Etta James
Etta James's musical style has changed during the course of her career. When beginning her recording career in the mid-50s, Etta James was marketed as an R&B and doo wop singer.After signing with Chess Records in 1960, James broke through as a traditional pop-styled singer, covering jazz and pop music standards on her debut album, At Last. Etta James's voice has deepened and coarsened in the past ten years, moving her musical style in these later years into the genres of soul and jazz.
Etta James: Her Best (The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection)
Original Etta James recording remastered
In 2003, Etta James received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and was given a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. She released a new album, All the Way, in 2006.
Her Best - The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection
Amazon Price: $5.73 (as of 05/30/2012)
1. At Last 3:00
2. All I Could Do Is Cry 2:54
3. If I Can't Have You 2:49
4. A Sunday Kind Of Love 3:16
5. My Dearest Darling 2:58
6. Something's Got A Hold On Me 2:47
7. Trust In Me 2:57
8. Next Door To The Blues 2:46
9. Don't Cry Baby 2:24
10. Fool That I Am 2:56
11. Two Sides (To Every Story) 3:01
12. Pushover 2:53
13. Stop The Wedding 2:51
14. In The Basement, Part One 2:20
15. Baby What You Want Me To Do 4:17
16. I'd Rather Go Blind 2:33
17. Security 2:28
18. Losers Weepers 3:00
19. All The Way Down 5:34
20. Tell Mama 2:21
I discovered Etta James when I was a teenaged black girl growing up in Berkeley, California. I was too young for Muddy Waters, and Billie Holiday. Before I was born,my parents fled segregated New Orleans for the wartime jobs of Oakland and San Francisco naval bases. I heard blues in the background of my life. From my aunt's honky-tonk piano playing to the sexual innuendo of Big Mama Thorton. I took it all in. This album captures every single bit of the innuendo of my life, either real or imagined.
I love the songs everyone loves, At Last, A Sunday Kind of Love, Fool That am I, Trust in Me, All I Could Do is Cry. These songs speak truth to a woman's powerlessness. What I noticed after playing this album over, and over, and over is that she sounds like a horn, a sassy, jazzy blues horn. When she goes wanh, wanh, wanh, in Jimmy Reed's, Baby, What you Want Me to Do, she is the perfect vocal instrument. Anyone who wants to meet Etta, must have this cd. I have the two cd box set and other "essential" cds, but this is simply THE BEST! --- jazzy, Washington, D.C., District of Columbia USA
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20th Century Masters: The Best Of Etta James (Millennium Collection)
Original Etta James recording remastered
20th Century Masters: The Best Of Etta James (Millennium Collection)
Amazon Price: $2.75 (as of 05/30/2012)
1. At Last 3:00
2. Something's Got A Hold On Me 2:47
3. All I Could Do Is Cry 2:55
4. Stop The Wedding 2:51
5. Pushover 2:54
6. Don't Cry Baby 2:25
7. Trust In Me 2:58
8. My Dearest Darling 2:58
9. Tell Mama 2:20
10. Almost Persuaded 3:20
11. I'd Rather Go Blind 2:33
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