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Also known as Miss Peaches, Jamesetta Hawkins

خواننده آمریکایی (۱۹۳۸–۲۰۱۲)

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Etta James, born Jamesetta Hawkins in Los Angeles in 1938, was an American singer, singer-songwriter, and jazz musician. She performed as a contralto and played the guitar. Her musical career spanned genres including blues, soul, rhythm and blues, and jazz. She recorded for Modern Records, Chess Records, Elektra, and Island Records, beginning her work period in 1954.

James received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She died of natural causes due to leukemia in Riverside in 2012. Her medical conditions included Alzheimer's disease and opioid use disorder. She is buried at Inglewood Park Cemetery.

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Film & TV

Los Angeles, California, USA

Known for

  • They All Came Out to Montreux — Self (archive footage)2023
  • Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music — Self2005
  • John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Jammin' with the Blues Greats — Herself2004
  • Etta James And The Roots Band: Burnin' Down The House — Vocals2002
  • The History of Rock 'n' Roll — Self1995
  • Etta James Live at Montreux 1993 — Etta James1993
  • Tap — Blues Singer1989
  • B.B. King & Friends — Self1987
  • Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll — Self1987
  • Música para Sempre — Self1980

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
2,310,253
Total plays
33,108,223

Tags

bluessouljazzfemale vocalistsrhythm and blues

Etta James (1938-2012) was a U.S. blues, soul, R&B, rock & roll, and jazz singer and songwriter. She is the winner of four Grammies, seventeen Blues Music Awards, and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (in 1993), the Blues Hall of Fame (in 2001), and the Grammy Hall of Fame (in both 1999 and 2008). James was born Jamesetta Hawkins in Los Angeles, California, on 25th January 1938, to an unmarried fourteen-year-old mother, Dorothy Hawkins. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Etta+Jame

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Hawkins
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Los Angeles
Place of death
Riverside
Languages spoken
English language
Field of work
performing arts
Instrument
voice
Record label
RCA Records
Image
Etta James.jpg
Voice type
contralto
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Commons category
Etta James
cause of death
leukemia
date of birth
1938-01-25
date of death
2012-01-20
topic's main category
Category:Etta James
medical condition
opioid use disorder
manner of death
natural causes
start of work period
1954-00-00
pseudonym
Etta James
birth name
Jamesetta Hawkins
nickname
Miss Peaches
name in native language
Etta James
ethnic group
African Americans
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