Etta James
Etta James was an American singer who spanned a variety of music genres including blues, RampB, 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, Somethings Got a Hold on Me, and Id Rather Go Blind for which she wrote the lyrics. She faced a number of personal problems, including drug addiction, before making a musical resurgence in the late 1980s with the album Seven Year Itch.
Jamesetta Hawkins was born on January 25, 1938, in Los Angeles, California, to Dorothy Hawkins, who was onlyat the time. Her father has never been identified. James speculated that he was the pool player Rudolf Minnesota Fats Wanderone, and met him briefly in 1987. Due to her mothers frequent absences from their Watts apartment conducting relationships with various men, James lived with a series of foster parents, most notably Sarge and Mama Lu. James referred to her mother as the Mystery Lady.
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