When I'm singing blues, I'm singing life," Etta James once told the Los Angeles Times of her Etta James songs, adding, "People that can't stand to listen to the blues, they've got to be phonies." ...
marks James’ first new champion in 15 years on the blues-only tally. The last time one of her releases rose to the summit on the albums ranking was in October 2010, when Icon: Etta James reached ...
Stewart, the executive director of West Coast Blues Society, told CBS News Bay Area. “You’re just walking and you see Etta James, or B.B. King, or Aretha Franklin. You see their names and say ...