Etta Cameron

Etta Cameron (Ettamae Louvita Coakley; November 21, 1939 – March 4, 2010) was a Bahamian–Danish singer.[1] She especially sang jazz and gospel, and left her mark in the Danish music culture through her entire career from her arrival in Denmark in the 1970s. She was made a Knight of Dannebrog in 1997.[2]

Etta Cameron
Etta Cameron (left) singing together with Manfred Krug, 1970
Background information
Birth nameEttamae Louvita Coakley
Born(1939-11-21)November 21, 1939
Nassau, Bahamas
DiedMarch 4, 2010(2010-03-04) (aged 70)
Aarhus, Denmark
GenresJazz, gospel
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsVocals
Years active1970s – 2009
Associated actsManfred Krug, Debbie Cameron

Cameron was also well known as one of the judges in the first two seasons of Scenen er din, the Danish version of the American TV show Star Search.

Cameron was born in Nassau, Bahamas. From 1967 till 1972 she lived in East Berlin which she used as a base for getting performance commitments in Eastern and Western Europe. Popular claims that she had lost her passport and has thereafter been forced to stay in the GDR for five years have been proven wrong. In 1972 Cameron moved to Denmark.[3]

Her daughter Debbie Cameron, born in Miami, Florida, in 1958, also moved to Denmark in 1978, where she, too, established a musical career, not least representing Denmark twice in the Eurovision Song Contest, in 1979 and 1981 along with Tommy Seebach.

Cameron died on March 4, 2010, in Aarhus, Denmark, after a long illness.[1]

Solo discography

The following albums have been published by Etta Cameron:

  • Come together with Etta (1975)
  • I'm a Woman (1976)
  • Mayday (1980)
  • Easy (1981)
  • My Gospel (1987)
  • A Gospel Concert with Etta Cameron (1995)
  • Lovesongs (1995)
  • Etta Cameron mit NDR Big Band (1996)
  • Certainly Lord (1996)
  • My Christmas (1996)
  • 'Etta Cameron Ole Kock Hansen and Tuxedo Big Band (1998)
  • A Gospel Concert with Etta Cameron vol. 2 (1996)
  • I Have a Dream (2000)
  • Lady Be Good (2003)
  • Her vil ties, her vil bies (2005)
  • Spirituals (2008)
  • Etta (2009)

Filmography

Literature
  • Hun gav smerten vinger (English: She Gave the Pain Wings) (2007)

References
  1. "Gospel great Etta Cameron dies". The Copenhagen Post. March 5, 2010. Archived from the original on March 8, 2010.
  2. Gravsted.dk - I 1996 udnævnt til associeret professor ved Rytmisk Musikkonservatorium, blev året efter Ridder af Dannebrog (Danish)
  3. "Eigentlich will Etta Cameron nur für ein paar Wochen bleiben, aber die Dinge bekommen eine ungeahnte Dynamik. [...] Die DDR bietet ihr ideale Entfaltungsbedingungen und erweist sich als Sprungbrett: Von hier aus reist Etta Cameron durch ganz Europa, Ost wie West." Rauhut, Michael (October 24, 2016). "Der Arbeiter-und-Bauern-Soul". Die Tageszeitung (in German). Berlin. Retrieved January 3, 2021.; "[...] ihre Kinder schildern, wie es war, in Prenzlauer Berg zu wohnen und in Westberlin zur Schule zu gehen." Miessner, Robert (November 7, 2016). "Brüske Abwehr, steife Umarmung". Die Tageszeitung (in German). Berlin. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
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