The Genuine Article: The Best of Etta James

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Tracklist

1CD
#TitleLength
1I Just Want to Make Love to You3:06
2A Sunday Kind of Love3:16
3I Just Want to Be Loved (But Only by You)
vocals:
Etta James
cover recording of:
I Want to Be Loved (but Only by You)
lyricist and composer:
Savannah Churchill
3:22
4I'd Rather Go Blind2:35
5Tell Mama
recording engineer and producer:
Rick Hall
drums (drum set):
Roger Hawkins (on 1967-08-24)
electric bass guitar:
David Hood (on 1967-08-24)
guitar:
Jimmy Johnson (on 1967-08-24) and Albert Lowe Jr. (on 1967-08-24)
organ:
Carl Banks (on 1967-08-24) and Dewey Oldham (on 1967-08-24)
piano:
Dewey Oldham (on 1967-08-24)
saxophone:
Charles Chalmers (on 1967-08-24), Floyd Newman (on 1967-08-24) and Aaron Varnell (on 1967-08-24)
trumpet:
Gene “Bowlegs” Miller (on 1967-08-24)
lead vocals:
Etta James (on 1967-08-24)
arranger:
Rick Hall
recorded at:
FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, United States (on 1967-08-24)
cover recording of:
Tell Mama (on 1967-08-24)
writer:
Clarence Carter, Marcus Daniel and Wilbur Terrell
publisher:
Lowery Music Corp.
recording of:
Tell Mama
writer:
Clarence Carter, Marcus Daniel and Wilbur Terrell
publisher:
Lowery Music Corp.
2:21
6Stormy Weather
3:07
7Do Right Woman, Do Right Man3:00
8Security
cover recording of:
Security
lyricist and composer:
Otis Redding
2:28
9Miss Pitiful
cover recording of:
Mr. Pitiful
lyricist and composer:
Steve Cropper and Otis Redding
publisher:
Irving Music, Inc.
2:22
10You Got It
recording engineer and producer:
Rick Hall
lead vocals:
Etta James
arranger:
Rick Hall
recorded at:
FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, United States (in 1968-08)
recording of:
You Got It
lyricist and composer:
Don Covay
2:25
11It's All Right
2:40
12I Found a Love
3:27
13At Last
producer:
Leonard Chess, Phil Chess and Leonard and Phil Chess
lead vocals:
Etta James
orchestra:
Riley Hampton Orchestra
conductor:
Riley Hampton
arranger:
Riley Hampton
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Windswept Pacific Music Ltd.
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 115) and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 356)
cover recording of:
At Last (in 1960-10)
writer:
Mack Gordon and Harry Warren
publisher:
Twentieth Century Fox Music Corp., WB Music Corp. (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
2:59
14All I Could Do Is Cry
producer:
Leonard Chess and Phil Chess
lead vocals:
Etta James (in 1960-01)
orchestra:
Riley Hampton Orchestra (in 1960-01)
conductor:
Riley Hampton (in 1960-01)
arranger:
Riley Hampton
recording of:
All I Could Do Was Cry (in 1960-01)
writer:
Billy Davis, Berry Gordy and Gwen Gordy
publisher:
Jobete Music (UK) Ltd
2:55
15Spoonful
producer:
Leonard Chess and Phil Chess
lead vocals:
Harvey Fuqua and Etta James
orchestra:
Riley Hampton Orchestra
conductor:
Riley Hampton
performer:
Harvey Fuqua
arranger:
Riley Hampton
cover recording of:
Spoonful (in 1960-09)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Arc Music Corp., Hoochie Coochie Music, Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. and Mathews Music
2:48
16Don't Blame Me2:22
17842-3089 (Call My Name)
2:58
18These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)3:58
19If I Can't Have You
producer:
Leonard Chess and Phil Chess
lead vocals:
Harvey Fuqua and Etta James
orchestra:
Riley Hampton Orchestra
conductor:
Riley Hampton
arranger:
Riley Hampton
recording of:
If I Can’t Have You (in 1960-09)
writer:
Harvey Fuqua and Etta James
2:47
20Something's Got a Hold on Me
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1961-12)
bass guitar [bass]:
Reggie Boyd (in 1961-12)
drums (drum set):
Al Duncan (in 1961-12)
guitar:
Matt Murphy (in 1961-12)
piano:
John Young (in 1961-12)
background vocals [backing vocals]:
[unknown] (in 1961-12)
lead vocals:
Etta James
vocals:
Etta James (in 1961-12)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1962 (number: 40)
recording of:
Something’s Gotta Hold on Me (in 1961-12)
writer:
Etta James, Leroy Kirkland and Pearl Woods
2:49
21Tell It Like It Is3:25
22W.O.M.A.N.3:14
23I Never Meant to Love Him
3:49
24Lovin' Arms
cover recording of:
Loving Arms
lyricist and composer:
Tom Jans
publisher:
Almo Music Corp. and Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
3:48
25My Dearest Darling
lead vocals:
Etta James
vocals:
Etta James
recording of:
My Dearest Darling (in 1960-05)
writer:
Edwin Bocage and Paul Gayten
3:00