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- The secret place
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Ponchatoula, Louisiana, USA
Known for
- A Taste of Heaven: The Ecstatic Song & Gospel of Maestro Raymond Anthony Myles2023
- Take Me to the River: New Orleans — Self2022
- Music Pictures: New Orleans2022
- Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon — Self2022
- Irma Thomas: The Soul Queen of New Orleans — Self2021
- America's Musical Journey — Self2018
- New Orleans: The First 300 Years — Interviewee2017
- Treme2010
- New Orleans Concert - The Music of Americas Soul2006
- The New Orleans Concert: The Music of America's Soul — Self2006
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Irma Thomas (b. February 18, 1941, Ponchatoula, Louisiana) whose only national chart hit in a 50 year career is 1963's "Wish Someone Would Care", is an enduring, Grammy winning, soul, gospel, rhythm and blues singer from New Orleans. Known as the "Soul Queen of New Orleans", she is a contemporary of Aretha Franklin and Etta James, but did not tour as relentlessly, and industry support and major commercial success eluded her for decades. Thomas, who once was told by execs at Atlantic in the late
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Irma
- Family name
- Thomas
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Ponchatoula
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Genre
- rhythm and blues
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Chess Records
- Official website
- www.irmathomas.com
- Image
- IrmaThomas2006.jpg
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- Irma Thomas
- date of birth
- 1941-02-18
- start of work period
- 1959-00-00
- nickname
- Soul Queen of New Orleans
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