Discography and Biography of Etta James. Listen to all their hits.
Etta James Songs

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Etta James (born Jamesetta Hawkins; January 25, 1938 - January 20, 2012) was an American singer who spanned a variety of music genres including blues, R&B, soul, rock and roll, jazz and gospel. Starting her career in 1954, she gained fame with hits such as "The Wallflower", "At Last", "Tell Mama", "Something's Got a Hold on Me", and "I'd Rather Go Blind" for which she wrote the lyrics. She faced a number of personal problems, including drug addiction, before making a musical resurgence in the late 1980s with the album Seven Year Itch.

James is regarded as having bridged the gap between rhythm and blues and rock and roll, and was the winner of six Grammys and 17 Blues Music Awards. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993, the Blues Hall of Fame in 2001, and the Grammy Hall of Fame in both 1999 and 2008. Rolling Stone ranked James number 22 on their list of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time and number 62 on the list of the 100 Greatest Artists.

Below is a list of Etta James songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Argo 5359
chart position: RandB #2 (1 week), US #33
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Billy Davis [Roquel Davis], Berry Gordy and Gwen Gordy
album: At Last!
comments: [ballad]
Etta James All I Could Do Was Cry
1960 Argo
2 record label: Argo 5380
chart position: RandB #2 (1 week), US #47
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Harry Warren and Mack Gordon
album: At Last!
comments: [ballad]
Etta James At Last
1961 Argo
3 record label: Argo 5368
chart position: RandB #5, US #34
weeksinr&bchart: 17
written by: Eddie Bo (as Edwin Bocage) and Paul Gayten
album: At Last!
comments: [ballad]
Etta James My Dearest Darling
1960 Argo
4 record label: Argo 5385
chart position: RandB #4, US #30
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Ned Wever, Milton Ager & Jean Schwartz
album: At Last!
comments: [ballad]
Etta James Trust in Me
1961 Argo
5 record label: Chess 1760
chart position: RandB #6, US #52
weeksinr&bchart: 10
written by: Etta James and Harvey Fuqua
Etta James & Harvey If I Can't Have You
1960 Chess
6 record label: Argo 5393
chart position: RandB #6, US #39
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: Stella Unger, Saul Bernie and James Price Johnson
album: The Second Time Around
Etta James Don't Cry, Baby
1961 Argo
7 record label: Argo 5437
chart position: RandB #7, US #25
weeksinr&bchart: 10
written by: Billy Davis [Roquel Davis] and Tony Clarke
album: Etta James Top Ten
Etta James Pushover
1963 Argo
8 record label: Cadet 5578
chart position: RandB #10, US #23
written by: Clarence Carter, Wilbur Terrell & Marcus Daniels
album: Tell Mama
comments: [northern soul]
Etta James Tell Mama
1967 Cadet
9 record label: MCA 48003(UK)
chart position: UK #5
written by: Willie Dixon
album: The Genuine Article: The Best of Etta James
comments: Featured in Diet Coke advert in the UK Originally released in 1961 as B side of 'At Last'
Etta James I Just Want to Make Love to You
1996 MCA
10 record label: Cadet 5594
chart position: RandB #11, US #35, UK #53
written by: Otis Redding & Margaret Wessen
album: Tell Mama
Etta James Security
1968 Cadet
11 record label: Argo 5409
chart position: RandB #4, US #37
written by: Pearl Woods, Leroy Kirkland, and Etta James
album: Etta James Top Ten
Etta James Something's Got A Hold On Me
1962 Argo
12 record label: Argo 5418
chart position: RandB #6, US #34
written by: Leroy Kirkland, Pearl Woods, And Fred Johnson
album: Etta James Top Ten
comments: [ballad]
Etta James Stop The Wedding
1962 Argo
13 record label: Chess 1760
chart position: RandB #6, US #52
written by: Etta James and Harvey Fuqua
Etta James & Harvey Fuqua If I Can't Have You
1960 Chess
14 record label: Argo 5430
chart position: Cashbox R&B #7, US #64
written by: Bob Forshee
album: Etta James Top Ten
Etta James Would It Make Any Difference To You
1963 Argo
15 record label: Argo 5465
chart position: RandB #7, US #65
written by: Ronny Mitchell
album: The Queen Of Soul
Etta James Loving You More Every Day
1964 Argo
16 record label: Argo 5519
chart position: Cashbox R&B #8, US #96
written by: Shena DeMell and Peylia Parham
Etta James & Sugar Pie DeSanto Do I Make Myself Clear
1965 Argo
17 record label: Chess 1771
chart position: RandB #12, US #78
written by: Willie Dixon
Etta James & Harvey Fuqua Spoonful
1960 Chess
18 record label: Argo 5390
chart position: RandB #14, US #50
written by: Floyd Hunt
album: The Second Time Around
Etta James Fool That I Am
1961 Argo
19 record label: Argo 5424
chart position: RandB #13, US #71
written by: Pearl Wood
Etta James Next Door To The Blues
1962 Argo
20 record label: Cadet 5578
chart position: RandB #10, US #23
written by: E. Jordan, B. Foster
album: Tell Mama Deep Soul Treasures Vol.3 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: [deep soul]
Etta James I'd Rather Go Blind
1967 Cadet
21 record label: Argo 5402
chart position: Cashbox R&B #19, US #54
written by: Deborah Chessler
comments: US B side to Seven Day Fool
Etta James It's Too Soon to Know
1961 Argo
22 record label: Argo 5402
chart position: Cashbox R&B #19, US #95
written by: Billy Davis
album: The Second Time Around
Etta James Seven Day Fool
1961 Argo
23 record label: Argo 5390
chart position: Cashbox R&B #26, US #55
written by: Johnny Mercer
comments: US B side to Fool That I Am
Etta James Dream
1961 Argo
24 record label: Argo 5452
chart position: US #63, US AC #14
written by: Tony Clarke and Billy Davis
Etta James Two Sides (To Every Story)
1963 Argo
25 record label: Cadet 5676
chart position: RandB #26, US #94
written by: L.D. Bonds
album: Losers, Weepers
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Etta James Losers, Weepers (Part I)
1970 Cadet
26 record label: Private Music 11593
chart position: US dance #15
written by: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
album: Matriarch Of The Blues
Etta James Miss You
2001 Private Music
27 record label: Chess 2144
chart position: RandB #29, US #101
written by: C. C. Williamson, Trevor Lawrence and Gabriel Mekler
album: Etta James
Etta James All the Way Down
1973 Chess
28 record label: Argo 5445
chart position: US #78
written by: Billy Davis
album: Etta James Top Ten
Etta James Pay Back
1963 Argo
29 record label: Cadet 5606
chart position: RandB #32, US #69
written by: Sonny Bono
Etta James I Got You Babe
1968 Cadet
30 record label: Cadet 5630
chart position: RandB #32, US #79
written by: Billy Sherrill and Glenn Sutton
Etta James Almost Persuaded
1969 Cadet
31 record label: Chess 2125
chart position: RandB #31, US #108
written by: Wilson Pickett, Willie Schofield and Robert West
Etta James I Found a Love
1972 Chess
32 record label: Argo 5424
chart position: US #87
written by: Johnny Mercer and Rube Bloom
album: Etta James Sings for Lovers
Etta James Fools Rush In
1962 Argo
33 record label: Argo 5459
chart position: RandB #35, US #82
written by: Jimmy Reed
album: Etta James Rocks the House
Etta James Baby What You Want Me To Do
1964 Argo
34 record label: Cadet 5664
chart position: Cashbox RandB #31
written by: Pearl Woods
album: Etta James Sings Funk
Etta James Tighten Up Your Own Thing
1971 Cadet
35 record label: Cadet 5539
chart position: RandB #37, US #97
written by: Davis, Miner, Smith
Etta James & Sugar Pie DeSanto In the Basement (Part 1)
1966 Cadet
36 record label: Argo 5485
chart position: RandB #34
written by: Ed Townsend
Etta James Mellow Fellow
1964 Argo
37 record label: Argo 5430
chart position: Cashbox R&B #43, US #109
written by: Jule Styne and Bob Hilliard
comments: US B Side To Would It Make Any Difference To You
Etta James How Do You Speak To An Angel
1963 Argo
38 record label: Cadet 5620
chart position: US #113
written by: Don Covay
Etta James You Got It
1968 Cadet
39 record label: Argo 5452
chart position: US #118
written by: Norman Mapp
comments: US B Side To Two Sides (To Every Story)
Etta James I Worry Bout You
1963 Argo
40 record label: Cadet 5552
chart position: RandB #42
written by: Monk Higgins and Cash McCall (as Maurice Dollison)
Etta James I Prefer You
1967 Cadet
41 record label: Delicious Vinyl 1008
chart position: US Dance #39
written by: Def Jef and Eric Harris
comments: [hip hop]
Def Jef featuring Etta James Droppin' Rhymes
1990 Delicious Vinyl
42 record label: Chess 2148
chart position: RandB #76
written by: Randy Newman
Etta James Leave Your Hat On
1974 Chess
43 record label: Chess 2153
chart position: RandB #84
written by: Trevor Lawrence and Gabriel Mekler
Etta James Out on the Street, Again
1974 Chess
44 record label: Chess 30001
chart position: RandB #92
written by: Dennis Belfield and Ron Stockert
Etta James Jump into Love
1976 Chess
45 record label: Warner 8545
chart position: RandB #93
written by: Bert Russell (as Bert Berns) and Jerry Ragavoy
album: Deep in the Night
Etta James Piece of My Heart
1978 Warner
-- record label: Cadet 802
written by: Oldham, Hall
album: Tell Mama
comments: [deep soul] [album cut]
Etta James Don't Lose Your Good Thing
1968 Cadet
-- record label: Cadet 802
written by: Covay
album: Tell Mama
comments: [album cut]
Etta James Watch Dog
1968 Cadet
-- record label: Chess 2100
written by: Townsend
album: Tell Mama
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Etta James The Love Of My Man
1970 Chess
-- record label: Cadet 5594
written by: Covay
album: Tell Mama
comments: [southern soul]
Etta James I'm Gonna Take What He's Got
1968 Cadet
-- record label: Cadet 802
written by: Caston, Webber
album: Tell Mama
comments: [album cut]
Etta James The Same Rope
1968 Cadet
-- record label: Cadet 5630
written by: Hughes
album: Tell Mama
Etta James Steal Away
1968 Cadet
-- record label: Cadet 802
written by: George David, Lee Diamond
album: Tell Mama
comments: [southern soul album cut]
Etta James My Mother-In-Law
1968 Cadet
-- record label: Cadet 802
written by: Chalmers
album: Tell Mama
comments: [deep soul ballad album cut]
Etta James It Hurts Me So Much
1968 Cadet
-- record label: Cadet 802
written by: Gordon
album: Tell Mama
comments: [southern soul album cut]
Etta James Just A Little Bit
1968 Cadet
-- record label: Cadet 5526
written by: Maurice McAlister, Terry Vail
comments: [deep soul]
Etta James Only Time Will Tell
1966 Cadet




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