The Originals © by Arnold Rypens

Etta James

Originals

1955: GOOD ROCKIN' DADDY
1956: TOUGH LOVER
1960: ALL I COULD DO WAS CRY
1961: BE MY LOVEY DOVEY
1962: WAITING FOR CHARLIE (TO COME HOME)
1963: PUSHOVER
1967: I'D RATHER GO BLIND
1988: DAMN YOUR EYES
1990: LOVE TO BURN
1990: OUT OF THE RAIN
1992: EVENING OF LOVE
1993: LOVER IS FOREVER, A

Covers

Cover of DENOMINATION BLUES in 1955 - idem
Cover of I'M A MAN in 1955 - answer song as W.O.M.A.N.
Cover of WORK WITH ME ANNIE in 1955 - answer song: Roll With Me Henry (Henry being Hank Ballard's real name); Modern records considered the song title indecent for a 15-year old to sing and changed it into The Wallflower
Cover of THAT'S ALL in 1955
Cover of BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY MOON in 1957
Cover of COME WHAT MAY in 1957 - with The Flairs for Modern
Cover of SHOULD I EVER LOVE AGAIN in 1958 - her How Big A Fool (Can You Be) for Modern not only sounds a lot like the (o), it also shows lyrical connections
Cover of I JUST WANT TO MAKE LOVE TO YOU in 1960 - later used in a Cola Light commercial
Cover of MY DEAREST DARLING in 1960 - crediting Gayten/Bocage
Cover of GIRL OF MY DREAMS in 1960 - as Boy Of My Dreams
Cover of STORMY WEATHER (KEEPS RAINING ALL THE TIME) in 1960 - and in film A Single Man ('09)
Cover of SOUL OF THE MAN in 1960s
Cover of AT LAST in 1961
Cover of FOOL THAT I AM in 1961
Cover of NEVER NO LAMENT in 1961
Cover of DREAM in 1961
Cover of TRUST IN ME in 1961 - hit US
Cover of DON'T CRY BABY in 1961 - top 10 R&B
Cover of STRANGE THINGS HAPPENING EVERY DAY in 1961 - as Strange Things
Cover of IT'S TOO SOON TO KNOW in 1961
Cover of SUNDAY KIND OF LOVE, A in 1961
Cover of PRISONER OF LOVE in 1962
Cover of SOMETHING GOT A HOLD OF ME in 1962 - clearly inspiring Something's Got A Hold On Me, crediting Pearl Woods/Leroy Kirkland/Etta James
Cover of SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME in 1962
Cover of FOOLS RUSH IN (WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD) in 1962
Cover of DON'T BLAME ME in 1962
Cover of THESE FOOLISH THINGS (REMIND ME OF YOU) in 1962
Cover of BABY WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO in 1963
Cover of I WORRY 'BOUT YOU in 1963
Cover of BE HONEST WITH ME in 1963
Cover of WOKE UP THIS MORNING (MY BABY SHE WAS GONE) in 1963
Cover of AIN'T THAT LOVIN' YOU BABY in 1964
Cover of BLACK ANGEL BLUES in 1964 - idem
Cover of I WON'T CRY ANYMORE in 1965
Cover of TOMORROW NIGHT in 1965
Cover of TELL DADDY in 1967 - as Tell Mama; her greatest hit (n°23 US, top 10 R&B) with I'd Rather Go Blind on the B-side; recorded at Muscle Shoals
Cover of DO RIGHT WOMAN, DO RIGHT MAN in 1967
Cover of IT'S ALL RIGHT in 1967
Cover of I GOT YOU BABE in 1968 - cut in Muscle Shoals; sounds more authentic than the (o)
Cover of LIGHT MY FIRE in 1968
Cover of I WORSHIP THE GROUND YOU WALK ON in 1968 - also recorded at FAME; B-side of I Got You Babe
Cover of FIRE in 1968
Cover of DON'T LOSE YOUR GOOD THING in 1968 - on LP Tell Mama
Cover of JUST A LITTLE BIT in 1968
Cover of SECURITY in 1968 - top 20 R&B
Cover of LOVE OF GOD, The in 1968 - idem
Cover of STEAL AWAY in 1969
Cover of ARE MY THOUGHTS WITH YOU in 1970 - on Chess album Sings Funk
Cover of EASE AWAY A LITTLE BIT AT A TIME in 1970
Cover of SWEET MEMORIES in 1970
Cover of YOU'RE THE FOOL in 1970
Cover of TELL IT LIKE IT IS in 1971
Cover of I GOT IT BAD (AND THAT AIN'T GOOD) in 1971
Cover of I FOUND A LOVE in 1972
Cover of YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR HAT ON in 1973
Cover of DOWN SO LOW in 1973
Cover of JUST ONE MORE DAY in 1973
Cover of SAIL AWAY in 1973
Cover of SOOKIE SOOKIE in 1974
Cover of LET'S BURN DOWN THE CORNFIELD in 1974
Cover of LOVING ARMS in 1975
Cover of BLINDED BY LOVE in 1976
Cover of I PITY THE FOOL in 1976 - as Only The Fool
Cover of LOVESICK BLUES in 1978
Cover of ONLY WOMEN BLEED in 1978
Cover of PIECE OF MY HEART in 1978
Cover of TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT in 1978
Cover of STRANGE MAN in 1978
Cover of SUGAR ON THE FLOOR in 1978
Cover of DEEP IN THE NIGHT in 1978 - title track LP
Cover of WITH YOU IN MIND in 1980
Cover of NIGHT PEOPLE in 1980
Cover of HAPPY DAY in 1983
Cover of PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE in 1986 - with Eddie Cleanhead Vinson
Cover of BREAKING UP SOMEBODY'S HOME in 1988
Cover of I GOT THE WILL in 1988
Cover of IT AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU DO (IT'S WHO YOU LET SEE YOU DO IT) in 1988
Cover of JEALOUS KIND, THE in 1988
Cover of SHAKEY GROUND in 1988
Cover of COME TO MAMA in 1989
Cover of FOOL IN LOVE, A in 1990
Cover of I'VE GOT DREAMS TO REMEMBER in 1990
Cover of YOUR GOOD THING (IS ABOUT TO END) in 1990
Cover of BEWARE in 1990
Cover of DOWN HOME BLUES in 1992
Cover of LOVE AND HAPPINESS in 1992
Cover of NIGHT TIME IS THE RIGHT TIME, THE in 1992
Cover of NINETY NINE AND A HALF (WON'T DO) in 1992
Cover of YOU'RE TAKING UP ANOTHER MAN'S PLACE in 1992
Cover of LORD DON'T MOVE THE MOUNTAIN in 1993
Cover of DON'T EXPLAIN in 1994
Cover of HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN? in 1994
Cover of MAN I LOVE, THE in 1994
Cover of YOU'VE CHANGED in 1994
Cover of I'LL BE SEEING YOU in 1994
Cover of VERY THOUGHT OF YOU, The in 1994
Cover of BODY AND SOUL in 1994
Cover of (I'M AFRAID) THE MASQUERADE IS OVER in 1994
Cover of DON'T GO TO STRANGERS in 1995
Cover of TAKE ME TO THE RIVER in 1995
Cover of WILLOW WEEP FOR ME in 1995
Cover of TEACH ME TONIGHT in 1995
Cover of GROOVE ME in 1996
Cover of BALL AND CHAIN in 1997
Cover of DON'T TOUCH ME in 1997
Cover of IF I HAD ANY PRIDE LEFT AT ALL in 1997
Cover of I'VE BEEN LOVING YOU TOO LONG (TO STOP NOW) in 1997
Cover of SAY IT ISN'T SO in 1997
Cover of I WON'T CRY ANYMORE in 1997 - sixties Chess recording
Cover of CHEATING IN THE NEXT ROOM in 1998
Cover of THIS CHRISTMAS in 1998
Cover of THIS TIME OF THE YEAR in 1998
Cover of I'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU in 1999
Cover of BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN in 1999
Cover of GOOD MORNING HEARTACHE in 1999
Cover of HERE I AM (COME AND TAKE ME) in 1999
Cover of I WANT TO TA-TA YOU BABY in 1999
Cover of IF YOU WANT ME TO STAY in 1999
Cover of LOVE YOU SAVE (MAY BE YOUR OWN), The in 1999
Cover of IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO in 1999
Cover of TENDERLY in 1999
Cover of TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS in 2000
Cover of YOU'RE GONNA MAKE ME CRY in 2000
Cover of DON'T LET MY BABY RIDE in 2000
Cover of RHYMES in 2000
Cover of WALKING THE BACKSTREETS AND CRYING in 2000
Cover of LET'S STRAIGHTEN IT OUT in 2000
Cover of COME BACK BABY in 2000 - crediting Ray Charles
Cover of YOU GOT ME (WHERE YOU WANT ME) in 2000 - outtake Queen Of Soul album ('64)
Cover of HOUND DOG in 2000
Cover of THERE IS NO GREATER LOVE in 2001
Cover of BLUE GARDENIA in 2001 - album title track
Cover of CRY ME A RIVER in 2001
Cover of DON'T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYING in 2001
Cover of LOVE LETTERS in 2001
Cover of MON HOMME in 2001
Cover of DON'T WORRY 'BOUT ME in 2001
Cover of DON'T BLAME ME in 2001
Cover of MY FUNNY VALENTINE in 2002
Cover of SHOUT ALL OVER GOD'S HEAVEN in 2002 - as Walk All Over God's Heaven
Cover of LEAP OF FAITH in 2003
Cover of PLEASE NO MORE in 2003
Cover of SOMEBODY TO LOVE YOU in 2003
Cover of BLUES IS MY BUSINESS, THE in 2003
Cover of STACKED DECK in 2003
Cover of DON'T TEAR MY CLOTHES in 2004 - as Honey Don't Tear My Clothes
Cover of CRAWLIN' KING SNAKE in 2004
Cover of ORA NELLE BLUES (THAT'S ALL RIGHT) in 2004 - idem
Cover of DRIVING WHEEL BLUES in 2004
Cover of HUSH HUSH in 2004
Cover of BLUE GUITAR in 2004 - as You Shook Me
Cover of IT'S A MAN'S WORLD in 2005
Cover of PRECIOUS LORD, TAKE MY HAND in 2005
Cover of HOLDING BACK THE YEARS in 2006
Cover of CALLING YOU in 2006
Cover of YOU'RE WELCOME, STOP ON BY in 2006 - all as Stop On By
Cover of BOONDOCKS in 2011
Cover of CHAMPAGNE AND WINE in 2011
Cover of CIGARETTES AND COFFEE in 2011
Cover of VIVO SONHANDO in 2011 - idem; title track cd, crediting Bobby Bland
Cover of MISTY BLUE in 2011
Cover of TOO TIRED in 2011 - along with a version of Johnny's That's The Chance You Take
Cover of WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE in 2011
Cover of THAT'S THE CHANCE YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE in 2011 - as That's The Chance You Take

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