noun. 1 A person who concentrates primarily on a particular subject or activity; a person highly skilled in a specific and restricted field: he is a specialist in psychometric testing [with modifier]: the study was undertaken by a market-research specialist. Employers in the financial services sector are slow to recruit marketing candidates from outside their own specialist field. 2  Not long ago, technology recruitment was one of the most active, and profitable, specialist areas within the Irish recruitment market.
I'd Rather Go Blind is a bluessong written by Ellington Jordan[SUP] [/SUP]and co-credited to Billy Foster. It was first recorded by Etta Jamesin 1967, released in 1968, and has subsequently become regarded as a blues and soulclassic.
The album was released on Argo Records in November of 1960 and was produced by Phil and Leonard Chess. The original release contained four of James' hits on the Rhythm and Blues Records Chart between 1960 and 1961. It was her first of five studio albums James would release on the Argo label.