Morreu ontem uma das grandes divas do blues,  Etta James ( Jamesetta Hawkins; 25 de janeiro, 1938 – 20 janeiro, 2012), com certeza uma das favoritas dos Sousa.  Etta trafegou por uma grande variedade de gêneros musicais, como o  blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, soul, gospel e jazz. Ela iniciou sua carreira nos anos 1950, e chegou ao sucesso e à fama com hits como “Dance With Me, Henry”, “At Last”, “Tell Mama”, e “I’d Rather Go Blind” .Etta, ao longo da vida enfrentou inúmeros problemas pessoais, inclusive o vício pelas drogas, tendo retomado a carreira apenas no final dos anos 1980s com o album, The Seven Year Itch.

Ela é tida como a responsável por fazer a ponte entre o rhythm and blues e o rock and roll, tendo sido ganhadora de seis Grammys ed 17 Blues Music Awards. Ela foi indicada para o Rock & Roll Hall of Fame em 1993, e para o  Blues Hall of Fame em 2001, e para o Grammy Hall of Fame em 1999 e 2008. A revista Rolling Stone ranqueou James como nº 22 na sua lista das  100 Greatest Singers of All Time e nº 62 na lista de 100 Greatest Artists. ^(Wikipedia)

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DISCOGRAFIA

Studio Albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US	US R&B	US Blues	US Jazz
1961	At Last!	68	—	—	—
	The Second Time Around	—	—	—	—
1962	Etta James Sings for Lovers	—	—	—	—
1963	Etta James Top Ten	117	—	—	—
1965	The Queen of Soul	—	—	—	—
1966	Call My Name	—	—	—	—
1968	Tell Mama	82	21	—	—
1970	Etta James Sings Funk	—	—	—	—
1971	Losers Weepers	—	—	—	—
1973	Only a Fool	154	41	—	—
1974	Come a Little Closer	—	47	—	—
1976	Etta Is Betta Than Evvah!	—	—	—	—
1978	Deep in the Night	—	—	—	—
1980	Changes	—	—	—	—
1989	Seven Year Itch	—	—	—	—
1990	Stickin’ to My Guns	—	—	—	—
1992	The Right Time	—	—	—	—
1994	Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday	—	—	—	2
1995	Time After Time	—	—	—	5
1997	Love’s Been Rough on Me	—	—	6	—
1998	Life, Love & the Blues	—	—	3	—
1998	12 Songs of Christmas	—	—	5	—
1999	Heart of a Woman	—	—	4	—
2000	Matriarch of the Blues	—	—	2	—
2001	Blue Gardenia	—	—	—	1
2003	Let’s Roll	—	—	1	—
2004	Blues to the Bone	—	—	4	—
2006	All the Way	—	—	—	—
2011	The Dreamer	—	56	4	—
“—” denotes releases that did not chart.

 Live albums

Year	Album details	Chart
		US	US Blues
1964	Etta James Rocks the House	96	—
1982	Etta, Red-Hot & Live	—	—
1986	Jazzvisions: Jump The Blues Away	—	—
2002	Burnin’ Down the House: Live at the House of Blues	—	1
“—” denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums

Year	Album deta ils	Chart positions		Certifications (sales threshold)
		US Blues	US Jazz
1987	Early Show, Vol. 1: Blues in the Night	—	10
1992	My Greatest Songs	—	—
1997	Her Best	13	—
1999	20th Century Masters: The Mille nium Collection	3	—	US: Gold
2000	The Chess Box
2001	Love Songs	2	—
2006	The Definitive Collection	1	—
2007	Gold
2011	Who’s Blue?: Rare Chess Recordings of the 60s and 70s	—	—
“—” denotes releases that did not chart .

Singles

Year	Song	Chart positions			Album
		US	US R&B	CAN
1955	“The Wallflower (Dance with Me, Henry)”	—	1	—	Etta James
	“Hey Henry”	—	—	—
	“Good Rockin’ Daddy”	—	6	—
	“W-O-M-A-N”	—	—	—
1956	“Number One”	—	—	—	Etta James Sings
	“Shortin’ Bread Rock”	—	—	—
	“Tough Lover”	—	—	—
	“Good Lookin'”	—	—	—
1957	“The Pick-Up”	—	—	—
	“Come What May”	—	—	—
1958	“Sunshine of Love”	—	—	—
1959	“I Hope You’re Satisfied” (with Harvey Fuqua)	—	—	—
1960	“If I Can’t Have You” (with Harvey Fuqua)	52	6	—	At Last!
	“Spoonful” (with Harvey Fuqua)	78	12	—
	“All I Could Do Was Cry”	33	2	—
	“My Dearest Darling”	34	5	—
1961	“At Last”	47	2	—
	“Trust in Me”	30	4	—
	“Fool That I Am”	50	14	—	The Second Time Around
	“Don’t Cry Baby”	39	6	—
	“Seven Day Fool”	95	—	—
1962	“Something’s Got a Hold on Me”	37	4	—	Etta James Top Ten
	“Stop the Wedding”	34	6	—
	“Fools Rush In”	87	—	—	Etta James Sings for Lovers
	“Would It Make Any Difference to You”	64	—	—	Etta James Top Ten
1963	“Pushover”	25	7	—
	“Pay Back”	78	—	—	non-album singles
	“Two Sides (To Every Stor y)”[A]	63	—	—
1964	“Baby What You Want Me to Do”	82	35	—	The Queen of Soul
	“Loving You More Every Day”	65	7	—
	“Breaking Point”	—	—	—
	“Bobby Is His Name”	—	—	—
1966	“Only Time Will Tell”	—	—	—	non-album single
1967	“I Prefer You”	—	42	—	Call My Name
	“Don’t Pick Me for Your Fool”	—	—	—
	“Call My Name”	—	—	—
	“Tell Mama”	23	10	—	Tell Mama
1968	“Security”	35	11	—
	“I Got You Babe”	69	32	46	non-album singles
	“You Got It”	113	—	—
1969	“Almost Persuaded”	79	32	71
	“Miss Pitiful”	—	—	—
	“Tighten Up Your Own Thing”	—	—	—	Etta James Sings Funk
1970	“Sound of Love”	—	—	—
	“Losers, Weepers (Part 1)”	94	26	—	Losers, Weepers
	“Nothing from Nothing Leaves Nothing”	—	—	—
1971	“Take Out Some Insurance”	—	—	—
1972	“I Found a Love”	108	31	—	non-album single
1973	“All the Way Down”	101	29	—	Only a Fool
1974	“You Can Leave Your Hat On”	—	76	—
	“Out on the Street, Again”	—	84	—	Come a Little Closer
1976	“Jump Into Love”	—	92	—	Etta Is Betta Than Evah
1978	“Piece of My Heart”	—	93	—	Deep In the Night
	“Sugar on the Floor”	—	—	—
1980	“Mean Mother”	—	—	—	Changes
1996	“I Just Want to Make Love to You”[B]	—	—	—	The Genuine Article: The Best of Etta James
“—” denotes releases that did not chart.

Collaborations with Sugar Pie DeSanto

Year	Song	Chart positions		Album
		US	US R&B
1965	“Do I Make Myself Clear”	96	—	non-album singles
1966	“In the Basement (Part 1)”	97	37
“—” denotes releases that did not chart.

B-sides

Year	Song	Chart positions		A-Side Single
		US	US R&B
1961	“Dream”	55	—	“The Second Time Around”
	“A Sunday Kind of Love”	—	—	“Don’t Cry Baby”
	“It’s Too Soon to Know”	54	—	“Seven Day Fool”
1962	“Next Door to the Blues”	71	13	“Fools Rush In”
1963	“How Do You Speak To An Angel”	109	—	“Would It Make Any Difference To You”
	“I Worry ‘Bout You”	118	—	“Two Sides (To Every Story)”
1967	“I’d Rather Go Blind”	—	—	“Tell Mama”
“—” denotes releases that did not chart.

Other appearances

Year	Song	Album
1962	“The Wallflower (Dance with Me, Henry)”	Alan Freed’s Top 15
1985	“The Wallflower (Dance with Me, Henry)”	Back to the Future (soundtrack)
1989	“At Last”	Rain Man (soundtrack)
1992	“The Wallflower (Dance with Me, Henry)”	Sister Act (soundtrack)
1993	“There’s Something on Your Mind” (with B.B. King)	Blues Summit
	“Mockingbird” (with Taj Mahal)	Dancing the Blues
1995	“At Last”	Father of the Bride Part II (soundtrack)
	“At Last”	How to Make an American Quilt (soundtrack)
	“Take Me to the River” (with Wayne Jackson and Andrew Love)	The Memphis Horns with Special Guests
1996	“It’s a Small World”/”When You Wish Upon a Star Medley”	Disney’s Music from the Park
1997	“At Last”	Mad About You (soundtrack)
1998	“At Last”	Kissing a Fool (soundtrack)
	“At Last”	Living Out Loud (soundtrack)
	“The Man I Love”	Melrose Place Jazz: Upstairs at MP
	“At Last”	Pleasantville (soundtrack)
	“Next Door to the Blues”	Space Bunnies Must Die! (soundtrack)
1999	“Etta’s Blues” (with Etta Jones)	Ain’t She Sweet: Save Your Love for Me/I’ll Be Seeing You
2000	“In the Basement (Part 1)”	The Hurricane (soundtrack)
	“The Nearness of You”	Music from the TV Series Frasier
2001	“Only Time Will Tell”	Angel Eyes (soundtrack)
	“Gotta Serve Somebody”	The Songs of Bob Dylan, Vol. 2: May Your Song Always Be Sung
2002	“Ball ‘n’ Chain”	Janis Joplin: This Ain’t No Tribute Series—All Blues’d Up!
	“Miss You” (Illicit Remix Edit)	Queer as Folk: The Second Season (soundtra ck)
2005	“I’d Rather Go Blind” (with Dr. John)	Night of Blistering Blues
	“Something’s Got a Hold on Me” (with B. B. King)
	“In the Midnight Hour” (with Paul Butterfield, B.B. King, Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight, Billy Ocean, and Stevie Ray Vaughan)
	“Ain’t Nobody’s Business” (with Chaka Khan and Gladys Knight)
	“Take My Hand, Precious Lord” (with Chaka Khan and Gladys Knight)