ETTA JAMES

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Few female R&B stars enjoyed the kind of consistent acclaim Etta James received throughout a career that spanned six decades; the celebrated producer Jerry Wexler once called her "the greatest of all modern blues singers," and she recorded a number of enduring hits, including "At Last," "Tell Mama," "I'd Rather Go Blind," and "All I Could Do Was Cry." At the same time, despite possessing one of the most powerful voices in music, James only belatedly gained the attention of the mainstream audience, appearing rarely on the pop charts despite scoring 30 R&B hits, and she lived a rough-and-tumble life that could have inspired a dozen soap operas, battling drug addiction and bad relationships while outrunning a variety of health and legal problems.

Etta James was born Jamesetta Hawkins in Los Angeles, California on January 25, 1938; her mother was just 14 years old at the time, and she never
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ETTA JAMES At Last! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
At Last!
RnB 1961
ETTA JAMES The Second Time Around album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Second Time Around
RnB 1961
ETTA JAMES Etta James Sings for Lovers album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Etta James Sings for Lovers
RnB 1962
ETTA JAMES Top Ten album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Top Ten
Vocal Jazz 1963
ETTA JAMES The Queen of Soul album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Queen of Soul
RnB 1965
ETTA JAMES Call My Name album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Call My Name
RnB 1966
ETTA JAMES Tell Mama album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Tell Mama
RnB 1968
ETTA JAMES Sings Funk album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sings Funk
RnB 1970
ETTA JAMES Losers Weepers album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Losers Weepers
RnB 1971
ETTA JAMES Etta James album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Etta James
RnB 1973
ETTA JAMES Come a Little Closer album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Come a Little Closer
RnB 1974
ETTA JAMES Etta Is Betta Than Evvah! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Etta Is Betta Than Evvah!
RnB 1976
ETTA JAMES Deep In the Night album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Deep In the Night
RnB 1978
ETTA JAMES Changes album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Changes
RnB 1980
ETTA JAMES Seven Year Itch album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Seven Year Itch
RnB 1988
ETTA JAMES Stickin' to My Guns album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Stickin' to My Guns
RnB 1990
ETTA JAMES The Right Time album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Right Time
RnB 1992
ETTA JAMES How Strong Is a Woman: The Island Sessions album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
How Strong Is a Woman: The Island Sessions
RnB 1993
ETTA JAMES Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday
Vocal Jazz 1994
ETTA JAMES Time After Time album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Time After Time
Vocal Jazz 1995
ETTA JAMES Love's Been Rough on Me album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Love's Been Rough on Me
RnB 1997
ETTA JAMES Life, Love & the Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Life, Love & the Blues
RnB 1998
ETTA JAMES 12 Songs of Christmas album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
12 Songs of Christmas
RnB 1998
ETTA JAMES The Heart of a Woman album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Heart of a Woman
RnB 1999
ETTA JAMES Matriarch of the Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Matriarch of the Blues
RnB 2000
ETTA JAMES Blue Gardenia album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Blue Gardenia
RnB 2001
ETTA JAMES Let's Roll album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Let's Roll
RnB 2003
ETTA JAMES Blues to the Bone album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Blues to the Bone
RnB 2004
ETTA JAMES All the Way album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
All the Way
RnB 2006
ETTA JAMES The Dreamer album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Dreamer
Vocal Jazz 2011

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ETTA JAMES Rocks the House album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Rocks the House
RnB 1963
ETTA JAMES Blues in the Night, Vol.1: The Early Show album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Blues in the Night, Vol.1: The Early Show
RnB 1986
ETTA JAMES Late Show, Vol. 2: Live at Maria's Memory Lane Supper Club album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Late Show, Vol. 2: Live at Maria's Memory Lane Supper Club
RnB 1986
ETTA JAMES Live From San Fransciso album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live From San Fransciso
RnB 1994
ETTA JAMES Burnin' Down the House album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Burnin' Down the House
RnB 2002

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ETTA JAMES Etta James (1963) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Etta James (1963)
RnB 1963
ETTA JAMES R&B Dynamite album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
R&B Dynamite
RnB 1987
ETTA JAMES The Sweetest Peaches - Part Two (1967-1975) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Sweetest Peaches - Part Two (1967-1975)
RnB 1988
ETTA JAMES At Last album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
At Last
RnB 1992
ETTA JAMES The Essential Etta James album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Essential Etta James
RnB 1993
ETTA JAMES The Genuine Article: The Best of Etta James album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Genuine Article: The Best of Etta James
RnB 1996
ETTA JAMES Her Best album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Her Best
RnB 1997
ETTA JAMES 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Etta James album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Etta James
RnB 1999
ETTA JAMES The Best of Etta James album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Best of Etta James
RnB 2000
ETTA JAMES The Chess Box album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chess Box
RnB 2000
ETTA JAMES Love Songs album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Love Songs
RnB 2001
ETTA JAMES Tell Mama: The Complete Muscle Shoals Sessions album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Tell Mama: The Complete Muscle Shoals Sessions
RnB 2001
ETTA JAMES The Very Best of Etta James: The Chess Singles album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Very Best of Etta James: The Chess Singles
RnB 2005
ETTA JAMES The Complete Modern and Kent Recordings album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Complete Modern and Kent Recordings
RnB 2005
ETTA JAMES Enduring Soul album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Enduring Soul
RnB 2005
ETTA JAMES The Definitive Collection album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Definitive Collection
RnB 2006
ETTA JAMES Etta James Gold album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Etta James Gold
RnB 2007
ETTA JAMES Jazz album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz
RnB 2007
ETTA JAMES Playlist: The Very Best Of Etta James album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Playlist: The Very Best Of Etta James
RnB 2009
ETTA JAMES Icon album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Icon
RnB 2010
ETTA JAMES Heart & Soul: A Retrospective album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Heart & Soul: A Retrospective
RnB 2011

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