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April 22, 2005

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

By Bonnie Raitt

Etta James [Platinum Disc]

Though the album was recorded in Hollywood, Gabriel Mekler's production of one of the great soul singers sounds as though it were made in Muscle Shoals, circa 1966—the sight of great past sessions. Etta James socks home nine bitter songs in an unadorned gospel voice, backed by brass, strings an...

2001 RS: Not Rated

Matriarch Of The Blues

2000

The Right Time

1992

Stickin' To My Guns

1990

The Sweetest Peaches Part 2

1988

Seven Year Itch

1988

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Soul singer Etta James survived a decade-long heroin addiction to forge a career that has seen her turn out well over a dozen hits and was still going strong with concert appearances past the year 2000. Etta James was still in her early teens and singing with a vocal trio called the Peaches when legendary R&B bandleader Johnny Otis [see entry] discovered her. At Otis' L.A. home, he and Etta cowrot...

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