Etta James, 1938–2012
(In 2003 Etta James was honored with The Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award. The following tribute ran in the GRAMMY Awards program book that year. James died Jan. 20 at the age of 73.)"I sing what I feel — R&B, blues, gospel, and rock and roll, the music that came out of the South," Etta James proudly declares. "That's the…
