"Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" Etta James

[kperk014]

So many of the artists who came to Muscle Shoals to record ended up covering songs like this, Steal Away, Dark End of the Street etc including Cher (before she turned into whatever).

[1beatles]

freakin perfect!!!!~

[Angyl444]

Absolutely brilliant soulful artist. Considering their & times back then, she held her own hard & strong - no doubt on some level she most def. had to be an inspiration to Janis Joplin as well as quite a few others....rock on soulful soul ~j~

[Yanula1]

R.I.P.Etta!!!

[NoRosesForMe]

RIIP love ya Ms, Etta xxxx

[stananderson7]

Sorry to hear Etta James has left us. What a great singer! I saw a movie about Chess Records which claimed she is the daughter of pool legend Minnesota Fats. If this is true, and she passed on at 73, how old is Minnesota Fats now? I think he is still living.

[Indeejo]

@stananderson7 Minnesota Fats.... real name (Rudolf Wanderone Jr) Born 1/19/1913 died 1/15/1996.

[adryan108]

@stananderson7 i don't think he is. 

[myanddre08]

RIP MS. ETTA JAMES



[LazeezaForzane]

RIP Etta James......what a fantastic voice and song!

[koneal777]

RIP

[CherylRyning]

Saw her here in Riverside, Ca. in 2001. She was simply Awesome! Her son live's here in my neighborhood.

[MrTejano44]

Miss Etta is too , too much ! *****+ .

[CrystalCoffin]

Better than Aretha, seriously.

[kingpleasure]

I could have done without the flute. Totally out of place in a soul ballad like this. At least they shoud have mixed it down if not have canned it entirely. Compare it to the tenor sax....now that's a soul instrument, not a friggin flute.

[catman916]

@kingpleasure I think that the song starts out being understated by using the flute, but it soon builds up by adding the horns and sax.

[44shewolf]

@kingpleasure Nailed it, I couldnt figure what was rubbin me wrong. You answered it, thank you.

[EmilyBellows]

Etta James is the most iconic woman in music in my oppinion :D LOVE HER

[802bucknasty]

3 people couldnt fuckin do right

[sandeemer1]

song to live by.

[fatness78]

you suck

[ruttingbull]

thanx from pemby

[sdk0524]

I loves me some Mrs. Etta James!!!! she is UNSUNG for real!!!

[PhoenicianJazz]

When Im lost I go back to my parents roots...a comfortable bed made out of good music sheets

[ceilinggod]

don't get me wrong , I love me some Etta , but Aretha got her beat on this one ... still and all It's still a nice version .

[DaOrigTruthSeeker]

She ain't got nothing on Aretha Franklin honey.

[stvgstrl]

everything isnt for everybody sorry etta leave ree ree's music alone.

[serpentinecreature]

So true Etta,so true! Thank you for sharing this! I always loved Etta,real woman,truth in song.

[bayou2604]

beautiful song beautiful voice she's a GREAT artist i love u etta

[theseustoo]

This girl KNOWS how to sing the BLUES! Love it...

:)

[wendy5152]

i love elkie brooks and i know elkie loves etta music and now i fell in love with it too 

[familyrubarth]

She is THE one and only ONE!

[thatevening]

I have always liked Etta's version of this song best. Both she and Areatha did great versions,but there are still big differences. For me, Areatha's version is a woman asking a man to respect her. Etta's version is TELLING him he better darn well respect her.

[simon4186]

Etta James can sing whatever she wants to, and she did too: ROCK AND ROLL AND SOUL ARE HERE TO STAY! simon4186

[simon4186]

Etta James can sing whatever she wants to, and she did too: ROCK AND ROLL AND SOUL ARE HERE TO STAY!

[MrMahuike]

lucky to have lived in the era i did, came from the 50'sand 60's. now i am old, and theses songs of Etta and Dylan give me reason to live...hope you all get the same form your era.

[scottandsasha]

i dedicate this to my husband,love you hun buns,love sasha

[briancoyne]

Wow!



[TheDazzalicious]

I always feel alittle bubbly when I hear Aretha's version, I love Etta James but in terms of being touched, I think Aretha suceeded.

[READY4REVELATION]

I respect both Ms. Etta's version for what you brought to it and the same for Aretha's version. Both ladies put their signature on it in their own special way.

[322def]

As much as i like Etta, sorry to say she has nothing on the queen of soul Aretha....she should have just left it alone!

[Polly6761]

I Love both Aretha, and Etta James and they both sing it from the heart and soul.

I am, however still a huge Etta fan !

They are both very sick. please let's not fight about them.......let's pray for them both and heal ourselves at the same time, OK? Peace in troubled times.........They both would love to know we love them SO much.........

[Polly6761]

I Love both Aretha, and Etta James and they both sing it from the heart and soul.

I am, however still a huge Etta fan !

They are both very sick. please let's not fight about them.......let's pray for them both and heal ourselves at the same time, OK?

[blackwoman3839401]

I like this but I have to agree Aretha made it softer and smoother and I've always loved it better. Anytime you can remake a song and people FORGET who made it first, you've made it your own. Many artists do that and Aretha did it with "Do Right" and "Respect" and several others. Sorry!!

[ALIENDNA14]

God people are so retarded... Aretha's version is blah blah blah times better. Let me be very clear, I'm 30 and I had never even heard of this woman until about a week ago - and this version blows Aretha's version out of the water to me. Just a matter of preference I guess. I also think Etta's a far better singer, she's more versatile than Aretha... And now that I've offered my two cents worth on the subject, on to more interesting things:)

[miss3v3lyn]

@ALIENDNA14 Correction! People are NOT retarded! Just a matter of preference as you say! DO RIGHT, and show some respect!!!

[sonwamac]

@ALIENDNA14 you are entitlede to your opinion...and not wrong if you like this version better...but Etta is a far better singer than Aretha?...more versatile? With all due respect I don't think you are being objective in that view point. Aretha sings jazz, gospel, r&b, Broadway show tunes...all impeccably. why don't you just stick with YOU like Etta better?..no one can argue with you on that

[consuelokiller]

@sonwamac

You are right ETTA is a far better singer. I dont care what anyone else thinks. ETTA you are wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sonwamac]

@consuelokiller no you mis-read me. Check the question marks after my statements. I'm CHALLENGING the notion the Etta is a better singer than Aretha. Etta is NOT a better singer than Aretha. That's no knock on Etta James. Love me some Etta James. Just NOT more than Aretha. Are you kidding? It's like when that clueless girl Beyonce called Tina "the queen" with Aretha in the audience...somebody needed to clue that girl in.Tina is an icon but she ain't The Queen. there's only one of those. ARETHA

[consuelokiller]

@sonwamac OK I MIS READ.WE ARE ALL ENTITLED TO OUR OPINIONS THATS WHY WE DO THIS BUT I STICK TO WHAT I SAID. NO ONE, NO ONE SOUNDS AS GOOD AS ETTA JAMES. IN MY BOOK SHES THE QUEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!

[oaklandonthecomeup]

@ALIENDNA14 IMHO just the fact that you just heard of Etta and think she's a "far better singer than Aretha" shows that you should do some more research (listening to more music). BTW Etta herself probably wouldn't agree with you. The singers of their genre and era had mutual respect. Money and fame wasn't as easy to come by back in the day. Audiences were more discerning and harder to please. We were used to REAL TALENT, not like 2day where many should have just stayed in the SHOWER

[Abateallday]

Aretha's Version is 100000000000 times better!

[tdbrown88tdb]

get it etta

[jb4gb775]

Tell it like it is Etta, two people should be right toward one another.

[sleepytimegalz]

not just one of the best but THE BEST female "soul" singer.....I love her!! phyllis..

[sallygal7]

Woah!

[MsLovefromTennessee]

MMMM Hmmmm.Sing it like it be baby.Cause' ya know thats how it be.

[WikeddTung]

i'd only ever heard aretha's version. this is F-ING FANTASTIC! love

[divinilla100]

MARAVILLOSA:

[MySoulBelongsToMusic]

can anybody put up aretha's version?

[Tejano44]

Raw soul at it's best !

[leecejallow]

Fabulous! Just Fabulous! x

[1sexymona]

I LUV it!!! ETTA is just AMAZING!!!

[sleepytimegalz]

I love hearing her..she had the right stuff to do it with  yeeooww!!!! sing it Etta!!!!!!

[rteemon]

@sleepytimegalz ''LOLOLOLOLO

AINT THAT ;; RIGHT;;;;;

[sleepytimegalz]

@rteemon loved her and still love her!!! cool!!!  Phyllis...

[lorenlavinthal]

i love etta but aretha has the killer version of this song

[40828]

I've just recently heard this song on a movie called cape fear....But i've heard by two or three different people and this one take's the cake...Gotta love it

[iluvmyboba]

Go 'head Mama Etta!!!!!!

[MissDivaDoll]

i FUCKIN LOVE Etta!! That is my girl!!! :)

[poppiechulo9]

@MissDivaDoll the best ever.

[fossie32]

Nice one indeed.

[Katesghost]

How I love this song! I like nearly every version, even what people call the "overblown rendition" that Joe Cocker put out. Wish I could find his version of it here too. Don't know who ya are Catman, but for this, I thank you!

[1984Janis1]

WOW!!! Who would have thunk, someone could rival Aretha on this single.

[NoRosesForMe]

So good to see this back on YT. I think it was removed a while back. Thank you. Etta is so amazing. 5 and faved! xx

[catman916]

You're right, but it's hard to keep me down.

[pjstockton]

I love Etta James. I learned a lot about her from the movie cadilac records.

[pjstockton]

i love Etta James. Beyo

[TmaadHMD]

Beautiful!

-H-

[hammerman7777]

Wow!