107 JAMZ » Etta James passes http://107jamz.com The People's Station Wed, 22 May 2013 01:06:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Etta James Has Died http://107jamz.com/etta-james-has-died/ http://107jamz.com/etta-james-has-died/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:44:44 +0000 Gina Cook http://107jamz.com/?p=34279 She was an iconic figure played out on the movie screen in Cadillac Records by Beyonce.  Yet, she was so much more than that.  Born Jamesetta Hawkins to an unwed 14-year-old mother in Los Angeles in 1938, James began singing in church as a child, and by age twelve had moved to San Francisco, where she formed a doo-wop trio called the Creolettes.

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