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Etta James

David Nathan, Billboard, 17 December 1988

"SHOW BUSINESS became a lifestyle for me from the beginning," says legendary vocalist Etta James. "The road became my home – I was almost like a hippie. I got stranded in New Orleans, I stayed in Chicago for years, I lived in New York. Above all, I've always loved what I was doing."

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