Please join the Albumism team in celebrating Etta James’ musical legacy and revisit audio & video highlights from her career below!

Born: January 25, 1938
Died: January 20, 2012
Biography | Discography (Studio Albums):

At Last! (1960)
The Second Time Around (1961)
Etta James (1962)
Etta James Sings for Lovers (1962)
Etta James Top Ten (1963)
The Queen of Soul (1965)
Call My Name (1966)
Tell Mama (1968)
Etta James Sings Funk (1970)
Losers Weepers (1971)
Etta James (1973)
Come a Little Closer (1974)
Etta Is Betta Than Evvah! (1976)
Deep in the Night (1978)
Changes (1980)
Seven Year Itch (1989)
Stickin' to My Guns (1990)
The Right Time (1992)
Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday (1994)
Time After Time (1995)
Love's Been Rough on Me (1997)
Life, Love & the Blues (1998)
Heart of a Woman (1999)
Matriarch of the Blues (2000)
Blue Gardenia (2001)
Let's Roll (2003)
Blues to the Bone (2004)
All the Way (2006)
The Dreamer (2011)

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