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Etta James, original name Jamesetta Hawkins, (born January 25, 1938, Los Angeles, California, U.S.—died January 20, 2012, Riverside, California), popular American rhythm-and-blues entertainer who in time became a successful ballad singer. James was reared by foster parents until her mother (who was 14 when James was born) took her 12-year-old daughter to San Francisco. There James formed a girl doo-wop trio called the Creolettes, who were renamed the Peaches after bandleader Johnny Otis…

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