Etta James Rocks The House is a 1964 (see 1964 in music

1964 in music

-Events:*January 1 – Top of the Pops is broadcast for the first time, on BBC television.*January 3 – Footage of the Beatles performing a concert in Bournemouth, England is shown on The Jack Paar Show....

) live album by American R&B singer 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...

. This album was recorded live on the nights of September 27 and 28, 1963 at the New Era Club in Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...

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Hot with the releases of At Last! and The Second Time Around, Etta James Rocks The House became the artist's first recorded live album

Live album

A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...

 under Chess Records

Chess Records

Chess Records was an American record label based in Chicago, Illinois. It specialized in blues, R&B, soul, gospel music, early rock and roll, and occasional jazz releases....

. The concept was to catch James in a raw and fiery performance outside the recording studio. This album is among Etta James' finest live recordings.

Track listing

1. "Something's Gotta Hold On Me" (Etta James, Leroy Kirkland, Pearl Woods) – 5:02
2. "Baby What You Want Me to Do
   Baby What You Want Me to Do
   "Baby What You Want Me to Do" is a blues song that was written and recorded by Jimmy Reed in 1959...
   
   " (Jimmy Reed
   Jimmy Reed
   Mathis James "Jimmy" Reed was an American blues musician and songwriter, notable for bringing his distinctive style of blues to mainstream audiences. Reed was a major player in the field of electric blues, as opposed to the more acoustic-based sound of many of his contemporaries...
   
   ) – 4:14
3. "What I Say" (Ray Charles
   Ray Charles
   Ray Charles Robinson , known by his shortened stage name Ray Charles, was an American musician. He was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into his early recordings with Atlantic Records...
   
   ) – 3:15
4. "Money (That's What I Want)
   Money (That's What I Want)
   "Money " is a 1959 hit single by Barrett Strong for the Tamla label, distributed nationally on Anna Records. The song was written by Tamla founder Berry Gordy and Janie Bradford, and became the first hit record for Gordy's Motown enterprise....
   
   " (Janie Bradford
   Janie Bradford
   Janie Bradford is an American songwriter, most known for her tenure with Motown. With Berry Gordy, she co-wrote "Money ", originally recorded by Barrett Strong and used by The Beatles on their second album With The Beatles...
   
   , Berry Gordy, Jr.) – 3:22
5. "Seven Day Fool
   Seven Day Fool
   "Seven Day Fool" is an R&B song written by Billy Davis, and first recorded by Etta James for Argo Records in 1961. The track was released both on a 45 RPM single , paired with "It's Too Soon to Know", and on her album The Second Time Around...
   
   " (Billy Davis, Berry Gordy, Jr., Sonny Woods) – 4:20
6. "Sweet Little Angel" (Robert McCollum) – 4:14
7. "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" (Jessie Hill
   Jessie Hill
   Jessie Hill was an American R&B and Louisiana blues singer and songwriter, best remembered for the classic song, "Ooh Poo Pah Doo"....
   
   ) – 4:04
8. "Woke Up This Morning" (B.B. King) – 3:38
9. "Ain't That Loving You Baby" (Jimmy Reed
   Jimmy Reed
   Mathis James "Jimmy" Reed was an American blues musician and songwriter, notable for bringing his distinctive style of blues to mainstream audiences. Reed was a major player in the field of electric blues, as opposed to the more acoustic-based sound of many of his contemporaries...
   
   ) – 2:51
10. "All I Could Do Was Cry
    All I Could Do Was Cry
    "All I Could Do Was Cry" is a doo-wop/rhythm and blues single recorded in 1960 and released that same year by singer Etta James and was written for James by Chess songwriter Billy Davis, Berry Gordy and his sister Gwen Gordy. The song was said to be inspired by James' former boyfriend Harvey Fuqua...
    
    " (Billy Davis, Gwen Fuqua, Berry Gordy, Jr.) – 3:21
11. "I Just Want to Make Love to You
    I Just Want to Make Love to You
    In 1961, Etta James recorded the song for her debut album At Last!. Her rendition also served as the b-side to her hit "At Last." In 1996, Etta James' version became popular in the UK after featuring in a Diet Coke ad campaign. As a result, the single was re-released there...
    
    " (Willie Dixon
    Willie Dixon
    William James "Willie" Dixon was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. A Grammy Award winner who was proficient on both the Upright bass and the guitar, as well as his own singing voice, Dixon is arguably best known as one of the most prolific songwriters...
    
    ) – 3:40*

(Tracks 9, 10, and 11 on CD only; not included in the original 1964 LP release)

Personnel

• Etta James – vocals
• David T. Walker
  David T. Walker
  David T. Walker is an American guitarist born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In addition to numerous session musician duties since the early 1970s, Walker has issued over twelve albums in his own name.-Career:...
  
   – guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  
• Marion Wright - bass
• Freeman Brown - drums
• Richard Waters - drums
• Vonzell Cooper - organ
• Gavrell Cooper - tenor saxophone