Etta James (1938 - 2012) was an American Jazz-, blues-, gospel and R&Bsinger. Our younger friends will absolutely remember her version of “I just wanna make love to you”, that was used for a Coca-Cola commercial. And Avicii processed one of her songs in his hit “Levels”. She recorded “there’s something on your mind” with the legendary Blues guitarist B.B. King, but long therefore she was already known worldwide. It started with her recording of “At last”, a song played for the first time by the Glenn Miller Orchestra, in the movie ‘Orchestra White” from 1941.
In 1994 she was rewarded with a Grammy, for her album “Mystery lady”, inspired on the music of Billy Holiday. Another Grammy award followed 10 years later for het blues album “Let’s Roll”. In 2003 she was granted the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
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