My mother always told me, even if a song has been done a thousand times, you can still bring something of your own to it. I'd like to think I did that. ~Etta James~
• NAME: Etta James
• OCCUPATION: Singer
• BIRTH DATE: January 25, 1938
• DEATH DATE: January 20, 2012
• PLACE OF BIRTH: Los Angeles, California
Etta James was singer who crossed many genres of music including blues, R&B, rock and roll, soul gospel and jazz.
For me she captured the blues with all the melancholy and sadness that comes from deep down in all of us at some time in life. Even her signature song At Last has to go down as one of the greatest vocals ever. At Last always struck me to be kind of a paradox. It is a love song; a romantic song but it has that blues undertone. It is magical and many a sweethearts danced to this song and a spell was cast over them. Maybe it was because it touched that place where the blues and hope meet.
I encourage every one to listen to more of Etta James and her song style and see for yourself how it moves you. She was a great singer. She will be missed. She was a classic woman.
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