Etta James
The powerful singer "At Last" and "Tell Mama."
Promotional photo of Etta James, 1960.
About The artist
Etta James is difficult to pigeonhole. She was famous as a rhythm and blues performer but was equally adept at singing straight blues, jazz or pop. The celebrated producer Jerry Wexler once called her "the greatest of all modern blues singers."
Did you know...
Etta never knew who her father was, but her mother claimed him to be legendary pool player Rudolf Walter Wanderon, aka Minnesota Fats.
