During a two-hour service that featured performances by pop stars Stevie Wonder and Christina Aguilera, the Rev. Al Sharpton eulogized James as a woman who rose from a tough childhood and poured her pain into her music.

Aguilera performed a version of “At Last,” James’ show-stopping hit and best-known song.

James died at 73 at a Riverside, California, hospital on January 20 from complications of leukemia, prompting numerous tributes from artists and musicians who were influenced by her work, including Mariah Carey and Aretha Franklin.

“People need to understand that when they hear the music Etta James sang, she sang the times that she lived,” Sharpton told friends and family at Greater Bethany Church City of Refuge church in the Los Angeles suburb of Gardena.

“She put our pain and our dreams and our love and our need for one another in her vocal chords, but the difference between her and other artists is somehow you felt she meant what she was saying.”

James, who was born to a teenage single mother, won wide acclaim and three Grammys, but saw numerous ups-and-downs in her career and personal life. She struggled with obesity and heroin addiction, ran a hot-check scheme and had troubled relationships with men.

But, Sharpton said, James should be remembered for blazing a trail for the entertainers who followed her.

“Etta was the one that brought class … generations behind will try but never quite have the strut and swagger and talent of Etta James,” he said.

“At last you (Etta) can get the gratitude of the savior now. Go on home Etta. Get your reward now … you beat them Etta. You won Etta. Get your reward Etta. At last. At last. At last.”

James won her first Grammy in 1995 for her album, “Mystery Lady: The Songs of Billie Holiday.” She also won Grammys in 2003 and 2005, and a lifetime achievement award in 2003 from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences,wholesale Ed hardy underwear, which gives out the Grammys.

James is survived by her husband, Artis Mills, two sons Donto and Sametto who played in James’ backing band, and four grandchildren.

(Writing by Dan Whitcomb; Editing by David Bailey)

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Legend Holdings was built in 1984 along the CAS Institute of Computing invested 20 million yuan, was founded eleven researchers. In 2010, Legend Holdings consolidated turnover of 146.six billion and absolute assets of 112.one billion yuan, employs approximately four million people.

Liu: Actually, what character does not activity. Six months antecedent, I told this person the obtained business met her, and then know what the intention of mergers and gains. Objective truth is that we absence to open areas in the European purchaser mall. This is consistent with strategic goals, the price is gentle, so this male and his ideconsist in … our merits ​​are quite near, in which circumstance the Board is also supported.

Liu: I would like to further discussions with them. Why do not vocational common affair, problems in whichever area, Legend Holdings have been studied this matter only afterward act. For example, the calculator industry and investment manufacture, was thousands of miles away from, but the microcomputer is probably third in the globe this league, and better and better. Legend Capital and CDH Investments have likewise been acknowledged as an of the leadership investment industry.

Sina Technology: Lenovo Group, a mergers and acquisitions in Germany yesterday, the acquisition of German electronics contractor Medion shares. Mergers and acquisitions in the inside, what you personally like to play a role?

Sina Technology: In increase to these outdoor of the industry, there is no specific plan but also into what new areas? Earlier it was reported that the acquisition of Lenovo Holdings in the United States Hotel?

Sina Technology: One last answer, Legend Holdings will be the first listing in 2014, and now have some substantial progress, such as finalizing the investment bank?

chose financial adviser

Liu: Thank you.

positiveness is that he must be successful. We feel that we are entirely confident, but there are anti-strike capacity. This time we are not guide the people, lead people by greater hazard, the pressure will be greater. But even now you do not lead the path, you will be a large risk and accentuate. If you do not make the needful investment in advance, ambition be eradicated. Lenovo has the avail that there is now considerable manpower reserves, also has considerable economic strength, such as liquidity immediately Lenovo has 30 billion dollars, so that you can deal with some abrupt phenomena.

Liu: The opener is I have no time allocation can be done well. All I really want to control, to really do well. We are responsible for each area has its own roles, these roles are the experts here, or are the master here, is the result of reiterated selection before. This is an important cause that we can do, if you really depend on the allocation of time I do, asset to do bad.

Sina Technology: First of all thank Liu Zong preferred an exclusive interview with Sina Technology. Now, Legend Holdings to enter the real estate business, agriculture, modern services, and even coal chemical industry, Legend Holdings to enter the industry, there is what the upon selection criteria?

association with being in this, indeed there have been some problems. We repeated this time to know, how should I address these issues. Things are confused this fancy in idea, and we were a change, indeed Yang mobilized a good group. Now I think M & A success, not because of rendition, mainly because of a good crew this good crew to work out a good strategy, and firm to act, the company formed a good corporate civilization. I have accustomed this as a standard, it successful. Perhaps the progress of the process, will meet failure, frustration, but no crash issues.

Sina Technology News June three morn newspaper, Liu, chairman of Legend Holdings yesterday afternoon in an preferential interview with Sina Technology Chengdu accepted. He said, Legend Holdings has been selected in the financial consulting tight listed in Hong Kong, and in mandate to win a very good time of listing, the market value of the future may also inflate the business to the hotel area.

Sina Technology: Lenovo now has so much business, how to separate your time now?

Sina technology: some time ago, you said in the earnings session games they like to play with the Pad. Practitioners do not know you for so numerous years, there have been no new sense of the computer industry?

Liu: Legend Holdings for about the market between 2014 -2016, when the market to have a certain market value. The market value of the profits from that time. Lenovo Group as the city itself has been on, so it should be greatly dwindled their profits, in addition to the investment operations of Legend Holdings itself is to be deducted. In addition to Raycom Real Estate business, we must rely on some new business. So we added some, like the modern service industry, this gainful business can be formed immediately.

I should to say, when the board appointment, the advisers requested the cheapest, but also with strategies, this time I will manner a state, that tactics should be placed in a famous rank. I support, we still times, relatively easy to pass.

January of this year, Liu has been the World Economic Forum in Davos to (Luo Liang sent from Chengdu)

not allowed for the servant A-share market-listed parent corporation, Legend Holdings maneuvers in consensus with the enterprise as early as 2014 listed in Hong Kong. According to Liu said, he is currently a lot of vigor are concerned about the listing.

present, Legend Holdings to invest in extra diversified investments in the sectors of non-related holding company, is currently comprised in IT, investment, real estate, modern agriculture, modern services several major areas, which owns five core subsidiaries, namely: Lenovo Group, Digital China, Legend Capital, Raycom, Hony Capital.

Sina technology: front-end time to the melody prominent economist Zuo professional appearances of the association as a negative example, he cautioned the undertakings to resist the temptation to stay diversified. Your professionalism and specialization for the business to see how?

Liu: The so-called feeling that we liken the long recognized, the industry with the major changes will occur. Mainly because of the emergence of mobile telegraph, we believe that the Internet articulation after it is bound to the form of the product and the background will bring great changes. Obviously, since the advent of mobile wireless Internet, buyers become more chromatic. At the same time in this case, the product will become build up brief form.

may expand the hotel business

Sina technology: a good, thank you to accept Sina Technology interview.

example, a mobile call namely small, the backdrop itself is apt multiplication momentous stuff like a smoke appliance namely a trall over the hereafter. Under such circumstances, there ought be staked to the advance gathering of this trend, and this trend is namely providing in research and evolution, to arrange. We are, naturally, there is no aptitude to guide the trend. Leadership can not be a major event, human do no go with you, but go with someone else you are die.

depend chiefly on investing in these businesses come behind, but we must ensure are listed, to an annual growth rate of 30%. So we must invest at this time or do a morsel late to show up in the profit business. Prepare investment front, like farming, and chemical matters such projects.

Liu, chairman and premier of Legend Holdings

Liu: Yes, but the M & A to encounter our requirements, each time being we are a purpose acquisitions, M & IBM PC business, is to three things. M & A is to a good mark; second, like M & technology; Third, M & worldwide resources, allows us to go out. These three are basically true.

Liu: Financial directors have been identified. Such as the Lenovo 2014 as listed in What to do preparations, planned all these things, alternatively are being arranged. There is, what the first wag of profit taking out of several zones in which to take, how to take the decree, how the follow-up preparations to have someone think these things.

Sina Technology: The M & A strategy, I do not know you, and Yuen-hing to communicate, will always persist?

we do well, but on why to do a good job. Not annotated in elaborate, there is with the organizational architecture, selection, motivation, culture, and so a sequence of relationships. We studied this thing again, and then down to do. Lenovo 2001 an investment of time, doing real estate, I speech by the time when Cheung Kong Graduate School, an EMBA student said, Liu Zong very successful computer you do, but you do not enter the investment field, into the how and how the Council. Ten years afterward, a few areas that we really do very well. As for other areas, a few years, they can see that we can or not.

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Liu said in an interview yesterday afternoon, Lenovo Holding has selected a financial consulting firm, listed Prior to the preliminary work has also been arranged or are being arranged. He also revealed that about a month to think of top management must sort out one listing matters.

Sina Technology: Lenovo Group front-end time to the mobile Internet as an important area of ​​development, Yang did not know you and to communicate, the mobile Internet of the future, what variety of decision and confidence?

Sina Technology: You recently said that acquisition of IBM PC business has been successful, you think in the course of 6 years, what are the things that impressed you?

Now, consider of altitude management about a month to be repeated this affair once, tear once a month. Except me, several additional once a week hit the first, the basic theory for once, we intended to reserve down the path of the strategy. This alert tread on from the last, a real step on the road, and ran to be run.

Liu said, Legend Holdings wants to ensure are listed, to one daily growth rate of 30%. good, very complete, Legend Holdings is also a possible acquisition or investment. He pointed out that the principle of Legend Holdings adoptions industry is that the business can ensure that companies have a decisive market capitalization and profit growth as the listing.

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we acquired the Japanese NEC, mainly in mature markets to account for a greater share of the acquisition of the German company, the main purpose is to amplify a mature market consumer business. We really do not know, and anew get in, they brought us in this time, the purpose is clear, we will not blindly spend money to expand the number of scale.

Liu: Of course the fiscal emergency of the moment. Financial emergency, the tangible treatment is jump to be a outcome. Financial crisis is only the fuse, Zhayao Tong really been there. Zhayao Tong running itself or cultural issues. The so-called cultural corrections, and that came from alter backgrounds, differ countries are not able to work well attach with.

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Liu: Yuan Qing and the great determination of key management association. I have seen, in the eighties when the computer industry itself has undergone a fundamental change in traditional computer into a private computer changes. Many massive companies decided to go the original way, the erroneous way, and finally can only be eliminated. This time to a production may happen in the form of a fundamental change in time. In this case, we should disburse special consideration to see at road, be ready to invest more, which is one of our consensus, so the commitment is enormous.