The orchestral backing in Etta James’ “At Last” was The Riley Hampton Orchestra, recording at Chess Records in Chicago, Illinois.

Coincidentally, the first Rock n Roll song, “Rocket 88” by Ike Turner & Jackie Brenston was first recorded in the same building that Bessie Smith died in — now the Riverside Motel in Clarksdale, Mississippi.

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