Etta James

In 2003 she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. "Temptation", a cover of the Tom Waits song off his Frank's Wild Years album of 1987 reached number 1 of the World Jazz Charts (based on the US, Germany, France, Japan and China) and reached the US Top 40 on the pop charts. Drug-related and romantic problems interfered with her career, but James managed to maintain a career throughout the latter half of the 20th century and was inducted into both the Rock and Roll and Blues Halls of Fame. Under his influence, she started to write and compose on her own; together they made an album The Girl in the Other Room which was released in April 2004, and quickly rose to the Top 5 in the UK, the Australian top 40 album charts. The Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry and Foghat have also recorded the song but it is Etta's version that is best known. In December 2003, she married Elvis Costello. To a younger generation, Etta is known for the Muddy Waters song "I Just Wanna Make Love To You", used in television commercials for Coca-Cola and for John Smith's bitter. It garnered her her second Grammy (Best Vocal Jazz Record) and a Juno Award.

In 2003 she received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Diana Krall - Live in Paris topped the Billboard jazz charts, went top 20 on the Billboard 200 and went top 5 in Canada. She won the Grammy for best jazz vocal in 1994 for her CD Mystery Lady, a collection of songs associated with Billie Holliday, and in 2004 won the Grammy for best contemporary blues album with Let's Roll. Her concert at the "Paris Olympia" was recorded and released as her first live record. Her singing is characterized by accomplished vocal technique and strong jazz influences. In September 2001, Krall began a world tour. In 1967, James recorded "Tell Mama" and "I'd Rather Go Blind", with "At Last" perhaps her most enduring songs, in Muscle Shoals. The title track from the album reached number 22 on the adult contemporary chart.

James released several duets with Harvey Fuqua (of The Moonglows) that became major R&B hits, as well as her classic "At Last." However, her mainstream success was limited. The Look of Love went to number one on the Canadian album charts and went quadruple platinum in that country. The song was later a hit in the white market for Georgia Gibbs, re-written as "Dance with Me, Henry." She briefly recorded as Etta James & the Peaches, releasing several hits before signing to Chess Records in 1960. The band mix was kept, following arrangements on The Look Of Love (2001) created by Claus Ogerman; this record achieved platinum status and reached the top 10 of the Billboard 200. Otis reversed the syllables of her first name to give her her stage name and began recording her. Her first record, and her first R & B hit, was her own composition, "The Wallflower," an answer song to Hank Ballard's "Work with Me, Annie." She recorded it in 1954 with the Otis band and Richard Berry, who sang the second vocal. Orchestral arrangements by Johnny Mandel provided the background on When I Look In Your Eyes (1999); more Grammy nominations came along, and she was rewarded as Best Jazz Musician of the Year. Her family moved to San Francisco, California in 1950, and in 1952 the trio (the Creolettes) she had formed with two of her friends came to the attention of Johnny Otis. Love Scenes (1997) quickly became a hit record with the trio of Krall, Russell Malone (guitar) and Christian McBride (bass).

Paul Baptist Church in Los Angeles. Her third, All For You (A tribute to the Nat King Cole trio) (1996) was nominated for a Grammy and continued for 70 weeks in the Billboard jazz charts. Born Jamesetta Hawkins in Los Angeles, California, she received her first professional vocal training at the age of 5, from James Earle Hines, musical director of the Echoes of Eden choir at St. It caught the attention of producer Tommy LiPuma, who produced her second album Only Trust Your Heart (1995). Etta James (born January 25, 1938) is an American R&B and gospel singer. In 1993, Krall released her first album, Stepping Out which she recorded with John Clayton and Jeff Hamilton. In 1990, Krall relocated to New York.

After three terms she moved to Los Angeles to study with Jimmy Rowles, with whom she also began to sing. At age seventeen, she won a scholarship from the Vancouver Jazz Festival to study at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Her playing attracted the attention of bass player Ray Brown who brought her into touch with influential teachers and producers. At the age of fifteen, she started playing regularly in several Nanaimo restaurants.

In high school, she started playing in a small jazz group. During her youth the family moved to Vancouver. She began learning the piano at age four. Krall was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada into a musical family.

Diana Jean Krall (born November 16, 1964) is a popular Jazz pianist and singer. 2004 - The Girl in the Other Room - (Verve Records). 2002 - Live in Paris - (Verve Records). 2001 - The Look of Love - (Verve Records).

1999 - When I Look in Your Eyes - (GRP Records). 1997 - Love Scenes - (GRP Records). 1996 - All for You - (GRP Records). 1994 - Only Trust Your Heart - (GRP Records).

1993 - Stepping Out - (Justin Time Records).