Etta James

Etta James (Jan. 25, 1938 — Jan. 20, 2012) was an American soul singer who cut a string of singles for Modern Records during the mid-1950s, charting with “The Wallflower.” Between 1960 and 1970, she released 10 albums on the Chess subsidiaries Argo and Cadet, scoring hits with “At Last,” “Tell Mama,” “Something’s Got a Hold on Me,” “I’d Rather Go Blind,” and her signature song, “I Just Want to Make Love to You.”

She was born Jamesetta Hawkins in Los Angeles on January 25, 1938, to 14-year-old Dorothy Hawkins, an often absent young mom who dated many men. Jamesetta was mostly raised by a sequence of foster parents.

Discography:

• At Last! (1960)
  
• Miss Etta James (1961)
  
• The Second Time Around (1961)
  
• Etta James (1962)
  
• Etta James Sings for Lovers (1962)
  
• Rocks the House (1964)
  
• The Queen of Soul (1965)
  
• Call My Name (1967)
  
• Tell Mama (1968)
  
• Etta James Sings Funk (1970)
  
• Losers Weepers (1971)
  
• Etta James (1973)
  
• Come a Little Closer (1974)
  
• Etta Is Betta Than Evvah! (1976)
  
• Deep in the Night (1978)
  
• Changes (1980)
  
• Seven Year Itch (1988)
  
• Stickin’ to My Guns (1989)
  
• Jump the Blues Away (1989 • Albert Collins, Etta James & Joe Walsh )
  
• The Right Time (1992)
  
• Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday (1994)
  
• Time After Time (1995)
  
• Love’s Been Rough on Me (1997)
  
• Life, Love & the Blues (1998)
  
• 12 Songs of Christmas (1998)
  
• Heart of a Woman (1999)
  
• Matriarch of the Blues (2000)
  
• Blue Gardenia (2001)
  
• Let’s Roll (2003)
  
• Blues to the Bone (2004)
  
• All the Way (2006)
  
• The Dreamer (2011)

Sources:

• Discogs: Etta James