I've just received Etta James's legendary "At Last" album, released in 1960, and was shocked at how much Adele sounds incredibly like her. As much as I love Adele, I don't really know much about her inspirations other than Beyonce and a few others, so I was wondering if she has ever spoken about her?  Their voices are so alike, especially on this song:

 

 

Edited April 14, 20233 yr by GlamSlam

...a pitchy foghorn? Yes, I do.

Adele has called Etta her favourite singer and said that Fool That I Am is the song that made her want to be a singer.

 

She’s also covered her songs:
 

 

 

1 minute ago, Wrecked said:

Adele has called Etta her favourite singer and said that Fool That I Am is the song that made her want to be a singer.

 

She’s also covered her songs:
 

 

 

Well now I feel silly not knowing she covered Etta's songs before.  

In fact, the lyrics in Etta's At Last album reminds me very much of "21".  Now it all makes sense.

 

 

1 minute ago, GlamSlam said:

Well now I feel silly not knowing she covered Etta's songs before.  

In fact, the lyrics in Etta's At Last album reminds me very much of "21".  Now it all makes sense.

 

 

This is a good article of Adele talking about Etta:

 

https://www.mtv.com/news/c2fhs6/adele-etta-james

Just now, Wrecked said:

This is a good article of Adele talking about Etta:

 

https://www.mtv.com/news/c2fhs6/adele-etta-james

Wow. It seems like she really respected and adored her. 

5 minutes ago, GlamSlam said:

Wow. It seems like she really respected and adored her. 

She certainly did! I love when artists are open about their inspirations as you can definitely hear Etta throughout Adele’s discography. 

1 hour ago, Punky Rooster said:

...a pitchy foghorn? Yes, I do.

Talted artist 

for me, she sounds exactly like Peggy Lee

 

I’m pretty sure one of the reasons Good Feeling became a hit was because some people thought it was Adele.

27 minutes ago, stoopidjenna said:

I’m pretty sure one of the reasons Good Feeling became a hit was because some people thought it was Adele.

1 hour ago, stoopidjenna said:

I’m pretty sure one of the reasons Good Feeling became a hit was because some people thought it was Adele.

WHO!?

Adele, LÉON, and Lauren Daigle all sound incredibly similar to me, with LÉON sounding the best. She doesn’t sound like Etta James to me.

Edited April 14, 20233 yr by CottageHore

A true etta James successor