# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/etta-james
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:40:03.309Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/etta-james"
name: "Etta James"
slug: "etta-james"
description: "Jamesetta Hawkins, known professionally as Etta James, was an American singer and songwriter. Starting her career in 1954, James frequently performed in Nashville's R&B clubs, collectively known in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s as the Chitlin' Circuit. She sang in various genres, including gospel, blues, jazz, R&B, rock and roll and soul and gained fame with hits such as \"The Wallflower\" (1955), \"At Last\" (1960), \"Something's Got a Hold on Me\" (1962), \"Tell Mama\" and \"I'd Rather Go Blind\". She faced a number of personal problems, including heroin addiction, severe physical abuse and incarceration, before making a musical comeback in the late 1980s with the album Seven Year Itch (1988)."
tagline: "American singer (1938–2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Etta_James.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1938-01-25"
deathDate: "2012-01-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           58.07
  momentum:             0
  historical:           25.809792
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/EttaJames"
    handle:    "EttaJames"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0416483/"
    handle:    "nm0416483"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0iOVhN3tnSvgDbcg25JoJb"
    handle:    "0iOVhN3tnSvgDbcg25JoJb"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etta_James"
    title: "Etta James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3"
    title: "إيتا جيمس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3"
    title: "ايتا جيمس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "اتا جیمز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Ета Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etta_James"
    title: "Etta James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etta_James"
    title: "Etta James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etta_Jamesov%C3%A1"
    title: "Etta Jamesová"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etta_James"
    title: "Etta James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etta_James"
    title: "Etta James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etta_James"
    title: "Etta James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%88%CF%84%CE%B1_%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%AD%CE%B9%CE%BC%CF%82"
    title: "Έτα Τζέιμς"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etta_James"
    title: "Etta James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etta_James"
    title: "Etta James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etta_James"
    title: "Etta James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etta_James"
    title: "Etta James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "اتا جیمز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etta_James"
    title: "Etta James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etta_James"
    title: "Etta James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etta_James"
    title: "Etta James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etta_James"
    title: "Etta James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%98%D7%94_%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A1"
    title: "אטה ג'יימס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etta_James"
    title: "Etta James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etta_James"
    title: "Etta James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B7%D5%BF%D5%A1_%D5%8B%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%B4%D5%BD"
    title: "Էտա Ջեյմս"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Etta_Jamesov%C3%A1"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Etta_James"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Etta_James"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e22d2f66-881e-41ca-9356-544697ee5f90"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump