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Jamesetta Hawkins was born on January 25, 1938, in Los Angeles, California, to Dorothy Hawkins, who was 14 at the time. Although her father has never been identified, [10] James speculated that she was the daughter of pool player Rudolf "Minnesota Fats" Wanderone, whom she met briefly in 1987. [11]
Singer Etta James said she believed that he was her biological father, having reportedly been told that by her mother as well as by others who knew her mother and whom James described as "people who were there and should know". [42] However, there is no published evidence of such a relationship. James and Fats are only known to have met once ...
He discovered the singer Etta James, who was then 13 years old, at one of his talent shows. He produced and co-wrote her first hit, "The Wallflower (Dance with Me, Henry)". In 1952, while in Houston, Texas, Otis auditioned the singer Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton.
The film stars Adrien Brody as Leonard Chess, Jeffrey Wright as Muddy Waters, Columbus Short as Little Walter, Cedric the Entertainer as Willie Dixon, Eamonn Walker as Howlin' Wolf, Mos Def as Chuck Berry, and Beyoncé Knowles as Etta James. The film was released in North America on December 5, 2008, by TriStar Pictures. The soundtrack was ...
In 2010, D.C. lawyer Leicester Bryce Stovell filed a $4 million lawsuit claiming that he was James’ father after a one-night encounter with the NBA star's mom, Gloria James, in 1984 when she was ...
There is a moment in the recent Netflix documentary Starting 5 where LeBron James meets the woman who saved his son’s life. Bronny James, his eldest, was 18 when he suffered a cardiac arrest ...
Bronny James has rarely given interviews, per his father's wishes, and his infrequent social media posts are either guarded, as befits the child of a massive celebrity, or sponsored content.
On July 31, 2012, James released her fourth studio album , Loving You More... In the Spirit of Etta James. Originally the album was going to have one song honoring Etta James, but with her death it became a full tribute album. It was released by Shanachie Records. [5] On July 8, 2014, James released her fifth studio album, Fall For You. The ...