The Echoes Of Eden
(members Jamesetta
Hawkins,
.......................................) church
gospel group.
The
Creolettes
(members Jamesetta Hawkins,
? and ?)
Etta James and The
Peaches
Modern 947 - The Wallflower (Roll With Me Henry) / Hold Me,
Squeeze Me - 1955 (male voice is Richard Berry)
Modern 947 - The Wallflower (Dance With Me Henry)* / Hold
Me, Squeeze Me - 1955 (male voice is Richard Berry) *a pop
hit in 1955 for Georgia Gibbs on Mercury 70572.
Etta James
(born Jamesetta Hawkins on
25-January-1938 in Los Angeles, California) Frequent bouts
with Heroin addiction
Modern 957 - Hey Henry / Be Mine – 1955
Modern 962 - Good Rockin' Daddy
/ Crazy Feeling - 1955 (with The Dreamers (vocal group),
including Jesse Belvin)
Modern 972 - W-O-M-A-N / That's All – 1955
Modern 984 - Number One / I'm A Fool – 1956
Etta "Miss Peaches"
James
Modern 988 - Shortnin'
Bread Rock / Tears Of Joy – 1956
Etta James
Modern 998 - Tough Lover / What Fools We
Mortals Be - 1956 (with Lee Allen on saxophone)
Modern 1007 - Good Loookin' /
Then I'll Care - 1956
Modern 1016 - The Pick-Up / Market Place – 1957
Modern 1022 - Come What May / By The Light Of The Silvery
Moon – 1957
Kent 304 - Sunshine Of Love / Baby
Baby Every Night - 1958
Betty & Dupree
(Etta James and Harvey Fuqua)
Kent 318 - I Hope You're Satisfied / If It
Ain't One Thing – 1959
Etta James
Kent 345 - Dance With Me Henry / Hey Henry -
1960
Kent 352 - How Big A Fool / Good Rockin'
Daddy - 1960
Kent 370 - Do Something Crazy / Good
Rockin' Daddy - 1960
Etta & Harvey
(Etta James and Harvey Fuqua)
Chess
1760 - If I Can't Have You / My Heart Cries – 1960
Chess 1771 - Spoonful / It's A Crying Shame – 1960
Etta James
Argo 5359 - All I Could Do Was Cry / Girl Of My
Dreams (Boy Of My Dreams) - 1960
Argo 5368 - My Dearest Darling / Tough Mary - 1960 (one
known copy found in Los Angeles in 1999 pressed in blue
vinyl)
Argo 5380 - At Last* / I Just Want To Make Love To You -
1961 *popularized in 1942 by Glenn Miller.
Argo 5385 - Trust In Me* /
Anything To Say You're Mine - 1961 *both Wayne King and
Mildred Bailey had top 5 versions of this song in 1937.
Argo 5390 - Fool That I Am / Dream – 1961
Argo 5393 - Don't Cry Baby / A Sunday Kind Of Love – 1961
Argo 5402 - Seven Day Fool / It's Too Soon To Know – 1961
Argo 5409 - Something's Got A Hold On Me /
Waiting For Charlie (To Come Home)*
- 1962 *recorded 14-July-1961.
Argo 5418 - Stop The Wedding* /
Street Of Tears - 1962 *Recorded 27~29-July-1962.
Argo 5424 - Fools Rush In / Next Door To
The Blues* - 1962 *written by Pearl Woods and Leroy
Kirkland.
Argo 5430 - Would It Make Any Difference
To You* / How Do You Speak To An Angel - 1962
*recorded 15-November-1962.
Argo 5437 - Pushover* / I Can't Hold It
Anymore - 1963 *recorded
14-November-1962 --- written by
Tony Clarke and Billy Davis.
Argo 5445 - Pay Back / Be Honest With Me – 1963
Argo 5452 - Two Sides (To Every Story) / I Worry 'Bout You –
1963
Argo 5459 - Baby What You Want Me To Do / What I Say – 1964
Argo 5465 - Loving You More Each Day / Look Who's Blue –
1964
Argo 5477 - Breaking Point / That Man Belongs Back Here With
Me – 1964
Argo 5485 - Bobby Is His Name / Mellow Fellow – 1964
Oldies 45 84 - Dance With Me Henry / I'm A Fool -
1964
Etta James & Sugar
Pie DeSanto
Argo 5519 - Do I Make Myself Clear /
Somewhere Down The Line - 1965 (both tracks written by
Shena
DeMell and Peylia Parham
who also wrote The Knight Brothers 1965 release "I'm Never
Gonna Live It Down" on Checker
1124)
Cadet 5519 - Do I Make Myself Clear / Somewhere Down The
Line - 1965
Billy Preston
/ Etta James
Oldies 45 309 - Billy's Bag /
Good Rockin' Daddy* - 1965
*Flip By Etta James.
Etta James
Cadet 5526 - Only Time Will Tell / I'm Sorry
For You - 1966
Cadet
5526 - Only Time Will Tell - 1966 (One Sided
Stock Issue)
Etta James & Sugar
Pie DeSanto
Cadet 5539 - In The Basement (Part 1) / In
The Basement (Part 2) - 1966
Etta James
Cadet 5552 - I Prefer You* / I'm So Glad (I Found Love
In You) - 1967 *Recorded
16-October-1966.
Cadet 5564 - Don't Pick Me For Your Fool / It Must Be Your
Love – 1967
Cadet 5568 - 842-3089 (Call My Name) / Happiness – 1967
Cadet 5578 - Tell Mama* / I'd Rather Go Blind** -
1967 *recorded 24-August-1967 at Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
**recorded
23-August-1967 at Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
Cadet
- Do Right Woman, Do Right Man - 1967
(recorded 30-November-1967at Muscle Shoals,
Alabama. Although unreleased on vinyl at the time this was
released in 1993 on the MCA Chess double
Cd "The Essential Etta James"
CHD2-9341)
Cadet 5594 - Security* / I'm Gonna
Take What He's Got - 1968 *Recorded 6-December-1967.
Cadet 5606 - I Got You Babe / I Worship The Ground You Walk
On – 1968
Cadet 5620 - You Got It / Fire – 1968
Philco-Ford Hp 31 - Tell Mama /
Security - 1968 (4" Plastic "Hip Pocket Record")
Cadet 5630 - Almost Persuaded / Steal Away – 1969
Cadet 5655 - Miss Pitiful* / Bobby Is His Name - 1969
*Recorded 10-June-1969.
Cadet 5664 - Tighten Up Your Own Thing / What Fools We
Mortals Be – 1969
Cadet 5671 - Sound Of Love / When I Stop Dreaming – 1970
Cadet 5676 - Losers Weepers (Part 1) / Losers Weepers (Part
2) - 1970 (Recorded 19-June-1970)
Chess 2100 - Nothing From Nothing Leaves Nothing / Love Of
My Man – 1970
Chess 2112 - Take Out Some Insurance / I Think It's You –
1971
Chess 2125 - I Found A Love / Nothing From Nothing Leaves
Nothing – 1972
Chess
2128 - Tell It Like It Is / W. O. M. A. N. - 1972
Chess 2144 - All The Way Down / Lay Back
Daddy – 1973
Chess - I Never Meant To Love Him - 1973
(recorded January / March - 1973 in Philadelphia. Although
unreleased on vinyl at the time this was released in 1993 on
the MCA Chess double Cd "The
Essential Etta James" CHD2-9341)
Chess 2148 -
You
Can
Leave Your Hat On / Only A Fool - 1974
Chess 2153 - Out On The Street Again / Feeling Uneasy - 1974
(session: Ken Marco (guitar), Danny
Kortchmar (guitar), "Wah
Wah" Watson (guitar), Lowell
George (guitar), Chuck Rainey (bass), Louie Spears (upright
bass), William Smith (keyboards), Larry Nash (keyboards),
Gabriel Mekler (keyboards), Gary
Coleman (percussion), Mailto Correa (percussion) and Ken
"Spider" Rice (drums))
Chess 2171 - Take Out Some Insurance /
Lovin' Arms – 1975
Chess 30001 - Jump Into Love / I've Been A Fool – 1976
Modern
Oldies 6 - Roll With Me Henry / Good
Rockin' Daddy - ?
Etta James
Warner Brothers 8545 - Piece Of My Heart / Lovesick Blues –
1978
Warner Brothers 8611 - Sugar On The Floor / Lovesick Blues –
1978
Tony Orlando / Tony
Orlando & Etta James
Elektra 45501 - Don't Let Go / Bring It On
Home To Me* - 1978 *flip by Tony Orlando and Etta James.
Etta James
T-Electric 41264 - Mean Mother* / It
Takes Love To Keep A Woman - 1980
*written by Willie Hutch.
Epic 68593 - Baby What You Want Me To Do
/ Max's Theme - 1989
Capitol 15453 - Roof Tops / ? - ? (12"
release)
Etta James & David
A. Stewart
Capitol B44333 - Avenue D / My Head Is
A City - 1989 (some copies issued
with picture sleeve)
Etta James
Collectables Col 034177 - Tell Mama /
Pushover - ?
Collectables Col 034467 - At Last / My Dearest Darling - ?
Collectables Col 034477 - Stop The Wedding / Fool That I Am
- ?
Collectables Col 034767 - I'd Rather Go Blind /
A Sunday Kind Of Love - ?
Collectables Col 034777 - All The Way Down / Out On
The Street Again - ?
Collectables Col 039337 - Wallflower (Dance With Me Henry) /
Good Rockin' Daddy - ?
Etta James /
The Dells
Cadet ? - I'd
Rather Go Blind / There Is - ?
Def
Jef
Delicious Vinyl Dv1008dj -
Droppin' Rhymes On Drums (Vocal)
(4:23)*
/ Etta Droppin' Science On Drums
(3:01)* / Drums (2:00) /// God Made Me Funky (Lp
Version) (5:00) / God Made Me Funky (Instrumental) (4:58) -
1989
*vocals by Etta James - 12" release.
Etta James
BMG WDAB-11593-1 - Miss You (Illicit Remix) (7:22) / Miss
You (Ivan's X-Mix) (6:46) /// Miss You (Popular Beat Combo
Remix) (4:44) / Miss You (Giuseppe's D.'S
Groovin' Mix) (6:54) - 2001
(12" promo issue only)
Etta James /
Mandrill
Ugly
Edits Uget09 - In The Basement (Theo Parrish Re-Edit) /
Feeling Good (Theo Parrish Re-Edit)* - 2004
*flip by Mandrill. (12" release)
Etta James
RCA
82876 85243 2 - Strung Out (Quentin's Rehab Reproduction) (8:35)
/ Strung Out (Quentin's Rehab Instrumental) (8:35) - 2006
(Cd single)
Trivia
On the 12-January-1993 Etta James was
inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.