Many great singers passed through the hands of late great soul/R&B producer Jerry Wexler, from Aretha Franklin to Dusty Springfield. But Etta James was a singer he willingly waited 20 long years to work with. 'Etta is a church in herself', he said in his autobiography, adding: 'Her voice is a mighty influence, he musical personality able to express an extraordinary range of moods.' He further described her a 'A woman used but not spent, abused but never defeated, vulnerable but through sheer strength of will, victorious.'