Music began to play, and with the first chord, Jackson recognized the accompaniment to Etta James' "At Last".

Music began to play, and with the first chord, Jackson recognized the accompaniment to Etta James' "At Last".

Etta Jenks has nothing new to say about this male-dominated business, which thrives on vulnerable wannabe actresses with unhappy childhoods.

She names Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Etta James and Ella Fitzgerald as her musical idols, and these women's influences can be heard in her soulful tunes.

This didn't cause too much of a problem for her role as legendary singer Etta James in Cadillac Records.

Beyoncé gained fifteen pounds to play Etta.

Williams says she models her vocals and performance style after both Etta James and The Cure's Robert Smith.

Using his puppets and ventriloquism skills, he performed songs by Etta James, Garth Brooks, Nat King Cole and Louis Armstrong, among others.