- The song was written by Harry Warren and Mack Gordon
- Harry Warren (music) was born Salvatore Antonio
Guaragna on 12/24/1893 in Brooklyn, New York, and died 9/22/1981
- Some of his other hits include "I Only Have Eyes
for You", "42nd Street", "Chattanooga Choo-Choo",
and "Jeepers Creepers"
- Mack Gordon, (Lyrics) was born Morris Gittler
6/21/1904, and died 3/1/1959),
- He was an inductee into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame,
and wrote the lyrics for "Chattanooga Choo-Choo" and
"I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo", as well as well over 100
other songs
- "At Last" was first performed by Glenn
Miller and his big band in 1942
- The most popular version of the song was performed by Etta James (born Jamesetta Hawkins on
1/25/38 in Los Angeles California)
- Etta James (nicknamed "Miss Peaches") was
inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1993
- Her nickname comes from the name of her first vocal
group, "The Peaches", that she formed in the middle 50s when
she was only 17 years old
- Though she battled drug problems, a series of disastrous
relationships, and in later life obesity, she remains busy recording
and performing for a whole new generation
- Other major accomplishments for Etta include
induction into the Blues Hall of Fame, the Rockabilly Hall of Fame, a
star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and inclusion in Rolling Stone
Magazine's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time (at #62)
- The song peaked at #47 on the Billboard charts in 1961
- A #2 R&B Chart hit
- The song received renewed interest in 1996 when it
was used on a series of Jaguar commercials
- "At Last" has also been covered by a number of
artists, including Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Miles Davis, Celine
Dion, Lou Rawls, Christina Aguilera, Joni Mitchell, and Cyndi Lauper
- A classic and very popular First Dance song for weddings
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A sample of this song as performed by Oracle is
available by clicking on either of the links below. The RealAudio
file will stream to your computer rather quickly assuming you have the
RealAudio player installed. The MP3 file must download completely
first, but is of a higher audio quality.
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These are 11 of the essential
Etta James songs
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collection of her work, featuring 20 of her all time classics
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