Etta James was born.
Etta James hits #1 on the R&B chart with “The Wallflower” and #6 on the R&B chart with “Good Rockin Daddy”. Both singles are released on the Modern label.
Etta James makes her Chess Records debut.
Etta James hits #2 on the R&B chart and #33 on the pop chart with the Modern single “All I Could Do Was Cry.”
Etta James hits #34 with the Modern single “My Dearest Darling.”
Etta James hits #2 on the R&B chart with “At Last”, #4 on the R&B chart and #30 (4/17) on the pop chart with “Trust In Me” and #6 on the R&B chart and #39 (9/04) on the pop chart with “Don’t Cry, Baby”.
Etta James hits #30 with “Trust In Me”.
Etta James hits #4 on the R&B chart and #39 on the pop chart with “Something’s Got A Hold On Me”.
Etta James hits #34 with “Stop the Wedding”.
Lloyd Price stages a music festival in Zaire, Africa, with boxing promoter Don King. The event attracts 120,000 people and offers James Brown, B.B. King, Etta James, Bill Withers, the Spinners and others.
Etta James is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Johnny Otis is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the ninth annual induction dinner. Etta James is his presenter.
