Etta James | A Greatest Singer
Etta James (born Jamesetta Hawkins; January 25, 1938 – January 20, 2012) was an American singer who performed in various genres, including blues, R&B, soul, rock and roll, jazz and gospel. Starting her career in 1954, she gained fame with hits such as “The Wallflower”, “At Last”, “Tell Mama”, “Something’s Got a Hold on Me”, and “I’d Rather Go Blind”. She faced a number of personal problems, including heroin addiction, severe physical abuse, and incarceration, before making a musical comeback in the late 1980s with the album Seven Year Itch,More info:wiki
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#10 Etta James, 1938–2012,More info:grammy
(In 2003 Etta James was honored with The Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award(opens in a new tab). The following tribute ran in the GRAMMY Awards program book that year. James died Jan. 20 at the age of 73.)
“I sing what I feel — R&B, blues, gospel, and rock and roll, the music that came out of the South,” Etta James proudly declares. “That’s the music that I have always believed in.”
No wonder every number Etta has chosen to perform during her 49-year career has seemed like an act of faith. Whether she’s growled with womanly desire on her earliest hit “The Wallflower” (aka “Roll With Me Henry”) (a feminist anthem well before the term feminism was common), soared like a swooning angel over the billowing clouds of strings in her timeless ballad “At Last,” cried the blues with shattering eloquence in “I’d Rather Go Blind” or taken possession of the songs of Billie Holiday for her GRAMMY-winning 1994 album Mystery Lady — Songs Of Billie Holiday, Etta has won our hearts by putting her own into every captivating syllable.
#9 Etta James Biography,More info:biography
Etta James was a gospel prodigy. In 1954, she moved to Los Angeles to record “The Wallflower.” Her career had begun to soar by 1960, due in no small part to songs like “I’d Rather Go Blind” and “At Last.” Despite her continued drug problems, she earned a Grammy Award nomination for her 1973 eponymous album. In 2006, she released the album All the Way. James died in Riverside, California, on January 20, 2012, and continues to be is considered one of the most dynamic singers in music.
#8 Saying Goodbye To R&B Great Etta James,More info:wbur
Singer Etta James died Friday at the age of 73 from complications of leukemia. She was a multiple Grammy winner, best known for her classic version of “At Last.”
Her career had its ups and downs: she suffered from a heroin addiction, kidney problems, and in later years, dementia, but as Here and Now pop culture critic Renee Graham told Robin Young, this was an extraordinary woman who even as a teenager had a full-grown sound.
Renee says that James’ music is full of a tension and drama that eludes many contemporary singers.
#7 ETTA JAMES: SHE LIVED THE BLUES 1938-2012,More info:ebony
In 1997, then Vibe Editor in Chief Danyel Smith sent me to the Sofitel in midtown Manhattan to interview Etta James. Etta was preparing to release her 19th studio album Love’s Been Rough On Me. She’d also completed the interviews with David Ritz that would become her 1998 collaborative autobiography, “Rage To Survive.” She was self-conscious of her appearance, she was still holding onto weight she’d eventually lose, but she acknowledged she was insecure about it aloud and proceeded to disarm me with a story from her early days as a teenage rising star.
#6 Etta James, legendary blues singer, dies at 73,More info:cbsnews
(CBS/AP) Etta James, the legendary singer whose enduring hits include “At Last” and “Tell Mama,” has died at the age of 73.
James’ longtime manager Lupe De Leon told The Associated Press the singer died early Friday at a Riverside, Calif., area hosptial, with her husband and sons by her side. De Leon said the cause of death is complications of leukemia.
#5 Etta James dies at 73: Beyonce, Rihanna among celebs mourning the death of a music icon,More info:nydailynews
As word of Etta James’ death – after a battle with leukemia – spread Friday morning, many celebrities expressed their mourning for the loss of a music icon.
“This is a huge loss. Etta James was one of the greatest vocalists of our time,” Beyonce Knowles said in a statement released on her web site. “I am so fortunate to have met such a queen. Her musical contributions will last a lifetime.
“Playing Etta James taught me so much about myself, and singing her music inspired me to be a stronger artist. When she effortlessly opened her mouth, you could hear her pain and triumph. Her deeply emotional way of delivering a song told her story with no filter. She was fearless, and had guts. She will be missed.”
#4 Slideshow: Singer Etta James: 1938 – 2012,More info:eastbaytimes
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#2 Etta James Taken Off Respirator, Bill Cosby Writes Get Well Letter,More info:essence
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