***** Etta James, Tell Mama — The Complete Muscle Shoals Sessions (MCA Chess): In more than 40 years as a gifted R&B; interpreter, Etta James has never been able to emerge from the shado… ...

Etta James The Chess Box ... including "I'd Rather Go Blind," Clarence Carter's "Tell Mama," the big R&B sound of "I Prefer You," and a pair of duets with Sugar Pie DeSanto, ...

Etta James died on Friday, January 20, from various health complications, five days shy of her 74th birthday. James' full-bodied R&B sound was one of Chess Records' enduring legacies.

Friday's show at the Alberta Rose Theatre celebrates the official release of the live album, "The 'Tell Mama': Etta James Tribute." Skip to Article. Set weather. Back To Main Menu Close.

For Etta James, it was a case of not telling Mama, for a change. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame vocal powerhouse -- whose signature song is the reassuring blues number "Tell Mama" ...

Etta James, one of the great voices of the 20th century, who fused R&B with gospel and blues and scored landmark hits with “At Last,” “Tell Mama” and “All I Could Do Was Cry,” died ...

Etta James has been accorded the full respect she deserves. At last. Born Jamesetta Hawkins 71 years ago this week, James has just seen herself played by Beyoncé in the film "Cadillac Records," a ...

And it was Chess who dispatched the singer to Muscle Shoals, Ala., in 1967, where she cut the churning, brass-driven soul rocker “Tell Mama” (a song, she confesses, that she’s never really ...

James passed away on Friday from leukemia-related complications. She was 73 years old. She's best known for the 1961 rendition of 'At Last,' but her dynamic voice found success in many genres ...

Etta James' manager says the singer has died in ... Leonard Chess, called James their first soul singer ... "Tell Mama," an earthy fusion of rock and gospel music featuring blistering ...

Etta James has been a whirlwind musical force since 1955, when the 15-year-old wrote and recorded "The Wallflower" (better known as "Roll With Me Henry") as an answer song to Hank Ballard's risque ...