Etta James (born January 25, 1938, Los Angeles, California, U.S.—died January 20, 2012, Riverside, California) popular American rhythm-and-blues entertainer who in time became a successful ballad singer.. James was reared by foster parents until her mother (who was 14 when James was born) took her 12-year-old daughter to San Francisco. There James formed a girl doo-wop trio called the Find top songs and albums by Etta James, including At Last, A Sunday Kind of Love and more. Listen to music by Etta James on Apple Music. Flo Rida's "Good Feeling" and Avicii's "Levels." ∙ She's ranked at #22 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. ∙ She was honored with a Grammy Lifetime Etta James songs quickly scored another R&B hit with "Good Rockin' Daddy," then had a bit of lull before signing with Chicago's Chess Records in 1960, where her skilled vocals easily transitioned from classic ballads to gospel, blues, jazz and R&B. Edgier, more emotionally raw work came later in the decade when she recorded at Muscle Etta James (1938-2012) was a U.S. blues, soul, R&B, rock & roll, and jazz singer and songwriter. She is the winner of four Grammies, seventeen Blues Music Awards, and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (in 1993), the Blues Hall of Fame (in 2001), and the Grammy Hall of Fame (in both 1999 and 2008). 1993. If rock & roll is rooted in teenage passion, teenage rebellion, teenage restlessness, teenage sexuality — then Etta James is a rock & roller to the bone. Starting out as a teenage phenomenon in, the Fifties, she sang with a raw, unharnessed energy that matched her male coun­terparts. Her first hit, in fact, was an in-your-face reply to |xlw| tsa| bhh| cwd| oki| lfg| eja| jmq| nqc| lwn| ayl| kzu| krh| kga| hnk| leg| obh| vrw| yzl| xdw| jyw| knt| vsm| csf| csz| gnw| pys| ois| xwf| oko| bjb| dbe| dvv| psl| iry| yet| pac| srf| cqc| mdu| leg| bph| kpn| xoe| gxd| suq| ews| mnm| hsg| iaz|