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Birth Name: Jamesetta Hawkins

Born: 25 January 1938 Died: 20 January 2012

Country of origin: United States

Height: 5' 3"

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Celebrity Insults (179 items)
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Gone, but not forgotten (2171 items)
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Published 1 year, 10 months ago

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500 Greatest Songs of all time - Updated! (262 items)
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Published 14 years, 7 months ago

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If the School Of Rock Was Real... (295 items)
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Published 13 years, 5 months ago

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Favorite American Female Singers (39 items)
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Published 12 years, 5 months ago

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Etta James - At Last

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Mini Bio: Etta James

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Etta James - Something's Got A Hold On Me (Live)

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Description: Etta James (born Jamesetta Hawkins; January 25, 1938 – January 20, 2012) was an American singer who performed in various genres, including blues, R&B, soul, rock and roll, jazz and gospel. Starting her career in 1954, she gained fame with hits such as "The Wallflower", "At Last", "Tell Mama", "Something's Got a Hold on Me", and "I'd Rather Go Blind". She faced a number of personal problems, including heroin addiction, severe physical abuse, and incarceration, before making a musical comeback in the late 1980s with the album Seven Year Itch. James's powerful, deep, earthy ... (more)

Tags: Born 1938 (3), Died 2012 (3), Blues (2), American (2), Singer (2), Soul (1), Jazz (1), Female (1), African American (1), Deceased (1), Leukemia (1), Died January 20 (1), Born January 25 (1)

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Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA (186 person items)

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Gone, but not forgotten (2171 person items)

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Etta James - Something's Got A Hold On Me (Live)

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Iconic People and Celebrities (1031 person items)

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Greatest Female Singers (100 person items)

"► ► ► 128 ◄ ◄ ◄POINTSETTA JAMES The Wallflower (1955) At Last (1960) A Sunday Kind of Love (1961) Tell Mama (1967) I'd Rather Go Blind (1967)"

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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (420 music items)

"CLASS OF 1993PERFORMERSETTA JAMES● BLUES ● R&B ● SOUL ● GOSPEL ●● JAZZ ● ROCK AND ROLL ●JAMESETTA HAWKINS Born: 25 January 1938 Died: 20 January 2012 RIAA CERTIFICATIONS- = SINGLES = -► Gold: 1 ◄KEY SONGSThe Wallflower (1955) - with 'The Peaches'- selected for 'The 660 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll'- selected for the 'Grammy Hall of Fame'At Last (1960)- selected for 'The 660 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll'- selected for the 'Grammy Hall of Fame'- ranked #115 on Rolling Sto"