Music Birthday: Etta James

🔊🎉Today, January 25, 1938, Etta James was born in Los Angeles, California. BeyoncĂ© portrayed James in the 2008 biological drama film Cadillac Records, directed by Darnell Martin. The soundtrack album to Cadillac Records featured music by Raphael Saadiq, Solange, Jeffrey Wright, Q-Tip, Mos Def, Columbus Short, Mary Mary, and more. On the US Billboard Top Blues Albums Chart, “Cadillac Records: Music From the Motion Picture,” peaked at no. 1, on the Billboard 200, it peaked at no. 66, and on the Billboard Top Soundtracks Chart, no. 6. 

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