Etta James Has Died
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.