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18 de feb. de 2021 · A 2006 Grammy on a mantel below a painting of singer Irma Thomas and her husband, Emile Jackson, at their home in New Orleans on Tuesday, February 9, 2021.
Irma Thomas (née Lee; born February 18, 1941) is an American singer from New Orleans. She is known as the "Soul Queen of New Orleans". Thomas is a contemporary of Aretha Franklin and Etta James, but never experienced their level of commercial success.
16 de feb. de 2022 · As is made clear in “Irma: My Life in Music,” a documentary debuting on PBS stations across the country this month, Thomas has treated baring her soul as serious work for the past six decades.
28 de feb. de 2022 · She was discovered in1959 while working as a waitress at a New Orleans club, where she was asked to sing alongside R&B singer Tommy Ridgley. The duet got her fired but led to much more. Thomas soon became known for her crisp, soulful voice and penchant singing love songs with a sweet southern twang.
Irma Thomas turned 80 this week. The obligatory references to her classic single “Time Is On My Side” are still appropriate. Like Aaron Neville, who notched his 80th in January, the Soul Queen of New Orleans is in good health, good spirits and good voice.
8 de may. de 2024 · En 2005 el Huracán Katrina lo destruyó pero Thomas sigue reinando y ante ella se postran los demás. Fue consagrada la Reina del Soul de Nueva Orleans, la tierra que se considera la cuna del jazz.
18 de feb. de 2024 · Irma Thomas has remained an institution in New Orleans, with steady appearances on talk shows, in TV commercials and in magazine ads.
