dj zennDeep Listening Day #96 — Etta James: The Chess Box (2000). Robert Christgau dubbing Etta, Soul Sister No. 2 nails it. I started listening during college and she has been my second favorite female singer of the post-Rock & Roll era ever since.
Robert Christgau: "Unbeknownst to white people, she was Soul Sister Number Two--more and better top-20 r&b back when than Dionne Warwick, Martha Reeves, Tina Turner, Carla Thomas, Irma Thomas, any black woman besides Soul Sister Number One and Diana Ross, who belongs to pop." https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv1088-88.php