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Jamesetta Hawkins (January 25, 1938 – January 20, 2012), known professionally as Etta James, was an American singer and songwriter. Starting her career in 1954, James frequently performed in Nashville's famed R&B clubs, collectively known as the Chitlin' Circuit , in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. [ 1 ]
This is a list of notable performers of rock music and other forms of popular music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters, or in other closely related roles, who died in 2012.
Otis died of natural causes on January 17, 2012, in the Altadena area of Los Angeles. He died three days before Etta James, whom he had discovered in the early 1950s. [1] He is interred with his wife at Mountain View Cemetery in Altadena, California, US. [47]
The Dreamer is the twenty-ninth and final studio album recorded by American R&B singer Etta James. It was released on November 8, 2011, two months before her death, as she battled with leukemia. It was released on November 8, 2011, two months before her death, as she battled with leukemia.
"Good Feeling" features acoustic-driven guitars, computerized beats and charging keyboards over a prominent sample from Avicii's song "Levels", which in turn samples Etta James's 1962 gospel-tinged hit "Something’s Got a Hold on Me". [5] Following James's death on January 20, 2012, Flo Rida dedicated the song in her memory. [6]
His next single, released three years later under the name Tony Clarke and released under the Fascination label, was "Cry" / "Love Must Be Taboo". He wrote the songs "Pushover" and "Two Sides to Every Story", hits for Etta James, with Billy Davis. [4] In 1963, Clarke wrote "Pushover" with Billy Davis for Etta James. [1]
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
Etta James (pictured in 1990) recorded the song in 1962 and co-wrote it with Leroy Kirkland and Pearl Woods. "Something's Got a Hold on Me" was written by Etta James, Leroy Kirkland and Pearl Woods, while it was produced by two founders of the Chess Records, Leonard and Phil Chess. [2]