Etta James

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human recording artist singer songwriter

Etta James was an iconic American singer renowned for her powerful, emotive voice and genre-spanning work in blues, R&B, soul, and gospel, with classics like "At Last" cementing her legacy.

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Etta James (1973) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
album At Last ⓘ
surface form: At Last!

Blues to the Bone ⓘ
Deep in the Night ⓘ
Etta James self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Etta James (1973)

Etta James Sings Funk ⓘ
Let’s Roll ⓘ
Matriarch of the Blues ⓘ
Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday ⓘ
Seven Year Itch ⓘ
Stickin’ to My Guns ⓘ
Tell Mama ⓘ
The Second Time Around ⓘ
awardReceived Blues Hall of Fame ⓘ
surface form: Blues Hall of Fame induction

Grammy Award ⓘ
Grammy Hall of Fame Award ⓘ
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ⓘ
causeOfDeath leukemia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1938-01-25 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2012-01-20 ⓘ
debutAlbum At Last ⓘ
surface form: At Last!
ethnicity African-American ⓘ
familyName Hawkins ⓘ
fullName Jamesetta Hawkins ⓘ
genre blues ⓘ
gospel ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
soul ⓘ
givenName Jamesetta ⓘ
hallOfFame Blues Hall of Fame ⓘ
Grammy Hall of Fame Award ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Hall of Fame

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
influenced Adele ⓘ
Beyoncé ⓘ
Christina Aguilera ⓘ
influencedBy Billie Holiday ⓘ
Dinah Washington ⓘ
memberOf Blues Hall of Fame ⓘ
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
notableSong All I Could Do Was Cry ⓘ
At Last ⓘ
I’d Rather Go Blind ⓘ
Something’s Got a Hold on Me ⓘ
Tell Mama ⓘ
The Wallflower (Dance with Me, Henry) ⓘ
notableWork All I Could Do Was Cry ⓘ
At Last ⓘ
I’d Rather Go Blind ⓘ
Something’s Got a Hold on Me ⓘ
Tell Mama ⓘ
The Wallflower ⓘ
numberOfChildren 2 ⓘ
occupation singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
placeOfDeath Riverside, California ⓘ
surface form: Riverside, California, United States
recordLabel Argo Records ⓘ
Cadet Records ⓘ
Chess Records ⓘ
MCA Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
Private Music ⓘ
RCA Victor ⓘ
spouse Artis Mills ⓘ
stageName Etta James self-link ⓘ
vocalType contralto ⓘ
yearsActive 1950s–2010s ⓘ

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Etta James → album → Etta James self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Etta James (1973)
Billie Holiday → influenced → Etta James ⓘ
Christina Aguilera → influencedBy → Etta James ⓘ
Etta James → stageName → Etta James self-link ⓘ