⭐"I'd Rather Go Blind" is a blues song written by Ellington Jordan and co-credited to Billy Foster and Etta James. 🎶It was first recorded and released by Etta James in 1967, and has subsequently become regarded as a blues and soul classic. 🎶It has since been recorded by a wide variety of artists, including the blind-from-birth Clarence Carter, on his 1969 album The Dynamic Clarence Carter. 🎶Etta James won six Grammy Awards and 17 Blues Music Awards. 🎶She was inducted into the Rock and Roll H