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jump1900 — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:52:42 GMT

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) -- "At Last" and "Tell Mama" blues singer Etta James, whose health has been fading in recent years, is now terminally ill, and her live-in doctor is asking for prayers<br /><br

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biggmama — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:11:39 GMT

as black people we can never just be proud of each others accomplishments we just have to degrade each other i guess that is the old slave mentality vieing for masters attention

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DrannyMa7 — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:21:15 GMT

Too much idle time on her hands.

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truesee — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:14:09 GMT

<br />Ms James I know you are angry and hope that you receive some counseling to help you move "AT LAST.

Original Blog Entry: Etta James Rips Beyonce

NBey6 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:05:37 GMT

Etta James rips Beyonce for singing At Last

Music legend goes after Cadillac Records star, says she can t stand her

Access Hollywood

updated 1:53 p.m. ET, Thurs., Feb. 5, 2009

LOS ANGELES - It s a feud that spans a generation music legend Etta James has put modern superstar Beyonce on blast for singing her signature song, At Last, at the Neighborhood Inaugural Ball after Barack Obama s presidential inauguration.

I tell you, that woman he has singing for him, singing my song, she gonna get her ass whipped, James told a crowd at a concert in Seattle on Jan. 28. I can t stand Beyonce, she had no business up there singing ... my song that I ve been singing forever.

But it seems the feud is one-sided. Beyonce recently portrayed the older singer in the film Cadillac Records, where she performed At Last among other songs, and the two had the chance to meet at the film s L.A. premiere, where Beyonce sang her predecessor s praises.

I actually just got a chance to speak with Etta James, Beyonce told Access Hollywood at the time. She s a living legend and I want her to love the movie, and I hope she does.

It s not the first time Beyonce has had a run-in with a soul icon. After she referred to Tina Turner as the queen at the 2008 Grammy Awards, Aretha Franklin long known as the Queen of Soul issued a statement that said, I am not sure of whose toes I may have stepped on or whose ego I may have bruised between the Grammy writers and Beyonce ... However, I dismissed it as a cheap shot for controversy.

As for At Last while it may be James trademark tune, the track was first performed by Glenn Miller and his orchestra in 1941 and later by Nat King Cole in 1957. James debuted her version in 1961.

The writers of the song are Mack Gordon and Henry Warren, who penned a number of 40s hits, including Chattanooga Choo-Choo (the first gold record ever with sales of 1,200,000), You ll Never Know, The More I See You and I ve Got a Gal In Kalamazoo, all No. 1 singles

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