Thursday, 8 May 2014

A Brief History

           Something got a hold on me is a song by American singer-songwriter Etta James. James, Leroy Kirkland and Pearl Woods wrote the song, while Leonard and Phil Chess handled production. It was released in 1962 at a label called Argo on 7” vinyl disks. Something got a hold on me is an R&B track with elements of soul, blues and gospel. Upon its release, the song hit number four on Billboard Hot R&B Sides chart.

            Various contemporary artists covered something got a hold on me. In 2010, American singer-songwriter Christina Aguilera recorded a cover version of the song on the soundtrack Burlesque which is the song we are going to talk about even though we are not going to recreate the song, is good to take into account that this is the song from which we start.

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