Carla Thomas
Carla Venita Thomas (born December 21, 1942) is an American singer, who is often referred to as the Queen of Memphis Soul. She is best known for her 1960s recordings for Atlantic and Stax including the hits "Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)" (1960), "B-A-B-Y" (1966) and "Tramp" (1967), a duet with Otis Redding. She is the daughter of Rufus Thomas.
Genre: soul, motown, classic-soul, northern-soul
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Top Tracks
- Tramp
- Tramp - Mono
- Tell It Like It Is
- Gee Whiz, It's Christmas
- B-A-B-Y
- Red Rooster
- B-A-B-Y (From "Baby Driver")
- Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me
- Night Time Is the Right Time
- B-A-B-Y
- Gee Whiz, It's Christmas
- Call Me A Fool [Feat. Carla Thomas]
- Call Me A Fool
- Call Me A Fool
- Call Me A Fool [Feat. Carla Thomas]
- African Proverb [Feat. Carla Thomas]
- Call Me A Fool
- African Proverb
- Comfort Me - Live
- Gee Whiz, Look at His Eyes - Live
Albums (43)
- Sweet Sweetheart (Remastered 2025) (2025)
- Friendship [Feat. Carla Thomas and Stax Music Academy] (2024)
- Stax Records Presents (2024)
- Blue Christmas (2023)
- Mercy And Grace (Live Chicago '88) (2023)
- Live (2022)
- For You (2021)
- Tramp (Korky Buchek Remix) (2021)
- The Classic Years (2021)
- Bring It on Home (2021)
- Let Me Be Good to You: The Atlantic & Stax Recordings (1960-1968) (2020)
- Gee Whiz (Remastered) (2020)
- The Puppet: Northern Soul Sides (2020)
- I Can't Take It (2019)
- The Albums 1961-1967 (2019)
- B-A-B-Y (2017)
- Stax Classics (2017)
- Tramp (2016)
- Live: 1989 Memphis Music & Heritage Festival (2014)
- Live in Europe (2009)
- The Platinum Collection (2007)
- Stax Profiles: Carla Thomas (2006)
- Walkin' The Dog (1970)
- Live in Memphis (2002)
- The Complete Stax / Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 2: 1968-1971 (1993)
- The Very Best of Otis Redding (1992)
- Hidden Gems (1992)
- Chronicle: Their Greatest Stax Hits (1979)
- R & B Christmas - Extended Play Vol. 3 (1970)
- Memphis Queen (1971)
- Love Means (1971)
- The Queen Alone [Expanded Reissue] (1970)
- The Queen Alone (1970)
- The Dock of the Bay (1968)
- The Dock of the Bay (Mono) (1970)
- King & Queen (1967)
- Let Me Be Good to You / Another Night Without My Man (1966)
- Comfort Me (1966)
- Carla (Mono) (1970)
- Carla (1970)
- Gee Whiz (1970)
- The Myth of Carla Thomas (1960)
- I Didn't Believe (1959)
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