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Etta James... At LastEtta James (born Jamesetta Hawkins on January 25, 1938) is an American blues, soul, R&B, rock & roll, gospel and jazz singer and songwriter. James is the winner of four Grammys and seventeen Blues Music Awards. She was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1993, the Blues Hall of Fame in 2001, and the Grammy Hall of Fame both in 1999 and 2008. In the 1950s and 60s, she had her biggest success as a blues and R&B singer. She is best known for performing "At Last", which has been featured in many movies, television shows, commercials, and web-streaming services since its release. Etta James has a contralto vocal range.
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Etta James lost her battle with Leukemia on January 20, 2012, but her soulful contributions left an indelible mark on the music industry and on the hearts of blues lovers worldwide. James’ influential, yet turbulent, career spanned six...
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Alicia Keys and Bonnie Raitt paid a special tribute to Etta James during the 2012 Grammy Awards by singing a Sunday Kind of Love.Alicia Keys and Bonnie Raitt paid a tribute to the late Etta James by singing one of her most famous songs, A Sunday Kind of Love. They don't...read more
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Many viewers of last night's Grammy Awards feel that the show ignored the deaths of "Soul Train" host Don Cornelius and blues music legend Etta James after they were missing from the "In Memoriam" segment of the show. "Can't believe Etta James and Don ...
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With the very recent deaths of music industry icons Etta James, Don Cornelius and now Whitney Houston, only one sensible conclusion can be reached: Heaven is in desperate need of some soul. First came the news that Etta James had died, due to complications of leukemia.
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Kaye Bohler will perform a special Valentine's Day celebration of the music of Etta James, featuring Etta’s trumpet player of fifteen years, Tommy Poole. Kaye explains, "On January 20th, I lost the greatest teacher of my life: Etta James. There aren't ...
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Grammy legend Bonnie Raitt has not released an album since 2005, but this year she finally returns with a new release, Slipstream. And this Sunday at the Grammys, she'll join Alicia Keys in a tribute to another legend, her late friend Etta James, in what ...
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Yet all James’ exuberant love songs belied her deeper real-life torment as she dealt with career highs and lows and drug addiction. That contrast creates a subtle subtext to choreographer Trey McIntyre’s piece “Blue Until June” for the ...
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Etta James had once been considered one of the most overlooked Blues and R&B musicians in American music history. It wasn't until the early 1990s when Etta James began receiving major industry awards from the Grammys and the Blues Foundation that she began to receive wide recognition.
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Etta James had once been considered one of the most overlooked Blues and R&B musicians in American music history. It wasn't until the early 1990s when Etta James began receiving major industry awards from the Grammys and the Blues Foundation that she began to receive wide recognition.
In recent years, she has been seen as bridging the gap between rhythm and blues and rock and roll. James has influenced a wide variety of American musicians including Janis Joplin, Diana Ross, Rod Stewart, Christina Aguilera and even Hayley Williams of Paramore as well as British artists The Rolling Stones and Adele. Beyonce Knowles has also cited James as a musical influence. After completing the film in which she portrayed James (Cadillac Records), Knowles says she felt drawn to musical styles that she had previously considered off-limits. Knowles realized that she was no longer afraid to challenge herself to a different style of music, a theme James has used in her music as well. On her 2008 release, I Am...Sasha Fierce, Knowles incorporated acoustic sounds to certain songs, including the first single, "If I Were a Boy."
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In recent years, she has been seen as bridging the gap between rhythm and blues and rock and roll. James has influenced a wide variety of American musicians including Janis Joplin, Diana Ross, Rod Stewart, Christina Aguilera and even Hayley Williams of Paramore as well as British artists The Rolling Stones and Adele. Beyonce Knowles has also cited James as a musical influence. After completing the film in which she portrayed James (Cadillac Records), Knowles says she felt drawn to musical styles that she had previously considered off-limits. Knowles realized that she was no longer afraid to challenge herself to a different style of music, a theme James has used in her music as well. On her 2008 release, I Am...Sasha Fierce, Knowles incorporated acoustic sounds to certain songs, including the first single, "If I Were a Boy."
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