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"\r\nOver the last 50 years, with 1960&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;My Dearest Darling,&amp;quot; her signature 1961 ballad &amp;quot;At Last&amp;#x201D; and later her 1978 Jerry Wexler-produced comeback album Deep in the Night, Etta James&amp;#xA0;&amp;#x2013; the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted singer, who died of complications related to leukemia last week at age 73&amp;#xA0;&amp;#x2013; remained a signature staple of music&amp;apos;s great conversation.\r\nAnd while the music world mourns the major loss that James&amp;apos; passing signifies, her legacy lives on in a rather unlikely locale &amp;#x2013; the current Billboard Hot 100 chart: James&amp;apos; vocal intro to 1962&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;Something&amp;apos;s Got a Hold on Me&amp;quot; provides the ear-catching hook to rapper Flo Rida&amp;apos;s chart-topping club jam &amp;quot;Good Feeling.&amp;#x201D; It also lays the groundwork for electronic dance music producer Avicii&amp;apos;s smash hit &amp;quot;Levels.&amp;quot;&amp;#xA0;\r\nTo that end, the iconic singer has garnered a new generation of fans - although some may not necessarily know who they&amp;apos;re listening to at first. &amp;quot;[Fans are] very surprised,&amp;quot; says Flo Rida, speaking to people&amp;apos;s wonderment when learning who provides the smoky vocal hook on his hit single. &amp;quot;But I bring it to their attention [that&amp;apos;s it Etta James] immediately.&amp;quot;\r\nPrimarily known for his four-on-the-floor party-rap bangers, the 32-year-old rapper, born Tramar Dillard, surprisingly grew up quite fond of the late singer; he says that his multi-instrumentalist father was &amp;quot;very fond of Etta James&amp;quot; and that his sisters &amp;quot;used to sing Etta&amp;apos;s songs in high school.&amp;quot; The Florida-native became aware of the specific &amp;quot;Something&amp;apos;s Got A Hold On Me&amp;quot; sample, which he eventually used for &amp;quot;Good Feeling,&amp;quot; after his A&amp;amp;R representative at Atlantic Records played him Avicii&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;Levels,&amp;#x201D; which samples James&amp;apos; &amp;quot;Sometimes I get a good feeling&amp;quot; vocal. Flo Rida was instantly intrigued; he felt using an Etta James sample in a rap song would perfectly combine a &amp;quot;very classic sound&amp;quot; with something &amp;quot;new-age.&amp;quot;\r\nAvicii, it turns out, had come to sample James on &amp;quot;Levels&amp;quot; because of the generation-spanning quality he heard in her voice. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s timeless,&amp;quot; the DJ says. The Swedish DJ, born Timothy Bergling, had been specifically drawn to the &amp;quot;raw&amp;quot; nature of James&amp;apos; vocals. &amp;quot;She really has soul,&amp;quot; he says, noting that he was specifically charmed by the &amp;quot;power of her voice.&amp;quot;\r\nBoth Flo Rida and Avicii were saddened to learn of the singer&amp;apos;s passing (It&amp;apos;s such a great loss,&amp;quot; Avicii says; Flo Rida adds, &amp;quot;Her passing away really touched me&amp;quot;). But for the rapper, in particular, James&amp;apos; death represents a meet-up that was not-to-be. &amp;quot;I would have loved to have a chance to meet her,&amp;quot; Flo Rida says, &amp;quot;just to give her my congrats.&amp;quot;\r\nThe rapper however is pleased to see a new generation of music fans coming to embrace James&amp;apos; profound musical contributions. &amp;quot;There&amp;apos;s always something great to come with tragedy,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m very happy for the fact that I got a chance to work with her.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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