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Etta James

Etta James is a person from the US, active from 1938.

Person US 1938–2012 soul blues jazz

TOTAL PLAYS

913

SONGS PLAYED

128

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-02-14 09:03 · 6 Music — "I Just Want To Make Love To You"

LAST PLAYED

2 months ago · Radio 2 — "Something's Got A Hold On Me"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

90 68 45 23 0

'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26

◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 579 63%

6 Music 300 33%

Radio 1 22 2%

1Xtra 12 1%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 10:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 At Last 237 2026-05-18

2 I Just Want to Make Love to You 129 2026-05-03

3 I'd Rather Go Blind 92 2026-02-23

4 Something's Got A Hold On Me 68 2026-05-25

5 A Sunday Kind of Love 42 2026-04-19

6 I Just Want To Make Love To You 37 2013-08-28

7 Tell Mama 36 2026-04-04

8 Stormy Weather 22 2026-04-19

9 Seven Day Fool 21 2025-02-03

10 I Got You Babe 9 2026-02-14

11 Tough Lover 9 2022-05-29

12 Good Rockin' Daddy 8 2019-09-28

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-25 22:57 Something's Got A Hold On Me Radio 2

2026-05-23 17:54 Watch Dog 6 Music

2026-05-18 19:56 At Last Radio 2

2026-05-03 09:56 I Just Want to Make Love to You Radio 2

2026-04-19 22:50 Stormy Weather Radio 2

2026-04-19 02:26 A Sunday Kind of Love Radio 2

2026-04-13 20:38 Just A Little Bit Radio 2

2026-04-06 20:51 At Last Radio 2

2026-04-04 17:20 Tell Mama Radio 2

2026-03-31 22:56 At Last Radio 2

2026-03-13 16:53 At Last Radio 2

2026-02-23 20:31 I'd Rather Go Blind Radio 2

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

128 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

"Baby, Baby" Every Night —

1 2015-08-09 ▶

(I Don't Need Nobody To Tell Me) How To Treat My Man —

1 2025-05-10 ▶

(You Better) Do Right —

1 2022-07-04 ▶

A Sunday Kind of Love —

42 2026-04-19 ▶

A Sunday Kind Of Love —

2 2009-07-06 ▶

A sunday king of love —

2 2016-07-10 ▶

All I Could Do Is Cry —

1 2014-01-12 ▶

All I Could Do Was Cry —

3 2025-11-16 ▶

All The Way Down —

1 2021-07-04 ▶

Almost Persuaded —

3 2013-09-14 ▶

Anything To Say You're Mine —

1 2020-11-14 ▶

At Last —

237 2026-05-18 ▶

Baby Baby Every Night —

2 2016-09-03 ▶

Baby What You Want Me to Do —

1 2021-03-07 ▶

Boondocks —

2 2012-01-05 ▶

Breakin' Up Somebody's Home —

1 2021-05-10 ▶

Breakin' Up Somebody's Home (Live: Montreux Jazz Festival 1990) —

1 2024-05-19 ▶

Breaking Point —

1 2017-05-24 ▶

By the Light of the Silvery Moon —

2 2023-11-26 ▶

Can't Shake It —

2 2015-07-11 ▶

Champagne & Wine —

3 2012-01-06 ▶

Dance with Me Henry —

3 2024-12-29 ▶

Dance with Me, Henry —

2 2024-08-17 ▶

Do Right Woman, Do Right Man —

2 2024-01-01 ▶

Don't Cry Baby —

1 2015-11-06 ▶

Don't Get Around Much —

1 2013-01-05 ▶

Don't Get Around Much Any More —

1 2014-01-18 ▶

Don't Get Around Much Anymore —

1 2015-01-17 ▶

Don't Pick Me for Your Fool —

1 2017-10-02 ▶

Don't Start Me To Talking —

1 2025-11-03 ▶

Donkey —

1 2016-07-16 ▶

Down In The Basement —

1 2013-07-19 ▶

Fire —

5 2021-01-23 ▶

Fire (Pecoe Re-Funk) —

1 2018-12-22 ▶

Fool That I Am —

3 2018-03-27 ▶

Good Lookin' —

1 2014-03-30 ▶

Good Rockin' Daddy —

8 2019-09-28 ▶

Good Rocking Daddy —

1 2020-09-05 ▶

Got My Mojo Working —

2 2022-04-04 ▶

Groove Me —

3 2018-09-22 ▶

Hound Dog —

1 2019-09-30 ▶

I Can Give You Everything —

1 2018-10-28 ▶

I Don't Need Nobody To Tell Me) How To Treat My Man —

1 2023-12-09 ▶

I Found A Love —

1 2012-01-22 ▶

I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good —

1 2016-06-19 ▶

I Got The Will —

1 2021-05-06 ▶

I Got The Will (Live at Casino Montreux 18 July 1990) —

1 2021-05-02 ▶

I Got The Will (Live At Montreux) —

1 2021-05-08 ▶

I Got You Babe —

9 2026-02-14 ▶

I Got You Babe (JR.Dynamite's Back to Funk Edit) —

4 2021-08-21 ▶

I Got You, Babe —

1 2024-09-28 ▶

I Just Wanna Make Love To You (Live) —

1 2020-09-27 ▶

I Just Want to Make Love to You —

129 2026-05-03 ▶

I Just Want To Make Love To You —

37 2013-08-28 ▶

I Wish Someone Would Care —

1 2021-02-16 ▶

I'd Rather Go Blind —

92 2026-02-23 ▶

I'm a Fool —

1 2018-02-13 ▶

I'm Gonna Take What He's Got —

1 2026-01-19 ▶

I've Been A Fool —

1 2012-08-22 ▶

If I Can't Have You —

3 2015-07-04 ▶

If You Want Me to Stay —

1 2012-01-25 ▶

In The Basement —

3 2012-02-13 ▶

In The Basement Pt.1 —

2 2020-04-28 ▶

It Hurts Me So Much —

1 2015-01-12 ▶

It's a Small World / When You Wish upon a Star Medley —

1 2012-03-11 ▶

It's Alright —

2 2017-11-06 ▶

Jump Into Love —

1 2018-05-20 ▶

Just A Little Bit —

3 2026-04-13 ▶

Laying Beside You —

2 2019-01-18 ▶

Leave Your Hat On —

3 2024-12-28 ▶

Light My Fire —

2 2018-03-09 ▶

Look at the Rain —

1 2016-06-11 ▶

Love & Happiness —

1 2017-09-11 ▶

Love's Been Rough On Me —

2 2024-06-20 ▶

Lovin' Arms —

1 2011-01-25 ▶

Mellow Fellow —

5 2023-12-23 ▶

Misty Blue —

4 2012-01-04 ▶

My Dearest Darling —

3 2016-07-25 ▶

My Funny Valntine —

2 2006-05-25 ▶

My Mother-In-Law —

1 2019-12-21 ▶

Number One —

1 2017-11-19 ▶

Only A Fool (Voodoo Cuts Edit) —

1 2019-02-16 ▶

Only Time Will Tell —

3 2023-04-05 ▶

Only Women Bleed —

2 2017-01-29 ▶

Piece of My Heart —

2 2018-02-10 ▶

Plum Nuts —

2 2019-09-29 ▶

Pushover —

5 2023-02-25 ▶

Ring The Bells —

1 2024-12-24 ▶

Security —

1 2018-01-08 ▶

Seven Day Fool —

21 2025-02-03 ▶

Shortnin Bread Rock —

1 2010-08-22 ▶

Shortnin' Bread Rock —

4 2011-11-20 ▶

Something's Got A Hold On Me —

68 2026-05-25 ▶

Somethings Got a Hold Of Me —

1 2012-01-01 ▶

Spoonful —

2 2025-11-16 ▶

Steal Away —

1 2022-09-18 ▶

Stop The Wedding —

4 2020-05-02 ▶

Stormy Monday (Live at Casino Montreux, 11th July 1975) —

1 2024-05-06 ▶

Stormy Weather —

22 2026-04-19 ▶

Strange Things Happen Everyday —

1 2017-02-02 ▶

Sunday Kind of Love —

1 2025-12-26 ▶

Take out Some Insurance —

1 2014-12-29 ▶

Tell It Like It Is —

1 2011-06-10 ▶

Tell Mama —

36 2026-04-04 ▶

Tell Mama (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 1975) —

1 2025-06-22 ▶

Tell Mama (Live 1977) —

1 2022-12-24 ▶

The Very Thought Of You —

1 2016-11-20 ▶

The Wallflower (Roll With Me Henry) —

1 2016-08-27 ▶

These Foolish Things —

5 2014-10-12 ▶

Tighten Up Your Own Thing —

2 2025-08-02 ▶

Tough Lover —

9 2022-05-29 ▶

Tough Mary —

1 2018-12-09 ▶

Trust in Me —

3 2022-07-10 ▶

W-O-M-A-N —

2 2018-08-18 ▶

W.O.M.A.N —

1 2010-09-19 ▶

W.O.M.A.N. —

5 2019-01-29 ▶

Watch Dog —

2 2026-05-23 ▶

Welcome To The Jungle —

4 2012-01-13 ▶

Wet Match —

1 2022-05-09 ▶

What'd I Say (Live) —

1 2021-02-27 ▶

Whatever Gets You Through The Night —

1 2015-01-04 ▶

Woman (Shake Your Booty) —

1 2021-01-04 ▶

Would It Make Any Difference To You —

2 2016-03-21 ▶

You Can Count on Me —

1 2020-09-16 ▶

You Can Leave Your Hat On —

3 2023-11-20 ▶

You Can Leave Your Hat On (Live) —

1 2016-07-23 ▶

You Got It —

2 2012-01-26 ▶

You're The Fool —

1 2012-05-09 ▶