It's very sad to hear of her and may of our favorite artists we grew up with going, but at least we have many fond memories of them to keep us company until we go. She will be missed.
Just just came from FB, and as it happened I had just posted this very video t my status. What joy she will bring so many today, who AT LAST link the song with a name. Geez she could sing a song.
Johnny Otis was the great R&B singer, musician, and producer that first discovered the young Jamesetta Hawkins. It was Otis who changed the teenager's name to Etta James and, backed by the Peaches (also James' nickname), recorded James' first hit, "The Wallflower (Dance With Me Henry)" for Modern Records. During the mid-to-late 1950s, James would tour as part of the Johnny Otis Band and perform on the same stage as R&B legends like Otis Redding, Little Richard, and Johnny "Guitar" Watson.
Don't read the story as it's shown on the page because that is severely edited. Hit "Listen Now" and hear it. Even the audio, I think, is edited. I could swear she said something to the effect that when she was a girl she wondered where babies came from and Etta James taught her that. But I don't hear that comment in the story now. Am I goin' nuts or am I mistaken?
spike 1- thanks for posting that. i saw some differnces between the written and the recorded section. she mentions tatoos in the recording, and doesn't in the written part. it was sure interesting tho...
Grace, thanks for posting this....I've always liked the music of Etta James. I have been out of the modern world and did not know she had passed.....she could bring a tear to your eye with almost any song she sang.
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Thanks Grace. Johnny Otis also passed away today.
rip johnny otis also. thanks bob.
Great! Thanks Grace. I'm listening to your "Sad About lala" playlist now. I miss lala too. We probably traded some cds together.
It's very sad to hear of her and may of our favorite artists we grew up with going, but at least we have many fond memories of them to keep us company until we go. She will be missed.
Accord.
Just just came from FB, and as it happened I had just posted this very video t my status. What joy she will bring so many today, who AT LAST link the song with a name. Geez she could sing a song.
Johnny Otis was the great R&B singer, musician, and producer that first discovered the young Jamesetta Hawkins. It was Otis who changed the teenager's name to Etta James and, backed by the Peaches (also James' nickname), recorded James' first hit, "The Wallflower (Dance With Me Henry)" for Modern Records. During the mid-to-late 1950s, James would tour as part of the Johnny Otis Band and perform on the same stage as R&B legends like Otis Redding, Little Richard, and Johnny "Guitar" Watson.
Heare's a link to the wonderful Neda Ulaby remembrance heard on All Things Considered yesterday evening.
http://www.npr.org/2012/01/20/123125338/remembering-etta-james-stunning-
Don't read the story as it's shown on the page because that is severely edited. Hit "Listen Now" and hear it. Even the audio, I think, is edited. I could swear she said something to the effect that when she was a girl she wondered where babies came from and Etta James taught her that. But I don't hear that comment in the story now. Am I goin' nuts or am I mistaken?
spike 1- thanks for posting that. i saw some differnces between the written and the recorded section. she mentions tatoos in the recording, and doesn't in the written part. it was sure interesting tho...
Grace, thanks for posting this....I've always liked the music of Etta James. I have been out of the modern world and did not know she had passed.....she could bring a tear to your eye with almost any song she sang.
Plus we can't forget "Tell Mama" (1968).
Ah yes!