Legendary blues singer Etta James dies at 73 from leukemia complications

Etta James, who was 73, is another of the great R&B figures to come out of the Los Angeles area. She sang at St. Paul Baptist Church here before moving to San Francisco. She died Friday in Riverside after suffering from ill health, including leukemia

We were the same in that we did not have voice coaching or music teachers. She probably knew what key she was singing in, I don't even know that. “Etta James was a soul singer. At the VH1-“Diva” tapings they asked me to define soul. To me, soul is gut.

Read More Certain things in life are timeless, like the Jaguar XJ sedan, a good single-malt scotch, or the sultry voice of Etta James singing “At Last.” Following a year-long battle with leukemia, Etta James has died, a few days short of her 74th

Etta James, who was 73, is another of the great R&B figures to come out of the Los Angeles area. She sang at St. Paul Baptist Church here before moving to San Francisco as a teenager. She died Friday in Riverside after