
Irma Thomas
About Irma Thomas
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 60's that "she just didn't have it anymore"
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Top Tracks

Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)

Time Is On My Side

Ruler of My Heart

It's Raining

Wish Someone Would Care

Straight From The Heart

I Need Your Love So Bad

Take A Look

Breakaway

Don't Mess With My Man
May Ev’ry Day Be Christmas

Two Winters Long

Times Have Changed

It's Starting To Get To Me Now

Cry On

Good To Me

In Between Tears

While The City Sleeps

Live Again

I Haven't Got Time To Cry

What Are You Trying To Do

Break-A-Way

Teasing But You're Pleasing

You Don't Miss A Good Thing (Until It's Gone)

Sufferin' With The Blues

Baby Don't Look Down

Some Things You Never Get Used To

The Hurt's All Gone

He's My Guy

I Done Got Over It

Hittin' On Nothing
Long After Tonight Is All Over

Another Man Done Gone

Somebody Told You

Back Water Blues

Break-A-Way - Remastered

Please Send Me Someone To Love

Another Woman's Man

I Need You So

Cheater Man

We Got Something Good

Wait, Wait, Wait

Without Love There Is Nothing

Gone

Girl Needs Boy

I've Been There

These Four Walls

She'll Never Be Your Wife

I'm Gonna Cry Til' My Tears Run Dry

Hittin' On Nothin'
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