Recording a total of ten albums for the label between 19, her albums included variations of contemporary blues to traditional Jazz, such as her 1997 tribute album to Billie Holiday titled, Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday. Her two albums in the early 90s for Island and later Elektra, varied in style from contemporary to Soul, but James eventually settled in on the Private Music label. In the 1970s, her popularity declined on radio, but remained under Chess records, recording five albums for the label, departing from them with 1975's Etta Is Betta Than Evvah.Īfter battling drug and alcohol addictions, James returned with her first studio album in nine years in 1989 titled, Seven Year Itch on Island Records. In 1967, James recorded with a more soul-inflected style and had her first Top 10 hit in three years, " Tell Mama," which was followed by an album of the same name.
Etta James rendition was the title track on her debut album At Last (1960) and was eventually inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.
It was followed by The Second Time Around in 1961. 1 In 1960, rhythm and blues singer Etta James recorded an arrangement by Riley Hampton that improvised on Warrens original melody. Released on Argo Records in November 1960 the album was pro. With this new style, many of James's songs became hits on both the R&B and the pop charts, such as " All I Could Do Was Cry, " At Last," and " Trust in Me." She released her debut album, At Last!, in 1960. World Premier At Last is the debut studio album by American blues and soul artist Etta James. Producer Leonard Chess believed James had crossover potential in the pop market and backed her material with orchestral arrangements. Īfter beginning to date Harvey Fuqua, a singer for the Moonglows, James signed with Argo Records, a subsidiary of Chess Records. She recorded for Modern until the end of the decade, without much further success. Released on Argo Records in November 1960 the album was produced by Phil and Leonard Chess. She had a second Top 10 hit, "Good Rockin' Daddy", in 1955. At Last is the debut studio album by American blues and soul artist Etta James. The Peaches eventually left the label, and James recorded as a solo act. She recorded "The Wallflower (Dance with Me, Henry)", an answer song to the Midnighters's " Work with Me, Annie", with her vocal group, the Peaches, singing background vocals, which topped the R&B charts for four weeks in 1955. She has also issued 58 singles, one of which, " The Wallflower (Dance with Me, Henry)," reached number 1 on the Rhythm and Blues Records chart in 1955.Īs a teenager in San Francisco, California in the early 1950s, James formed a singing trio, which attracted the attention of Johnny Otis, who helped her sign a recording contract with Modern Records in 1954. The discography for the American singer Etta James consists of 29 studio albums, 3 live albums, and 12 compilations.
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