This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.Buyer beware: this is not nearly "the very best of Etta James"; the title of this addition to Sony Legacy's Playlist series is wildly misleadi...
A paired-down version of the 18-track, 1950s-centric The Best of the Modern Years collection, EMI Special Markets' ten-song budget set The Best of Etta James doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of the legendary blues and soul diva's e...
Etta James sings with controlled passion and conviction. She makes ordinary songs special; her full-throated deliveries and no-nonsense vocals create magic on stages and in recording studios. She could sing softly before rising to full rage...
ROCKS THE HOUSE is the only live recording from Etta James' Chess recording career (late 1950s to mid 1960s).Personnel: Etta James (vocals); David Walker (guitar); Gavrell Cooper (tenor saxophone); Vonzell Cooper (organ); Marion Wright (...
Because of her blues-based comeback in the '90s, Etta James is usually thought of by the general public as a blues singer, but there's a good deal more to the picture than that. In many ways, James resembles a female Ray Charles in her uner...
This 12-cut super budget compilation by Etta James -- that contains no annotation whatsoever as to where these "hits" originated -- is basically a way to cheaply acquaint a new generation with the work of James. ~ Thom JurekThis 12-cut s...
Not to be confused with MCA's 2001 collection of the same title, this 15-song RCA Victor set was released in 2006. Interestingly, the compilation focuses on James's contemporary recordings (as opposed to her more celebrated material from th...
Personnel includes: Etta James, Harvey Fuqua (vocals); Riley Hampton Orchestra.Producers: Leonard Chess, Phil Chess.Reissue producer: Andy McKaie.Originally released on Argo (4003). Includes liner notes by Andy McKaie.Digitally ...
Personnel: Etta James.This excellent 2006 compilation presents many of the finest moments by R&B/soul singer Etta James. Given James's bold, full-bodied vocals, she was a natural for the blues, but she made her biggest mark in the 1960s ...
Born in 1938 to a mother still in high school, Etta James began her career singing in church at the age of five. Ten years later she was performing with the Johnny Otis Show: she had her first hit record, "Roll With Me Henry," an answer to ...
Born in 1938 to a mother still in high school, Etta James began her career singing in church at the age of five. Ten years later she was performing with the Johnny Otis Show: she had her first hit record, "Roll With Me Henry," an answer to ...