And the music is where Etta James has found refuge.
Mrs. James died early Friday at Riverside Community Hospital in Riverside, California, of complications from leukemia, according to her manager, Lupe De Leon. She was 73.
She was also suffering from dementia and kidney problems. In December, her doctor announced that its terminal leukemia and has been asked for prayers for the singer.
The husband of Mrs. James, Artis Mills and his two sons were at her side when she died, De Leon said.
"It's a tremendous loss for his fans worldwide," said De Leon. "She will be missed. A great American singer. His music defied category. "
A best-known song of Ms. James was the ballad "At Last," recorded in 1961, just after she signed with Argo, a subsidiary of Chess Records in Chicago. With its measured contralto, Mrs. James went to the dynamics of a relationship together, wanting to, discovery and renewal. The trip was difficult. And it was at the finish line.
"At Last" is a crucial record of failures in the lexicon as it moved the label from an impression of blues (Muddy Waters, Howlin 'Wolf) to pop.
Club In Chicago saxophonist Lisa Riley Hampton had been recruited to create arrangements with lush string sections that had never been used in chess. The label hit the jackpot, sweet strings pop counterpoint Hampton with Mrs. James "live blues-jazz style.
His songs lasted for generations. Last year, the electro-rapper Flo Rida sampled Mrs. James 1962 hit "Something Got a hold on me" in his single "Feeling Good. In 2008, Beyonce Knowles "its portrayed in the movie" Cadillac Records ", which loosely depicts the early years of failures. "One thing I learned is Etta fearlessness," Beyonce said while promoting the film. "She was Etta all the time. She has not tried to change for anyone. If crossing was not for her - she was the first African American woman to cross the radio -. I would not have the opportunities I "Beyonce released Friday on its website," This is a huge loss. ...When she opened her mouth without effort, you could hear the pain and triumph. His way of delivering a deeply emotional song has told his story without any filter. "
Mrs. James was born January 25, 1938, as Jamesetta Hawkins in Los Angeles. His mother was an African-American teenager. She never knew his father and loved to speculate that he was the famous pool player Minnesota Fats. Mrs. James was raised by his grandparents and caregivers. She grew up and toured with the late Johnny "Guitar" Watson and was discovered in 1951 by West Coast bandleader Johnny Otis, who died Tuesday at age 90. He must have called his home.
As the doo-wop singers of the time, Ms. James has been singing on street corners in Los Angeles and as a minor act in nightclubs in California as a member of the Creolettes. The all-girl trio performed in glittering gowns with fish tails long hair high and great attitudes.
After seeing the group, renamed Otis colorful peaches and Mrs. James was first around Name (Jamesetta Etta James). He co-wrote his first hit in 1955's seminal classic rock n 'roll, "Roll With Me Henry," which was considered too suggestive for broadcast on the radio. Georgia Gibbs cleaned and had a pop hit in 1955.In 2008; Ms. James received a Grammy Award for his release.
Ms. James' no-nonsense model has been set.
She would roll through punches of life.
Ms. James meet leukemia, obesity, gastric bypass surgery, dementia, and hepatitis C. Marshall Chess, son of Chess co-founder Leonard Chess was fascinated by tattoos Mrs. James cigarette burn. "Etta was the queen in chess," Chess Marshall said Friday in New York. "It was clear from day one in 1959 when she walked like a young woman with a whole entourage following behind her, like a scene in a Fellini film. She was one of those special artists like Muddy, Wolf, Chuck [Berry] and Bo [Diddley] and everyone knew it. She took the music of chess to a new place. "
As Ms. James mounted star, she found it difficult to distract the demons. His heroin addiction was so bad that her veins collapsed when she pulled open his forehead.
"Music was a way for her to get out of pain," said Chicago-based Chess session man Gene Barge, who arranged and produced several singles Ms. James' 1970 with its majestic ballad "Weepers losers. "" There is adversity, rejection and does not receive some of the money you think you should get what was another reason for her to withdraw. He slowed, but it was a great singer who has read the singers. As Janis Joplin and others who emulated his style.
"Etta should have been an actress and comedian. She was very funny. It could take almost anyone to sing. She was down to one of Ray Charles "T". She knew what she wanted to do in the studio.
It would have consumed a producer if he had a mild temperament. "
Chicago, gospel-soul icon Mavis Staples last shared the stage with Ms. James in 2005 at a festival in Lansing, Mich. "When a person has had a life like Etta had, you know that music was a refuge," Staples said.”Singing is all she had to keep it afloat. We were the same in that we did not have vocal coaching or music teachers. She probably knew what key she sang, I do not even know that.
"Etta James was a soul singer. In VH1 "Diva" tapings they asked me to define the soul. For me, the soul is the intestine. Etta sang from deep. She did not sing at the top of his head. With the soul within you highlight what you want to tell. I loved Etta James. "
Mariah Carey on Friday tweeted, "Rest in peace to one of the world's most influential singers Etta James, you will be missed."
Some asked that Ms. James "The Billie Holiday R & B." According to the 1995 biography, David Ritz, Rage to Survive: The Etta James Story, the owner of a boarding school where she was raised woke up after Ms. James her all night, drunk poker games. It would make him sing like a wet bed, the young Ms. James has been traumatized. Ritz (working on the biography of Buddy Guy) wrote that this has led to Ms. James' life-long reluctance to sing on request.
In his early years in chess, Mrs. James boyfriend was the late Harvey Fuqua of the Moon glows. They recorded all the failures, including the covering of a horn loaded bawdy version of Willie Dixon's "Spoonful." Even in the early 1960's chess, Mrs. James preferred the rhythm of the blues rough and Little Willie John and his mentor Johnny "Guitar" Watson. "I do not want to go in this stuff Muddy Waters and Howlin 'Wolf," she says in the book of 2000 "Etta James. The Chess Box "" I thought it was a bit too low at home and a little too old to young. "
In 1969, Ms. James married Artis Mills and they were later arrested for possession of heroin together. He served a prison sentence of 10 years. She was sentenced to drug treatment.
December 19, a judge ruled that Mills would retain decision-making control over its finances and health care, but only out $ 350,000 for medical expenses of the singer's $ 1 million instead of the real estate Mills $ 500,000 requested. Ms. James' son DONTO had requested a temporary conservation ship due to concerns over spending.
Mrs. James was inducted into the Rock 'n Roll of Fame in 1993 and the Blues Hall of Fame in 2001. She has won six Grammy Awards.
She recorded failures between 1960 and 1978, with such hits as "Stop The Wedding" (1962) and the inflatable Beach Music classic "Fool" (1963). In 1967, Ms. James has recorded tracks cadets chess with barge Rick Hall Muscle Shoals (Alabama) studios and enjoyed cross hits like "Tell Mama" and the blues ballad "I Rather Go Blind," later popularized by Rod Stewart. In 1997, she hosted the WTTW-Channel 11 documentary "Record Row: Cradle of Rhythm and Blues", whch celebrated Chess, Vee-Jay and other labels that flourished from the mid-1950s until the mid- year 1970 on the stretch of 10 blocks of South Michigan Avenue, a neighborhood that is doing a comeback as a music destination.
In a Q & A with 1995 of the now defunct Hear Music, Ms. James shared the song which brings chills "page Shawn Rose, the gospel singer," she said. "Forgive me Jesus."
I think when I listen to you just really want to remember. "
Mrs. James is survived by her husband and son and DONTO Sametto James, who both performed in his band
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