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Etta James

Risk 100

Singer

73 years oldAmerican0 picksBorn January 25, 1938

Here's the rewritten bio: --- The voice behind one of the most iconic love songs ever recorded, Etta James didn't just sing the blues—she lived them, battling decades of heroin addiction and hard living that somehow only deepened that unmistakable rasp. At 73, the genre-defying soul queen who gave us "At Last" and "I'd Rather Go Blind" has packed more raw emotion into her vocal cords than most artists manage in several lifetimes. Her voice may have weathered, but those who've followed her tumultuous journey know she's always been one to beat the odds.

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About Etta James

Here's the rewritten bio: --- The voice behind one of the most iconic love songs ever recorded, Etta James didn't just sing the blues—she lived them, battling decades of heroin addiction and hard living that somehow only deepened that unmistakable rasp. At 73, the genre-defying soul queen who gave us "At Last" and "I'd Rather Go Blind" has packed more raw emotion into her vocal cords than most artists manage in several lifetimes. Her voice may have weathered, but those who've followed her tumultuous journey know she's always been one to beat the odds.

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