I'll start with a tribute to Etta James who died a few weeks ago.
Oh what a BIG VOICE!
The Root - From doo-wop to soul to gospel to blues, her 50-year career was the mature sound track for several generations.
Music has lost another icon, the miraculously voiced Etta James, whose sultry soul, going back to the 1950s, provided a mature sound track for several generations.
The 73-year-old singer died Friday, Jan. 20, of complications from leukemia, her friend and manager, Lupe de Leon, told CNN. She would have turned 74 on Jan. 25. Her leukemia was declared incurable in early December, according to a report by the Associated Press. Court records in a probate case indicated that she also suffered from dementia and kidney failure.
LA Times -Etta James dies at 73; acclaimed blues and R&B singer
NY Times - Etta James Dies at 73; Voice Behind ‘At Last’
I only have one CD by Etta James & The Roots Band Burnin Down The House
Come To Mama
I'd Rather Go Blind
At Last
~enjoy