Chuck Berry, Etta James, and Sonny Boy Williamson II are the latest artists to join Chess Records’ 75th-anniversary reissue series.

Total sales for Etta James‘ albums have jumped by 378 percent and impacted the Billboard charts in the week since her death, according to newly released figures. The “At Last” legend died of ...

4. "The Wallflower (Dance With Me Henry)," 1955: Along with "At Last," James' recording of this let's-get-up-and-swing jukebox standard is in the Grammy Hall of Fame. There's also a slightly more ...

Leela James shares the same last name as the late legendary blues woman Etta James. As a young girl, James’ raw and husky voice earned her the nickname “Baby Etta.” But that’s not all they have in ...

Nina Simone & Etta James live albums are forthcoming on both CD and vinyl from BMG and the Montreux Jazz Festival. Classic jazz recordings you need to own! New jazz releases and reissues are being ...

Etta James has been one of the foremost R & B and blues singer this country has produced. She has also demonstrated on many occasions that she can easily bring her hard charging style successfully to ...

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Few singers proved more pliable over the past 50 years than Etta James. Pop, blues, rock 'n' roll, soul, jazz — she sang them all with aplomb. But it was her string of stunning singles during the ...

The soulful artist battled personal demons throughout her six-decade career headlined by her signature ballad "At Last." By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Etta James, the sassy R&B and blues singer whose ...

Singer Etta James died Friday. She started belting out gospel in church as a little girl, made her first pop record as a teenager, became Chess Records' first female R&B star and released her last ...

"This is a tremendous loss for the family, her friends and fans around the world," De Leon said of the musical icon, who would have turned 74 next week. "She was a true original who could sing it ...

(CBS/AP) Etta James, the legendary singer whose enduring hits include "At Last" and "Tell Mama," has died at the age of 73. James' longtime manager Lupe De Leon told The Associated Press the singer ...