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Etta James Biography It was that year that the young singer became Etta James (an shortened version of her first name) and her vocal group was dubbed the Peaches (also Etta's nickname). Soon after, James launched her solo career with such hits as Good Rockin' Daddy in 1955.
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Lordi  [show article only] hover over links in text for more info Deborah Ann Debbie. Gibson (born August 31, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She became famous at the age of 16. The following year, she was pronounced the youngest artist to write, produce, and perform a #1 single on the Billboard hot 100, with her song Foolish Beat and she remains the youngest female to write, record, and perform a #1 single to date.
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- Friday 20 January 2012 11.57 EST First published on Friday 20 January 2012 11.57 EST. Etta James, who has died aged 73 after suffering from leukaemia, was among the most critically acclaimed and influential female singers of the past 50 years, even if she never achieved huge popular success.
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- She is the second artist behind Elton John and the only woman to have two number-one Billboard 200 Album awards (formerly Top Pop Albums) on the Billboard magazine year-end charts. Houston's debut album, Whitney Houston (1985), became the best-selling debut album by a woman in history.
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- Song written by Mack ...youtube.com. Caitlin Gompf - At Last live at Gracie's Cafe in Elkton Md. Singer Caitlin Gompf amazing performance of the Etta James standard At Last live at Gracie's Open-Mic Cafe in Elkton Md on 8/24/2012.
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Tonsils The tonsillar ring is located near the entrance of the throat and consists of the. (commonly known as the tonsil), the. (commonly known as adenoids), and the. (on the posterior surface of the tongue). This is a section through the palatine tonsil. Notice the stratified squamous non-keratinized epithelium covering the free oropharyngeal surface of the tonsil.
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Etta James, 'At Last' Singer, Dies at 73 Etta James, 'At Last' Singer, Dies at 73. 1  Etta James, the singer who found her greatest success with the 1961 hit At Last, died Friday morning due to complications from leukemia. She was 73.
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Joss Stone After achieving critical acclaim with The Soul Sessions, Stone worked on new material, and recorded her second album, Mind Body & Soul, which was released on 28 September 2004, produced by the same team as her first album. She called the album her real debut.
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The Tuskegee Airmen: 5 Fascinating Facts Daniel “Chappie” James Jr. started his career in the early 1940s at Tuskegee, joining the Army Air Corps in July 1943. After the war ended, James stayed in what became the Air Force and flew missions in both Korea and Vietnam. In 1969 James was put in command of Wheelus Air Force Base outside of Tripoli.
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- On This Day: Amelia Earhart Embarks on Solo Trans-Atlantic Flight. On May 20, 1932, Amelia Earhart took off from Newfoundland; she landed in Ireland nearly 15 hours later, becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
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- Story highlights. Etta James, whose assertive, earthy voice lit up such hits as The Wallflower, Something's Got a Hold on Me and the wedding favorite At Last, has died, according to her longtime friend and manager, Lupe De Leon. She was 73.
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Biography She recorded her first album when she joined the group Meadow at age 20. The album, The Friendship, was released in 1973 on Paramount Records following the release of two singles in 1972, Here I Am and Cane and Abel.
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Etta James This was Etta James' first hit, topping the US R&B chart for 4 weeks. Originally the name of the song was Roll With Me, Henry but it was changed to The Wallflower to avoid censorship. The track is also known as Dance With Me, Henry.. Johnny Otis produced the song.He was the man who gave the singer her stage moniker by reversing her Christian name Jamesetta into Etta James.he Pop singer Georgia Gibbs recorded a version of James' song under the title Dance With Me Henry (The Wallflower).. It became a crossover hit, reaching #1 on the pop charts, which is said to have irritated James. The song featured in Back to The Future during one of the diner scenes.
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Vivian Malone Jones Vivian Malone Jones. Vivian Malone registering for classes at University of Alabama. Vivian Juanita Malone Jones (July 15, 1942 – October 13, 2005) was one of the first two African American students to enroll at the University of Alabama in 1963, and in 1965 became the university's first African American graduate.
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- In 1912, Handy helped raise the public profile of the blues when he became one of the first people to transcribe and publish sheet music for a blues song—Memphis Blues.. Eight years later, listeners snapped up more than a million copies of Crazy Blues by Mamie Smith, the first black female to record a blues vocal.
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- Caitlin Gompf - At Last live at Gracie's Cafe in Elkton Md. Singer Caitlin Gompf amazing performance of the Etta James standard At Last live at Gracie's Open-Mic Cafe in Elkton Md on 8/24/2012.
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- Etta James, the singer who made “At Last” a classic and became one of the last survivors from early rock ‘n’ roll’s pantheon of soaring divas, died Friday in California, her manager said. She was 73. She had been battling leukemia and dementia.
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Talk Etta is georgous, and fine on it's own, IMO. (And I'm not keen on short names such as Harry/Alfie, etc) have a look at the line below. www.mumsnet.com/Talk/baby_names/1186251-What-could-Etta-be-short-for/AllOnOnePage. Etta James (singer of the amazing song at last) was really called Jamesetta Hawkins.
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Etta James, 73, Dies from Leukemia Complications James died this morning at Riverside Community Hospital with her husband and two sons by her side, De Leon said. Click here to see photos of Etta James through the years. Court records show the 73-year-old entertainer also suffered from dementia and kidney failure.
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Ella Fitzgerald Biography Fitzgerald also put out her first No. 1 hit, 1938's A-Tisket, A-Tasket, which she co-wrote. Later that year Ella recorded her second hit, I Found My Yellow Basket.. In addition to her work with Webb, Fitzgerald performed and recorded with the Benny Goodman Orchestra.
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Etta James, âIâd Rather Go Blindâ Etta James, “I’d Rather Go Blind”. Last Friday, the renowned blues and R&B singer Etta James died at a hospital in Riverside, California, outside L.A. James had battled health problems and years of drug abuse, but died from complications of leukemia.
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JoJo (singer) JoJo released her eponymous titled debut album in June 2004.  Leave (Get Out) , her debut single, reached number one on the Billboard Pop songs chart, which made her the youngest solo artist to have a number-one single in the United States, at thirteen years old.
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- Published: 23, March 2015. One of the most influential women of blues and jazz was Bessie Smith. Born Elizabeth Smith on April 15 around 1894, actual year is unknown (Britannica). Her father, William was a preacher and her mother, Laura was a homemaker.
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Singing legend Etta James dies at 73 James was voted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 1  Etta James, whose assertive, earthy voice lit up such hits as The Wallflower, Something's Got a Hold on Me and the wedding favorite At Last, has died, according to her longtime friend and manager, Lupe De Leon. She was 73.
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Beyonce To Portray Legendary Blues Singer Etta James In 'Cadillac Records' As of press time, no release date had been scheduled for the film. 1  Movies. 2  Etta James. 3  Christina Aguilera.  Diana 1  Ross. Jerry Harrison. 2  Beyonce. Dreamgirls.  Cadillac 1  Records. Columbus  Short. Beyoncé Knowles.
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JoJo (singer) JoJo released her eponymous titled debut album in June 2004. Leave (Get Out), her debut single, reached number one on the Billboard Pop songs chart, which made her the youngest solo artist to have a number-one single in the United States, at thirteen years old.