<Ul> <Li> Etta James </Li> <Li> Ellington Jordan </Li> <Li> Billy Foster </Li> </Ul> <Tr> <Th> Producer (s) </Th> <Td> Rick Hall </Td> </Tr> <P> "I'd Rather Go Blind" is a blues song written by Ellington Jordan and co-credited to Billy Foster . It was first recorded by Etta James in 1967, released in 1968, and has subsequently become regarded as a blues and soul classic . </P> <P> Etta James wrote in her autobiography Rage To Survive that she heard the song outlined by her friend Ellington "Fugi" Jordan when she visited him in prison . She then wrote the rest of the song with Jordan, but for tax reasons gave her songwriting credit to her partner at the time, Billy Foster, singer with doo - wop group The Medallions . </P>

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