's inauguration ceremony in Washington, D.C. on Monday. "When I heard the news this evening that she was pre-recorded I really laughed," Franklintold ABC News."I thought it was funny because the weather down there was about 46 or 44 degrees and for most singers that is just not good singing weather."When I heard that I just really cracked up. I thought it was really funny, but she did a beautiful job with the pre-record."