1. Something's Got a Hold on Me - Etta James, Woods, Pearl
2. Baby, What You Want Me to Do - Etta James, Reed, Jimmy [1]
3. What'd I Say - Etta James, Charles, Ray [1]
4. Money (That's What I Want) - Etta James, Bradford, Janie
5. Seven Day Fool - Etta James, Davis, Billy [3]
6. Sweet Little Angel - Etta James, McCollum, Robert
7. Ooh Poo Pah Doo - Etta James, Hill, Jessie
8. Woke Up This Morning - Etta James, King, B.B.
9. Ain't That Lovin' You Baby - Etta James, Reed, Jimmy [1]
10. All I Could Do Was Cry - Etta James, Davis, Billy [3]
11. I Just Want to Make Love to You - Etta James, Dixon, Willie
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Etta James Rocks the House
- Audio CD: 0 pages (1992-09-29)
- Publisher: Chess
- Label: Chess
- Format: Live
- Studio: Chess
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 12 reviews
- Sales Rank in Music: #4618
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Summary: Wow! 2008-06-17
Comment: I really hadn't listened to Etta James before, but recently heard a couple of her songs on [...] - well, I liked them and decided to get a cd. This woman really does Rock the House! What a voice! She reminds me a little of Tina Turner when she was with Ike. I think Janis Joplin may have been influenced somewhat by Etta James. I'm very happy with my purchase.
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Summary: Etta James Rocks the House 2008-06-09
Comment: An absolute masterpiece. I listen to it over and over and I am still amazed at the energy and creativeness she puts in each song. There is one slow song on the cd that kind of breaks the rockin' mood, but it is still an awesome cd, one of my all time favorites.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Hot! Front row seats to see Etta James, 1963! 2007-05-20
Comment: One of the greatest live club recordings in Blues, and the only one from Etta's early career. You can feel the party; folks are screaming, Etta's steaming, the whole country was still reeling from her '61 At Last! recording that will also knock your shoes off and have you rocking the house yourself. Oh, Etta sings some beautiful blues, you know, but she can rip out some heart-wrenching gutteral gospel, too; it's all here in this one-night show. Just 25 years old and in full power, Live.
The audience is up screaming and dancing from the first number and Etta immediately slides into the sexiest version of Jimmy Reed's Baby, Any Way You Want Me To Do, giving the song all new meaning. Just four years earlier Ray Charles topped the charts with What I Say, and Etta belts it out true to form with all the flavor Ray gave it, and the audience is absolutely enthralled. You are right there with them on this recording.
She puts The Beatles to shame on Money (That's What I Want), and beat them to it here, rocking out to the tune originally recorded by Motown writer Barrett Strong in 1959. The Beatles made a hit out of it in '63 only after this show. They've Etta James to thank for warming Americans up to the beat.
The house stays on their feet keeping the floor wet though a rocking bluesy Seven Day Fool and they don't get a rest till the guitarist gets to put on a show of his own with Sweet Little Angel; a B.B. King classic, sung by Etta "with a feeling" as Little Walter wrote and Paul Butterfield so famously quoted and promoted. Oh, what a feeling. The first set ends here and we break for drinks!
Encore time! Ooh Poo Pah Doo gets the fans all riled up and dancing again. You can imagine a mixed crowd of revelers, drinks and smokes set down now, see 'em Twisting in front of the band and throughout the aisles. Back to B.B. King for Woke Up This Morning in rockin' double time, and Etta finishes off her party sending everyone home sweaty and in the mood with another Jimmy Reed classic, Ain't That Lovin' You Baby.
Oh, Baby, what a night!
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Summary: Best Etta James CD Out There 2007-01-03
Comment: Years ago a friend had this on cassette. I finally found it on Amazon.com. What a woman! What a voice! I recommend this CD to anyone who likes Etta James. This CD always gets me moving and smiling.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: THIS IS THE A-BOMB!! 2002-06-02
Comment: This album is the best album I own, and I own a lot of music. If you don't love the emotion, intensity, and power of this than nothing can move you.
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