資深R＆B 女歌手Etta James住院

黑人女歌星Etta James五月13 日宣告住院，她因為尿道感染引發敗血症而住進南加州醫院，去年年初她已經因類似問題住過院，現年73歲的她還患有白血病和老年癡呆症。


Etta James1938年出生於洛杉磯，是黑人R＆B 歌曲的開拓者之一，綽號Miss Peaches，想見當年是個小美人兒，她曾與1950年代著名的The Moonglows合唱團的主唱Harvey Fuqua合作，組了二重唱Etta＆Harvey，Etta James後來染上毒癮，一直到1970年代底才戒除。

Etta James作品很多，是歷年暢銷歌星排行榜第305名的歌星，但她在黑人歌唱界更受歡迎，在黑人R＆B 歌曲歷年暢銷歌星排行榜獲得第112名，直到1990年代她仍在歌壇演唱，她的一首曾在流行榜獲得第23名的歌Tell Mama，後來被收進搖滾樂名人堂，是她最受肯定的歌，2003年她並獲得葛萊美終身成就獎。



Tell Mama

Etta James



Your dogs ain't found a good girl,

One that love you and give you warning

Now you find that you been misused,

Well how many girls can think all right



She'd embarrass you anywhere,

She'd make her friends think that she didn't care

Give me the chance and I'd been begging

And I just want to take care of you and I want you to



Tell Mama, all about it, tell Mama, what you need

Tell Mama, what you want and how that girl does things all right

Let me hear you say "Yash"



The girl you had didn't have no sense,

she wasn't worth all the time you spent

Had another man kick you out the door,

now that same dude is wearing your clothes



Tell your Mama, what you want, tell your Mama, what you need

Tell your Mama, what you got to have