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Tell Mama is the seventh studio album by American singer Etta James. Her second album release for Cadet Records, produced by Rick Hall at his FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, it was James's first album since 1964 to enter the Billboard 200 chart. It contained her first Top 10 R&B hits since 1964 – the title cut and "Security".
"Tell Mama" is a song written by Clarence Carter, Marcus Daniel and Wilbur Terrell (though some recordings give the sole songwriting credit to Carter). It is best known in its 1967 recording by Etta James. An earlier version of the song was first recorded in 1966 by Carter, as "Tell Daddy".
Joplin had admired James and had covered "Tell Mama" in concert. James' 1973 album, exhibiting a mixture of musical styles, was nominated for a Grammy Award . [ 25 ] The album did not produce any major hits, however, and neither did the follow-up album, Come a Little Closer , in 1974, though, like '73's Etta James before it, the album was also ...
In 1967, James recorded with a more soul-inflected style and had her first Top 10 hit in three years, "Tell Mama," which was followed by an album of the same name. [1] In the 1970s, her popularity declined on radio, but she remained at Chess records, recording five albums for the label, departing from them with 1975's Etta Is Betta Than Evvah .
Etta James recorded the song at the FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. It was included on the album Tell Mama and as the B-side of the single of the same name which made number 10 on the Billboard R&B charts, [6] and number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100. [7]
Tell Mama (1968) Etta James Sings Funk (1970) Losers Weepers (1971) ... Etta James Sings Funk is the eighth studio album by American Blues artist, Etta James.
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Later, the track was included on the singer's 1963 compilation album Etta James Top Ten. [4] The live version of "Something's Got a Hold on Me" also appeared on Etta James' first live album, Etta James Rocks the House (1964). [5] In 1992, the song was a part of her greatest hits album, My Greatest Songs. [6]