Etta James

Birth name: Jamesetta Hawkins
Years active: 1954 - today
Born: 25-01-1938
Birth Place: Los Angeles, California, United States
Death: 20-01-2012
Genre: Blues , Jazz , Soul

Etta James (born Jamesetta Hawkins on January 25, 1938) is an American blues, soul, R&B, rock & roll, gospel and jazz singer and songwriter. James is the winner of four Grammys and seventeen Blues Music Awards. She 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. In the 1950s and 1960s, she had her biggest...  [read more]