Remembering Great American Music Makers

Ioannis Alexandres Veliotes

and

Jamesetta Hawkins.

Ioannis Alexandres Veliotes
(December 28, 1921 – January 17, 2012)
better known as Johnny Otis.

“I get a wave of pride in America when I look back at what we’ve accomplished in the field of music.” Johnny Otis said that.

Jamesetta Hawkins
(January 25, 1938 – January 20, 2012)
better known as Etta James.

"I wanna show that gospel, country, blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, rock 'n' roll are all just really one thing. Those are the American music and that is the American culture." Etta James said that.