2/6/2009

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Etta James swings against Beyonce for performing her song, "At Last," at the inauguration.

Cynthia Qi

In an audio clip that surfaced on Thursday, Etta James knocked against Beyonce for daring to perform her signature song, "At Last," at the inauguration for President Barack Obama.  
  
According to Associated Press, the 71-year-old singer said in the clip from a Jan. 31 concert at Boulevard Casino, "The great Beyonce . . . I can't stand Beyonce, she has no business up there, singing up there on a big ol' president day, gonna be singing my song that I've been singing forever."Later, Etta James claimed that she was kidding and the jokes were "not from a vicious place," when interviewed by New York's *Daily News*.  
  
This was not the first time that Beyonce had sung "At Last." Last year, she portrayed James in the film, *Cadillac Records*.