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"At Last" is a 1941 song written by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren and first performed by Glenn Miller. Etta James (born Jamesetta Hawkins on January 25, 1938) is an American Blues, soul, R&B, Rock & roll At Last! is the debut Album by Etta James, and the first LP release for the Blues singer A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch Vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s " I Just Want to Make Love to You " is a 1954 blues song (see 1954 in music) written by Willie Dixon and first recorded by Muddy Waters A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Soul music is a Music genre that combines Rhythm and blues and Gospel music, originating in the United States. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Argo Records was started in December of 1956 as primarily a jazz subsidiary of Chess Records. A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both Mack Gordon (born Morris Gittler, 21 June 1904 - 1 March 1959) was an American Composer and Lyricist Harry Warren ( December 24, 1893 &ndash September 22, 1981; born Salvatore Antonio Guaragna in Brooklyn, New York In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Philip Chess (born 1921 is a Polish-American record producer and company executive the co-founder of Chess Records. Leonard Chess ( March 12, 1917 - October 16, 1969) was a record company executive founder of Chess Records. Etta James (born Jamesetta Hawkins on January 25, 1938) is an American Blues, soul, R&B, Rock & roll " Spoonful " is a Blues standard written by Willie Dixon and lyrically based on Charley Patton 's "Spoonful Blues" Céline Marie Claudette Dion ( OC OQ (born March 30 1968 in Charlemagne Quebec) is a Canadian pop Singer A New Day Has Come is an Album by Canadian singer Céline Dion, which marked her return after two-year hiatus to have a child Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. A promotional recording, or promo (recently known as a radio single) is a recording issued on vinyl, CD, Cassette tape, VHS A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Columbia Records is an American Record label founded in 1888 Columbia is the oldest surviving Brand name in pre-recorded sound being the first record company Epic Records is an American Record label. It is owned and operated by Sony Music Entertainment. A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both Mack Gordon (born Morris Gittler, 21 June 1904 - 1 March 1959) was an American Composer and Lyricist Harry Warren ( December 24, 1893 &ndash September 22, 1981; born Salvatore Antonio Guaragna in Brooklyn, New York In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Humberto Gatica is a Chile-born American Record producer, music mixer and Audio engineer best known for his life long Collaboration with Guy Roche is a Record producer and Songwriter who is best known for the hit singles he has co-written/co-produced for Christina Aguilera, which include Céline Marie Claudette Dion ( OC OQ (born March 30 1968 in Charlemagne Quebec) is a Canadian pop Singer " Goodbye's (The Saddest Word " is the third and last commercial single from Céline Dion 's album A New Day Has Come, released on November " I Drove All Night " is a song written by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly for Roy Orbison. Mack Gordon (born Morris Gittler, 21 June 1904 - 1 March 1959) was an American Composer and Lyricist Harry Warren ( December 24, 1893 &ndash September 22, 1981; born Salvatore Antonio Guaragna in Brooklyn, New York Alton Glenn Miller ( March 1 1904 &ndash presumably December 15 1944) was an American Jazz musician and Although the song was a major hit for Miller, it was largely forgotten until it was covered by blues singer Etta James. The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression Etta James (born Jamesetta Hawkins on January 25, 1938) is an American Blues, soul, R&B, Rock & roll James was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999, for her rendition of "At Last". The Grammy Hall of Fame Award is a special Grammy award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least twenty-five years old and that have "qualitative ^[1]

The song became James' signature song and was the third in a string of successful songs from her Chess Records debut album At Last!. A signature song is the one Song (or in some cases one of a few songs that a popular and well-established Chess Records was an American Record label based in Chicago Illinois. At Last! is the debut Album by Etta James, and the first LP release for the Blues singer Upon the song's release in April 1961, it became her second number-two R&B hit and crossed over to pop radio, reaching number forty-seven on the Billboard Hot 100. Despite its rather low pop chart standing, the song is well-known and is still played regularly on oldies radio stations. Oldies is a generic term commonly used to describe a Radio format that usually concentrates on Top 40 music from the 1950s 1960s and 1970s (about 1955-1977

In the decades since its release it has been covered by a number of artists, including Ella Fitzgerald, Phoebe Snow, Nat King Cole, Miles Davis, Céline Dion, Lou Rawls, Eva Cassidy, Christina Aguilera, Joni Mitchell, Stevie Nicks, Norah Jones, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder, Jimmy Scott, The Manhattan Rhythm Kings, and Cyndi Lauper. Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25 1917 &ndash June 15 1996 also known as " Lady Ella " and the "First Lady of Song" is considered one of the most influential Phoebe Snow may refer to Phoebe Snow (character Phoebe Snow (musician Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17 1919 &ndash February 15 1965 known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American musician Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26 1926 &ndash September 28 1991 was an American Jazz Trumpeter, Bandleader, and Composer. Céline Marie Claudette Dion ( OC OQ (born March 30 1968 in Charlemagne Quebec) is a Canadian pop Singer Louis Allen Rawls ( December 1, 1933 &ndash January 6, 2006) was an American Soul music, Jazz, and Eva Marie Cassidy (February 2 1963 – November 2 1996 was an American Vocalist known for her interpretations of Jazz, Blues, folk, gospel Christina María Aguilera (born December 18 1980 is an American pop / R&B Singer and Songwriter. Joni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7 1943) is a Canadian Musician, Songwriter, and Stephanie Lynn "Stevie" Nicks (born on May 26 1948 in Phoenix Arizona) is an American Singer-songwriter, best known for her work with Fleetwood Norah Jones (born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar on March 30 1979) is an American Singer-songwriter, Pianist, Keyboardist The Temptations (sometimes abbreviated as The Temps or The Tempts) are a Grammy -winning vocal group that achieved fame as one of the most successful Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13 1950 name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris) is an Jimmy Scott ( July 17, 1925 in Cleveland) aka "Little" Jimmy Scott, is an American Jazz Vocalist. Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper (born June 22 1953 is an American Grammy - and Emmy award winning Singer-songwriter and The Etta James version remains the most famous, and is a favorite at weddings and wedding receptions because of its romantic lyrics and sweeping orchestration. Wedding music applies to vocal and/or instrumental Music performed at wedding rehearsals rehearsal dinners wedding Ceremonies, and receptions (post-wedding party A wedding reception is a Party held after the completion of a Marriage ceremony

Beyonce Knowles will star in Cadillac Records as Etta James and will record four songs for the soundtrack including "At Last. Beyoncé Giselle Knowles (born September 4 1981 commonly known as Beyoncé (biːˈɑn Cadillac Records is an upcoming Biographical film and a musical drama written and directed by African-American Film director "

1 Etta James version
2 Céline Dion version
- 2.1 Formats and track listings
- 2.2 Charts
3 References

Etta James version

Chart (1961)	Peak position
Black Singles Chart	2
Pop Singles Chart	47

Céline Dion version

"At Last" was recorded by Céline Dion and included on her 2002 album A New Day Has Come. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States. Céline Marie Claudette Dion ( OC OQ (born March 30 1968 in Charlemagne Quebec) is a Canadian pop Singer A New Day Has Come is an Album by Canadian singer Céline Dion, which marked her return after two-year hiatus to have a child ^[2] Her version was produced by Humberto Gatica and Guy Roche, and released as a promotional single in the United States on December 9, 2002. Humberto Gatica is a Chile-born American Record producer, music mixer and Audio engineer best known for his life long Collaboration with Guy Roche is a Record producer and Songwriter who is best known for the hit singles he has co-written/co-produced for Christina Aguilera, which include Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. However, there was no music video made for the song. It was also the last single released from the A New Day Has Come album.

"At Last" peaked at number 16 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks. The Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart (formerly known as Adult Contemporary Singles, Easy Listening, and only Adult Contemporary) lists the most popular

A live version of this song was included on the A New Day... Live in Las Vegas album in 2004, as Dion performed it for four years during her A New Day... show in Las Vegas. A New Day Live in Las Vegas is Céline Dion 's first English Live album, released on June 14 2004. A New Day was a highly successful show performed by Céline Dion at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Las Vegas ( Spanish: "The Meadows" is the most populous City in the state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally

Formats and track listings

U. S. promotional CD single

"At Last" – 4:16

Charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
U. S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	16

References

^ Grammy Hall of Fame Database
^ A New Day Has Come. Retrieved March 22, 2002.

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Contents

Etta James version

Céline Dion version

Formats and track listings

Charts

References