James soon after caught the attention of Chass Records, Leonard Chass in Chicago in 1960 and continued work with them throughout the ‘60s and early ‘70s. Some other artists that recorded with this record company included both Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley. She recorded with the Muscle Shoals house band in the Fame studios in 1967, and the results of this collaboration led to the album ‘Tell Mama as well as “ I’d Rather Go Blind”.While being there at Chass recorded she made a name for herself as one of the biggest stars of R&B with the continuous flow of hits coming from athere. She was able to show her full capabilities in diverse styles here at Chass. She had “tender love ballads to heavy blues to easy-on-the-ears pop and so on. UNfortunately, like most artists at the time, James was being exploited. They withheld royalties and took pblishingrights to the original material of the musicians.

     Etta James has many hit records that were of different genres. ‘At last’ is the record that Etta is known for world wide and it is a soulful ballad. In 1966 she recorded a widely-acclaimed blues album titles “Call My Name. Nominated for a Grammy in 1973, “Etta James” the album was combined with creativeness of rock and funk sounds. Her first Grammy came in the jazz category for best jazz singer but people consider her as blue, jazz, soul etc. Prior she had been given the title Legend of R&B. Etta found it interesting to be getting an award for R&B after doing a tribute to blues at this Grammy awards! Etta James bridged the gap between rock and r&b. In 1993 Etta James was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and later in she was inducted into the R&B Hall of Fame.James’s voice deepened and coarsened, moving her musical style in her later years into the genres of soul and jazz. This could largely be due to her drug and alcohol use.