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R.I.P. Etta James | The Young, Black, and Fabulous
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After fighting a long battle with leukemia, dementia, and hepatitis C, 73-year-old legendary soul and jazz singer Etta James died today. Details inside...



[Steven here] "Tell Mama" put Etta James back in the Top 10 (after a 4 year hiatus). The single was released in late 1967; it was the title track on her album of August '68. This page of the LA FP shows where she was in-between.
Photo: [Steven here] "Tell Mama" put Etta James back in the Top 10 (after a 4 year hiatus). The single was released in late 1967; it was the title track on her album of August '68. This page of the LA FP shows where she was in-between.



More than 20 years later, Etta was still belting this one out.