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We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. She will forever be remembered for her ability to make the whole room smile with her contagious laughter. Funeral mass will be celebrated am on Wednesday at St.
Burial will follow at St. Please visit www. To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Etta Mae Marsh Welch, please visit our floral store. Wynantskill Funeral Home. Home Page. Send Flowers for Etta Mae. Share a memory. After signing with Chicago's Chess Records in , James' career began to soar. James continued to work with Chess throughout the s and early '70s. Sadly, heroin addiction affected both her personal and professional life, but despite her continued drug problems she persisted in making new albums.
In , James recorded with the Muscle Shoals house band in the Fame studios, and the collaboration resulted in the triumphant Tell Mama album. James' work gained positive attention from critics as well as fans, and her album Etta James earned a Grammy nomination, in part for its creative combination of rock and funk sounds. A renewed public profile followed her appearance at the opening ceremony of the Los Angeles Olympics in With suggestive stage antics and a sassy attitude, James continued to perform and record well into the s.
Always soulful, her extraordinary voice was showcased to great effect on her recent private releases, including Blue Gardenia , which rose to the top of the Billboard jazz chart. In , James underwent gastric bypass surgery and lost over pounds. The dramatic weight loss had an impact on her voice, as she told Ebony magazine that year. That same year, James released Let's Roll , which won the Grammy Award for best contemporary blues album.
This team regrouped for her next effort, Blues to the Bone , which brought James her third Grammy Award — this time for best traditional blues album. She participated in a tribute album the following year for jazz great Ella Fitzgerald , called We Love Ella.
Knowles also recorded her own version of James' signature song, "At Last" for the soundtrack. While James publicly supported the film, she was reportedly miffed when Knowles sang the song at President Barack Obama's inaugural ball in January James allegedly told concert-goers in Seattle in February that Knowles "had no business As she entered her 70s, James began struggling with health issues.
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