This season, JZ2 celebrates jazz greats across the spectrum, including George Benson, a birthday celebration with and for Gerald Wilson & Hank Jones, Swing Night with Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, and the ...

Etta James Dies. The R&B singer, whose "At Last" has been a standard since 1961, ... Finally, during a 1988 stay in the Betty Ford Clinic, just before her 50th birthday, this time for a codeine ...

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.

Etta James had an instantly recognisable voice, sinuous, tender and harsh in equal measure. She died a few days short of her 74th birthday. “Sing like your life depends on it”: Etta James ...

Blues singer Etta James has died at 73 after a battle with leukaemia. James, who also suffered from dementia and hepatitis C, died at a hospital in Riverside, California, according to her longtime ...

Two years shy of her 70th birthday, blues singer Etta James looks better than ever. After struggling with a weight problem most of her life, James underwent gastric bypass surgery and dropped ...

Famed rhythm and blues singer Etta James died Jan. 20, five days away from her 74 birthday after battling leukemia, dementia and hepatitis C. . On Tuesday, it was announced that a public viewing ...

Tacoma, Wash., paper regrets wishing the deceased Etta James a happy birthday: “An item on Page A2 in Wednesday’s paper incorrectly stated that it was singer Etta James’ 74th birthday. James ...

Etta’s father was rumored to be the famous pool player Minnesota Fats, a possibility the singer acknowledged. James first came to notice for her racy “Roll With Me, Henry” in 1955, which ...

James will be buried in a private ceremony officiated by Rev. Al Sharpton on Saturday, January 28, three days after what would have been her 74th birthday. PHOTOS: Etta James’ Life in Pictures ...

Happy Birthday Etta James: 9 Of Her Best Songs [& Not ‘At Last’] Written by Danielle Young, Associate Editor. Published on January 25, 2013 January 25, 2013 ...

After a long bout with leukemia, legendary 'At Last' soul singer Etta James died today with her family by her side. ... Next Wednesday would have been her 74th birthday.