
She had four soul and pop entries in 1960, two of them duets with Harvey Fuqua, including their version of “Spoonful.” Then came “At Last,” which only reached No.47 pop, but went to No.2 R&B. Listen to uDiscover Music’s Etta James Best Of playlist. She was denied crossover success by the Georgia Gibbs version, which topped the pop chart, and after a Top 10 R&B follow-up with “Good Rockin’ Daddy,” it would be five years before James charted again.

“The Wallflower,” the answer recordto Hank Ballard’s “Work With Me Annie,” went to No.1, credited to Etta James and the Peaches.

Etta had her first R&B chart entry when she was just 17, and started like she meant business.
