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RIP Etta.....only wish I had discovered her music years before I did...classic

We knew it was coming, but......:(:( Such a great singer, and influence. She struggled with a lot of illnesses towards the end....RIP, Etta. {Real name, Jamesetta Hawkins}.

Enjoy her life, we had Etta for many years and now we'll have Etta forever

http://www.rocksoff.org/i2-ettajameswithkeithandchuck3.jpg

rest in peace etta. thanks for all the great music

Some Stones connections:

1981 with Keith: Lone Star Café, NYC singing "Miss You"
1982 with Keith: The Other End , NYC singing "Rock me Baby"
1982 with Mick Taylor: Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ singing with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers released last year as “'In The Shadow Of Legends”
1986 with Keith: Vine Street Bar, Los Ángeles singing "Miss You" once more
1986 with Keith: Fox Theatre, St. Louis two live shows recording "Hail! Hail! Rock’N’ Roll" later released officialy on LP, CD and DVD
2000 Etta releases a cover of "Miss You" at her album "Matriarch of the Blues"
2005 Bill Wyman releases a cover of Etta’s “If I Can't Have You” in his album “Live”
2011 with Ronnie: Ronnie adds guitar live to the track “At Last” during his radio programme

R.I.P. Etta, such a loss.

the long version of hail hail rock n roll has an amazing blues she did in the rehearsals.

RIP. Thanks for posting the videos. I love her blues version of Miss You. I'm sure she will be missed but she lives on thru her music.

Etta James Dead at 73
The R&B icon sang 'At Last,' 'Tell Mama' and 'All I Could Do Was Cry'
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By Andy Greene
January 20, 2012 11:40 AM ET
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Etta James
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Etta James, one of the great voices of the 20th century who fused R&B with gospel and blues, and scored landmark hits with "At Last," "Tell Mama" and "All I Could Do Was Cry," died today from complications related to leukemia. She was 73. James had been battling health problems for many years.

James had an enormously turbulent personal life with numerous periods of drug addiction and poverty, but she channeled all of that heartache into her music. "There's a lot going on Etta James' voice," Bonnie Raitt told Rolling Stone in 2008. "A lot of pain, a lot of life, most of all, a lot of strength. She can be so raucous and down one song, and then break your heart with her subtlety and finesse the next. As raw as Etta is, there's a great intelligence and wisdom in her singing."

Born Jamesetta Hawkins in Los Angeles in 1938, James was largely abandoned by her teenage mother at a young age, and was raised by her grandparents and foster families. She formed the the doo-wop singing group Creolettes with her friends in the early 1950s, and they even scored a minor hit with "Roll Me Henry" in 1955.

James signed as a solo act to Chess Records in 1960, kicking off the first great period of her long career. Working with producers Harvey Fuqua and Ralph Bass, she landed on the charts with "My Dearest Darling" and "All I Could Do Is Cry." Leonard Chess heard tremendous potential in her voice, and in 1961 had her record the ballad "At Last" with a string section. The song became a massive hit, and remained her signature song for the rest of her career.

Despite her incredible success, James started to use heroin in the mid-1960s and it began to have serious effects on her career. At various points she was committed to a Los Angeles psychiatric hospital, though she still occasionally scored hits – most notable the R&B classic "Tell Mama" in 1967.

In the 1970s, James hit the club circuit to support herself. The Rolling Stones took her on tour in 1978, which exposed her music to a whole new generation of rock fans. That same year she signed to Warner Brothers and cut the classic LP Deep in the Night with Jerry Wexler. Her drug habit resumed in the 1980s, but a 1988 stay at the Betty Ford Clinic set her on a much better course. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.

James continued to tour until illness sidelined her a couple of years ago. She made headlines in 2009 when she criticized Beyoncé's performance of "At Last" at President Obama's inauguration, but the public didn't realize that she was suffering from dementia at that point.

In 1997, James spoke with Rolling Stone about her life. "Life's been rough," she said. "But life's been good. If I had to go back and do it all over again, I would live it the exact same way."

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/etta-james-dead-at-73-20120120#ixzz1k2h0cye0

Thanks for the videos, guys. So good to hear Etta's versatility!

Etta will always be part of my listening pleasure.

RIP!

A very nice article, btw i must add to the Stones connections that Etta James was the opening acto for the ROlling STones

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/9028676/Etta-James-A-life-in-music.html

Check the video there :willya

I knew it was coming, but... this just floors me. I grew up with the great woman's music; she was ubiquitous in my household.

Her version of Bye Bye Blackbird was and still is a favorite of mine.

Raising a glass to a true legend in her very own time.

Very sad news. RIP Etta James.

Thanks For Your Talent and Hard Work RIP Mrs James

RIP Etta!

Thanks for your great music
http://youtu.be/1MUilZpErlw

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