Singer Etta James died Friday. She started belting out gospel in church as a little girl, made her first pop record as a teenager, became Chess Records' first female R&B star and released her last ...

In 1974, when Donto James was 6, he went to visit his mother, R&B icon Etta James, in the Tarzana Psychiatric Hospital after she’d been sentenced to drug treatment instead of prison on a heroin charge ...

The bedridden blues icon is too sick to speak up as her son and husband battle over her estate in court. Christine Pelisek reports on the sordid drama. The singer Etta James died on Friday from ...

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“A lot of people think the blues is depressing, but that’s not the blues I’m singing. When I’m singing blues, I’m singing life,” Etta James once told the Los Angeles Times of her Etta James songs, ...

Leela James shares the same last name as the late legendary blues woman Etta James. As a young girl, James’ raw and husky voice earned her the nickname “Baby Etta.” But that’s not all they have in ...

Ashok Selvam is the former James Beard Award-winning regional editor for Eater’s Midwest region, in charge of coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities. He’s a native Chicagoan and had been ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Etta James left behind an incredible legacy when she passed away in ...

Etta Eyong could soon be signing for FC Barcelona. According to reports from the Spanish press, the Blaugrana are considering triggering the €10 million release clause for the Cameroonian striker, who ...

Ashok Selvam is the former James Beard Award-winning regional editor for Eater’s Midwest region, in charge of coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities. He’s a native Chicagoan and had been ...

Etta James began her long career as a singer early, singing doo-wop as a teenager in the 1950s. She has enjoyed equal success crooning blues ballads, belting out rhythm and blues and rock and roll, or ...