Yes, there
is that other Etta James song, but Barack and Michelle seem to own that
one. ;-)
Seriously,
“Trust in Me” (which was released as a single a couple months after “At Last”)
is also a great song, and is well worth a listen. Along with Whitney Houston’s “I
Have Nothing” and Taylor Dayne’s “Love Will Lead You Back”, it’s a fine example
of what I think of as a “diva song”: mostly slow and smoldering, but with a big
climax near the end.
Quite a
few years back (apparently 1991), I was fortunate enough to catch LaVern Baker, Ruth Brown, and
Etta James in a triple-header at Wolf Trap. Unfortunately none of these R&B
pioneers are around anymore, but they certainly combined to make a lot of fine
music.
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