The Essential Etta James

Original Release Date:  July 13, 2010

Track Listing

• 1. The Blues Is My Business
• 2. If I Had Any Pride Left at All
• 3. Crawlin’ King Snake
• 4. Born on the Bayou
• 5. I’ve Been Lovin’ You Too Long
• 6. It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World
• 7. Somebody to Love
• 8. Cry Like a Rainy Day
• 9. Hush Hush
• 10. Miss You
• 11. The Rock
• 12. Lil’ Red Rooster
• 13. Only Women Bleed
• 14. Strongest Weakness
• 15. Cry Me a River
• 16. Purple Rain
• 17. Try a Little Tenderness
• 18. Night and Day
• 19. Come Rain or Come Shine
• 20. I’ll Be Seeing You
• 21. My Funny Valentine
• 22. My Man
• 23. Someone to Watch Over Me
• 24. The Man I Love
• 25. In My Solitude
• 26. Good Morning Heartache
• 27. The Very Thought of You
• 28. He’s Funny That Way
• 29. Teach Me Tonight
• 30. Embraceable You
• 31. At Last

Credits

• Willie Dixon: Composer
• John Lee Hooker: Composer
• Etta James: Arranger
• Delbert McClinton: Composer
• Jimmy Reed: Composer
• George Gershwin: Composer
• Donna McElroy: Vocals (Background)
• James Brown: Composer
• Jerry Butler: Composer
• Alice Cooper: Composer
• John Fogerty: Composer
• Mick Jagger: Composer
• Prince: Composer
• Otis Redding: Composer
• Eddie Harris: Sax (Tenor), Soloist
• Red Holloway: Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
• Cedar Walton: Piano, Arranger, Soloist
• Paul Humphrey: Drums
• Irving Mills: Composer
• Ray Noble: Composer
• Herman Riley: Sax (Tenor), Soloist
• Harold Arlen: Composer
• Richard Rodgers: Composer
• Mike Finnigan: Hammond B3
• Troy Seals: Composer
• Don Potter: Guitar (Acoustic)
• John Wesley Ryles: Vocals (Background)
• Josh Sklair: Guitar (Acoustic), Banjo, Dobro, Guitar, Arranger, Guitar (Electric), Musical Director, Rhythm Arrangements, Soloist, Musical Direction
• Greg Barnhill: Composer
• Eddie Bayers: Drums
• Barry Beckett: Keyboards
• Bernard Besman: Composer
• George Bohannon: Trombone
• Bekka Bramlett: Composer
• Sammy Cahn: Composer
• John Clayton: Bass, Soloist
• Eddie DeLange: Composer
• Ervin Drake: Composer
• Duke Ellington: Composer
• Tony Dumas: Bass
• Sammy Fain: Composer
• Paul Franklin: Guitar (Steel)
• Ira Gershwin: Composer
• Mack Gordon: Composer
• Kenny Greenberg: Composer
• Arthur Hamilton: Composer
• Vicki Hampton: Vocals (Background)
• Lorenz Hart: Composer
• Mike Haynes: Horn
• Yvonne Hodges: Vocals (Background)
• Jim Horn: Horn
• Dann Huff: Guitar (Electric)
• Irving Kahal: Composer
• Kraig Kilby: Trombone
• Sam Levine: Horn
• Joe McGlohon: Horn
• Terry McMillan: Percussion
• Johnny Mercer: Composer
• Bobby Murray: Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Soloist
• Steve Nathan: Keyboards
• Gary Nicholson: Composer
• Leo Nocentelli: Guitar, Soloist
• Ralph Penland: Percussion, Drums
• Tom Poole: Trumpet, Flugelhorn
• Cole Porter: Composer
• Michael Rhodes: Bass
• Keith Richards: Composer
• Brent Rowan: Guitar (Electric)
• Eddie Setser: Composer
• Russell Smith: Composer
• Lee Thornburg: Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Trombone (Valve), Horn Arrangements
• Dick Wagner: Composer
• Harry Warren: Composer
• Albert Willemetz: Composer
• Dennis Wilson: Vocals (Background)
• Curtis Young: Vocals (Background)
• Jimmy "Z" Zavala: Harmonica, Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor)
• John "Juke" Logan: Harmonica
• Ronnie Buttacavoli: Trombone, Trumpet, Flugelhorn
• Kevin Bowe: Composer
• Jackson Braider: Liner Notes
• Jim Varsos: Composer
• Richard A. Whiting: Composer
• Reginald Connelly: Composer
• Jacques Charles: Composer
• Dan Fisher: Composer
• Irene Higginbotham: Composer
• Channing Pollack: Composer
• Maurice Yvain: Composer
• Todd Cherney: Composer
• Sametto James: Bass, Bass (Electric)
• Betty Jean Newsome: Composer
• Dan Huff: Guitar (Electric)
• David K. Mathews: Piano, Keyboards, Piano (Electric), Synthesizer Strings, Hammond B3
• Louis Nunley: Vocals (Background)
• Gene de Paul: Composer
• Peter Michael Escovedo: Percussion, Conga
• Charles Daniels: Composer
• Harry M. Woods: Composer
• John Greenbaum: Composer
• Donto James: Percussion, Drums
• Donato James: Drums
• Ross Locke: Percussion
• James Campbell: Composer