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August 19, 2004

Etta James - Matriarch of the Blues
In 1954 Jamesette Hawkins took the name Etta James and became a teen singing sensation. She outgrew her teens but never outgrew the sensation. A pure Blues singer, a jazz smoothie, a soulful ripper, Etta can sing it all.

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