Etta James is an U.s. R&B and gospel singer.

Born Jamesetta Hawkins in Los Angeles, California on January 25, 1938, she received her first broker vocal expert instruction at a age of V, from either James Earle Hines, musical director of the Echoes of Eden choir at St. Paul Baptist Church inside Los Angeles. Her personal moved to San Francisco, California inside 1950, and in 1952 a trio (a Creolettes) she experienced formed sustaining deuce of her friends come to the attention of Johnny Otis. Otis reversed a syllables of her number one title to give her her stage title & began recording her. Her number one record, & her 1st R & B hit, was her own composition, "The Wallflower (Dance with Me, Henry)," an answer song to Hank Ballard's "Work with Me, Annie." She recorded it in 1954 with the Otis band and Richard Berry, who sang the second vocal. the song was down the road a hit in the whiten market for Georgia Gibbs, re-written as "Dance with Me, Henry". She briefly recorded when Etta James & the Peaches, releasing several hits before signing to Chess Records in 1960.

James freed many duets using Harvey Fuqua (of The Moonglows) that became major R&B hits, as well as her classic "At Last." However, her mainstream success was limited. Around 1967, James recorded "Tell Mama" and "I'd Rather Go Blind", by having "At Last" peradventure her virtually all enduring songs, inside Muscle Shoals. Her singing is characterized by accomplished vocal system & heavy jazz influences. She won a Grammy for best jazz vocal inside 1994 for her Video Mystery Lady, the collection of songs associated by having Billie Holliday, and around 2004 won a Grammy for better coeval blues album by using ''Let's Roll''. Inside 2003 she received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

To the immature generation, Etta is known for the Muddy Waters song "I Just Wanna Make Love To You", utilized around television commercial message for Coca-Cola & for John Smith's bitter. A Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry & Foghat develop besides recorded a song.

Drug-related & romanticistic problems interfered sustaining her career, however James managed to maintain a career throughout the latter half of the 20th century and was inducted into both a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Blues Hall of Fame.

Inside 2003 she received the star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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