The Essential

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  The Blues Is My Business
  3:32
• 2
  If I Had Any Pride Left at All
  3:49
  3.0 ★
• 3
  Crawlin' King Snake
  5:31
  3.0 ★
• 4
  Born on the Bayou
  4:42
• 5
  I've Been Lovin' You Too Long
  4:21
• 6
  It's a Man's Man's World
  4:53
• 7
  Somebody to Love
  5:49
• 8
  Cry Like a Rainy Day
  5:21
• 9
  Hush Hush
  3:33
• 10
  Miss You
  6:01
• 11
  The Rock
  3:34
• 12
  Lil' Red Rooster
  3:55
• 13
  Only Women Bleed
  4:48
• 14
  Strongest Weakness
  4:53
• 15
  Cry Me a River
  5:02
• 16
  Purple Rain
  5:45
• CD 2
• 1
  Try a Little Tenderness
  4:48
• 2
  Night and Day
  4:18
• 3
  Come Rain or Come Shine
  5:38
• 4
  I'll Be Seeing You
  4:44
• 5
  My Funny Valentine
  5:48
• 6
  My Man
  5:10
• 7
  Someone to Watch Over Me
  6:02
• 8
  The Man I Love
  4:24
  3.0 ★
• 9
  In My Solitude
  5:16
• 10
  Good Morning Heartache
  5:29
• 11
  The Very Thought of You
  4:30
• 12
  He's Funny That Way
  6:01
• 13
  Teach Me Tonight
  5:00
• 14
  Embraceable You
  3:54
• 15
  At Last
  4:40
  3.0 ★

More by Etta James

At Last: The Best of Etta James

At Last: The Best of Etta James 2012

The Essential Modern Records Collection

The Essential Modern Records Collection 2011

Jazz

Jazz 2007

The Definitive Collection

The Definitive Collection 2006

Blues to the Bone

Blues to the Bone 2004

Let's Roll

Let's Roll 2003

Release credits

• Bobby Murray
  guitar [2.1, 1.4], solo [1]
• Cedar Walton
  arranger [1.15, 2.3]
• David K. Mathews
  Wurlitzer electric piano [2.1, 1.4]
• Donto James
  drums (drum set) [1.4, 2.1], mix [1.4, 2.1], percussion [1], producer [2.1, 1.4], recording [1.4, 2.1]
• Etta James
  lead vocals [1.1, 1.4, 1.14-15, 2.1, 2.3, 2.15]
• Jimmy Z
  tenor saxophone [1]
• Josh Sklair
  guitar [1.4, 2.1]
• Lee Thornburg
  valve trombone [1]
• Leo Nocentelli
  guitar [4], solo [4]
• Mike Finnigan
  Hammond organ [1]
• Ross Locke
  percussion [4]
• Sametto James
  assistant [2.1, 1.4], bass [1.4, 2.1], mix [1.4, 2.1], producer [2.1, 1.4]
• Tom Poole
  trumpet [1]

Issues

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  The Essential Etta James

  2x Digital Media
  28 June 2010
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  The Essential

  2x CD
  6 July 2010