 Being that her career has flowed through R&B, soul, blues, pop and jazz (and one label after another), Etta has not seen anyone try to tackle a truly comprehensive anthology. Now, we have it: 280 minutes of her finest Modern, Argo, Chess, Warner Bros., Fantasy, Island, Private Music and RCA Victor recordings from 1955 to 2008! At the tail end of that time frame: her unissued recording of Rodney Crowell's "Ashes by Now ." From the top: her first Top 10, "The Wallflower ," and a heap of hits and key album cuts: "Good Rockin' Daddy," "All I Could Do Was Cry;" "If I Can't Have You," "My Dearest Darling," "At Last," "Trust in Me," "Don't Cry Baby,'""Something's Got a Hold on Me," "Stop the Wedding," "Pushover ," tracks from her Grammy-winning MYSTERY LADY album, unreleased gems, duets with B.B. King, Sugar Pie DeSanto, Harvey Fuqua, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson and more. A 60-page booklet walks you through one of the most storied careers in American music.
About the Writer
David Nathan is the founder and CEO of SoulMusic.com and began his writing career in 1965; beginning in 1967, he was a regular contributor to Blues & Soul magazine in London before relocating to the U.S. in 1975 where he served as U.S. editor for the publication for several decades and began being known as 'The British Ambassador Of Soul.' From 1988 to 2004, he wrote prolifically for Billboard, has penned bios, produced and written liner notes for box sets and reissue CDs for over a thousand projects. He returned to London in 2009 where he has helped create SoulMusic.com Records as a leading reissue label.
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