Janis Joplin 1969
Photo Nico Van Der Stam
Etta James and Rick Hall, with musicians Gene ‘Bowlegs’ Miller and Billy Foster, at Fame, 1967.
James’s Tell Mama was a top-30 hit that year
Michael Ochs Archives / Getty
Muscle Shoals Alabama
Etta James recording at Fame Studios with Rick Hall, Marvell Thomas,
David Hood and the Memphis Horns circa 1967
Muscle Shoals Alabama
“Tell Mama”
written by Terrell, Wilbur / Daniel, Marcus Lewis / Clarence Carter