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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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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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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1938
- Active to
- 2012
Discography
- Good Rockin’ Daddy / Crazy Feeling1955
- All I Could Do Was Cry / Girl Of My Dreams1960
- At Last!1960
- If I Can't Have You / My Heart Cries1960
- Spoonful / It's a Crying Shame1960
- Don’t Cry Baby / Sunday Kind of Love1961
- Miss Etta James1961
- The Second Time Around1961
- Etta James1962
- Etta James Sings for Lovers1962
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Listeners · Last.fm
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- 2,310,253
- Total plays
- 33,108,223
Tags
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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Hawkins
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Place of death
- Riverside
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- performing arts
- Genre
- rock and roll
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- RCA Records
- Image
- Etta James.jpg
- Voice type
- contralto
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- place of burial
- Inglewood Park Cemetery
- 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
- relative
- Sugar Pie DeSanto
- name in native language
- Etta James
- described at URL
- www.marketplace-ettajamestribute.com
- P12674
- Michael Freytag
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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