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"That woman he has singing for him, singing my song, she's gonna get her [booty] whipped. . . . I can't stand Beyoncé. She has no business up there singing up there on a big ol' president day . . . singing my song that I've been singing forever."

-- Blues singer Etta James, caught on tape telling a Seattle audience last week why she's unhappy Beyoncé sang "At Last" for the Obamas at the Neighborhood Inaugural Ball. The glam young superstar portrayed James in last year's "Cadillac Records" movie.