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May 9, 2009 · Rhythm and blues (R&B), jazz, and blues singer Etta James was born Jamesetta Hawkins on January 25, 1938 in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles to Dorothy Hawkins, who at the time was sixteen years old and unmarried. James received her first professional training as a five-year-old church vocalist from James Earle Hines, the musical director ...
- "Roll with Me, Henry" Took Off
- Early Sixties Proved Ripe
- For The Record …
- Fell on Hard Times
- "Matriarch of The Blues"
- Selected Discography
- Sources
Otis took the Creolettes on the road with him in 1954, paid them each ten dollars a night, and changed their name to The Peaches. It was Otis who transformed Jamesetta into Etta James. The trio first recorded in 1953 with Modern Records, home to John Lee Hooker, Elmore James, and B.B. King. The group's first side was "Roll with Me, Henry," an "answ...
James began an association with Chicago's Chess Records in the late 1950s, recording several numbers on Chess's subsidiary label, Argo. She made the move to Chess and then to Chicago with Fuqua's help. Fuqua is best known as the founding vocalist of The Moonglows. James was in love with Fuqua, but he did not return her affection. In fact, he left C...
Born Jamesetta Hawkins on January 25, 1938, in Los Angeles, CA; daughter of Dorothy; father unknown, but suspected to be noted pool player Minnesota Fats; married Artis Mills; children: Donto and Sametto (sons); four grandchildren. Singer, 1943–; recording artist and concert performer, 1954–; discovered by Johnny Otis in San Francisco, 1954; toured...
In 1974 a judge sentenced her to a drug treatment program in lieu of serving time in prison. She was in the Tarzana Psychiatric Hospital for 17 months, at age 35. "It took a good-hearted judge to make me stop and examine myself. I was too stubborn, too willful, too hooked on junk to make the decision on my own. It didn't take a genius to understand...
James continued recording, and anything was fair game for interpretation as shown on 2001's Matriarch of the Blues. "This set pops from the speakers like you're right there, funking in a packed nightclub as Etta growls and slow burns through songs by Al Green, Bob Dylan, and the Stones," wrote Interview reviewer Vivien Goldman, of the album. "A sol...
At Last,Cadet, 1961. Etta James Sings for Lovers,Argo, 1962. Etta James,Argo, 1962. Rocks the House,Chess, 1963. Top Ten,Cadet, 1963. Queen of Soul,Argo, 1964. Etta James Sings Funk,Chess, 1965. Call My Name,Cadet, 1966. Tell Mama,Cadet, 1967. Losers Weepers,Cadet, 1970. Etta James,Chess, 1973. Come A Little Closer,Chess, 1974. Peaches,Chess, 1974....
Books
James, Etta, and David Ritz, Rage to Survive,Villard, 1995. Welding, Pete, and Toby Byron, eds. Bluesland: Portraits of Twelve Major American Blues Masters,Dutton, 1991. Wexler, Jerry, and David Ritz, Rhythm and the Blues: A Life in American Music,Alfred A. Knopf, 1993.
Periodicals
American Visions,October 1999. Billboard,, August 11, 2001. Booklist,June 1, 1995. Boston Globe,November 6, 1986. Down Beat,July 2003. Ebony,September 2003. Essence,June 1995. Essence, January 2004. Interview,January-April 2001. Jazziz,July 2003. Jet,February 1, 1993; September 18, 1995. Newsweek,January 20, 2003. New York Daily News,November 3, 1988. New York Post,June 18, 1974; February 13, 1981. New York Times,June 28, 1974; November 19, 1982; November 20, 1988. People,August 12, 1974; Jun...
Online
"Etta James," All Music Guide,http://www.allmusic.com(March 15, 2005). National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, http://www.grammy.com(March 15, 2005). Additional information was obtained from an interview on National Public Radio's Morning Edition,September 25, 1998. —B.KimberlyTaylorand LindaDaileyPaulson
Feb 26, 2021 · February is Black History Month and we’re featuring stories of black female artists through history. KVCR’s Shareen Awad talks about legendary singer Etta James and her numerous accomplishments. Etta James was born Jamesetta Hawkins in Los Angeles.
GRAMMY-winning singer dies at 73. Ted Drozdowski. | GRAMMYs / Dec 2, 2014 - 09:06 pm. (In 2003 Etta James was honored with The Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award. The following tribute ran in the GRAMMY Awards program book that year. James died Jan. 20 at the age of 73.)
James received a number of honors before her death of leukemia in 2012. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993, and her recording of “At Last” was included in the GRAMMY Hall of Fame in 1999. In 2008, Beyoncé portrayed James in Cadillac Records, a biopic about Leonard Chess.
Jan 20, 2012 · Etta James (January 25, 1938 - January 20, 2012) was an American blues, soul, R&B, and jazz singer and songwriter, who had her biggest success in the 1950s and 1960s. In the mid 1950s she recorded "The Wallflower," better known as "Dance with Me Henry," which was an R & B hit for her and a major pop success for Georgia Gibbs.
Jan 20, 2012 · In 73 years of achievement and heartache, which ended today in a Riverside, Cal., hospital after long sieges of leukemia and dementia, Etta James saw love come along and walk away. On lonely...
