Etta James Top Ten is the fourth studio album by American Blues

Blues

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 artist, Etta James

Etta James

Etta James is an American blues, soul, rhythm and blues , rock and roll, gospel and jazz singer. In the 1950s and 1960s, she had her biggest success as a blues and R&B singer...

. The album was released on Argo Records

Argo Records

Argo Records was started in December of 1955 to accommodate some of the rapidly growing recording activity at Chess Records. Originally the label was called Marterry, but bandleader Ralph Marterie objected, and within a couple of months the imprint was renamed Argo.Initially, Argo offered a...

 in 1963 and was produced by Leonard Chess

Leonard Chess

Leonard Chess was a record company executive and the founder of Chess Records. He was influential in the development of electric blues.- Early life :...

. The album peaked at #117 on the Billboard 200

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 in 1963, her first album to make that chart since 1961.

Background

Etta James Top Ten was released in 1963 on the blue and silver Argo label. The album's title was derived from the tracks it contained, being the release consisted mainly of James's Top Ten record hits in the past three years. It included previously-released tracks such as, "At Last," "All I Could Do Was Cry," "My Dearest Darling," "Trust in Me," and "A Sunday Kind of Love." It also included several new songs: "Something's Got a Hold on Me," "Stop the Wedding," and "Would It Make Any Difference to You," which all became major hits on the Rhythm and Blues Records

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 and Billboard Pop Chart

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. The album was released on a 12-inch LP

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, available on stereo

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.

The album was given four and a half, out of five stars by Allmusic, although no review was provided.

Side one

1. "Something's Got a Hold on Me" – (Etta James, Leroy Kirkland, Pearl Woods) 2:48
2. "My Dearest Darling" – (Eddie Bocage, Paul Gayten
   Paul Gayten
   Paul Gayten was an American R&B bandleader, pianist, songwriter, producer and record company executive.-Career:Gayten was born in Kentwood, Louisiana, the nephew of blues pianist Little Brother Montgomery...
   
   ) 2:45
3. "At Last
   At Last
   "At Last" is a 1941 song written by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren for the musical film Orchestra Wives, starring George Montgomery and Ann Rutherford. It was performed in the film and on record by Glenn Miller and his orchestra, with vocals by Ray Eberle and Pat Friday...
   
   " – (Mack Gordon
   Mack Gordon
   Mack Gordon was an American composer and lyricist of songs for the stage and film. He was nominated for the best original song Oscar nine times, including six consecutive years between 1940 and 1945, and won the award once, for "You'll Never Know"...
   
   , Harry Warren) 3:00
4. "Fool That I Am" – (Floyd Hunt) 2:50
5. "A Sunday Kind of Love
   A Sunday Kind of Love
   "A Sunday Kind of Love" is a popular song composed by Barbara Belle, Anita Leonard, Stan Rhodes, and Louis Prima, published in 1946.The song has become a pop and jazz standard, recorded by many artists.- Notable recordings :...
   
   " – (Barbara Belle, Anita Leonard, Louis Prima
   Louis Prima
   Louis Prima was a Sicilian American singer, actor, songwriter, and trumpeter. Prima rode the musical trends of his time, starting with his seven-piece New Orleans style jazz band in the 1920s, then successively leading a swing combo in the 1930s, a big band in the 1940s, a Vegas lounge act in the...
   
   , Stan Rhodes) 3:00

Side two

1. "Pushover" – (Billy Davis, Tony Clarke
   Tony Clarke (singer)
   Tony Clarke: Born Ralph Thomas Williams was an American soul singer-songwriter born circa 1944 in New York City and raised in Detroit. He wrote the songs "Pushover" and "Two Sides to Every Story", hits for Etta James. Clarke scored a chart hit of his own with "The Entertainer" which hit #10 R&B and...
   
   ) 2:48
2. "All I Could Do Was Cry" – (Davis) 2:35
3. "Stop the Wedding" – (Freddy Johnson
   Freddy Johnson
   Freddy Johnson was an American jazz pianist and singer who gained popularity in the 1930s playing mostly swing style....
   
   , Kirkland, Woodland) 2:40
4. "Trust in Me
   Trust in Me (1937 song)
   "Trust in Me" is a song written by Ned Wever, Milton Ager, and Jean Schwartz.It was first popularized by Mildred Bailey in 1937, charting at #4....
   
   " – (Milton Ager
   Milton Ager
   Milton Ager was an American composer.Ager was born in Chicago, Illinois, the sixth of nine children. Leaving school with only three years of formal high-school education, he taught himself to play the piano and embarked on a career as a musician. After spending time as an accompanist to silent...
   
   , Jean Schwartz
   Jean Schwartz
   Jean Schwartz was a songwriter.Schwartz was born in Budapest, Hungary. His family moved to New York City when he was 13 years old...
   
   , Ned Wever) 2:55
5. "Would It Make Any Difference to You" – (Bob Forshee) 2:35

Chart positions

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1963	Billboard Pop Albums	117

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1962	"Something's Got a Hold on Me"	U.S. R&B Singles	4
		U.S. Pop Singles	37
	"Stop the Wedding"	U.S. R&B Singles	6
		U.S. Pop Singles	34
	"Would It Make Any Difference to You"	U.S. Pop Singles	64
1963	"Pushover"	U.S. R&B Singles	7
		U.S. Pop Singles	25