Etta James
- MatchEtta James
- 100%Aretha Franklin
- 80%Dinah Washington
- 79%Nina Simone
- 78%Otis Redding
- 73%Wilson Pickett
- 70%Billie Holiday
- 63%Irma Thomas
- 55%Ella Fitzgerald
- 55%Solomon Burke
- 54%Sarah Vaughan
Biography
Jamesetta Hawkins, 25 January 1938, Los Angeles, California, USA. James introduction to performing followed an impromptu audition for Johnny Otis backstage at San Franciscos Fillmore Auditorium. Roll With Me Henry, her answer to the Hank Ballard hit Work With Me Annie, was retitled The Wallflower in an effort to disguise its risqué lyric and became an R&B number 1. Good Rockin Daddy provided another hit,... Read more