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April 22, 2005

The Immortals - The Greatest Artists of All Time: 62) Etta James

By Bonnie Raitt

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Deep In The Night

Once, when I was fourteen, I bought a copy of "My Dearest Darling" by Etta James, a record I'd heard as an oldie on a local station. The song haunted me, and I played it obsessively, day in and day out. "My Dearest Darling" had a special sort of emotional pull; it was demanding and soulful, yet some...

2008 RS: Not Rated

Etta James [Platinum Disc]

2001

Matriarch Of The Blues

2000

The Right Time

1992

Stickin' To My Guns

1990

The Sweetest Peaches Part 2

1988

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Biography

Blues, soul, jazz, R&B, and rock vocalist Etta James forged a five-decade career with an alternately powerful and poignant voice gracing over a dozen hit singles and earning her four Grammys and a prominent place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Etta James was still in her early teens and singing with a vocal trio called the Peaches when legendary R&B bandleader Johnny Otis discovered her. At...

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