Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)

E314361

single song

"Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)" is a 1960 soul ballad by Carla Thomas that became her breakthrough hit and a classic of early Memphis soul music.

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Label	Occurrences
Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes) canonical	6

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	single ⓘ song ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Gee Whiz (album) ⓘ surface form: Gee Whiz
breakthroughFor	Carla Thomas ⓘ
composer	Carla Thomas ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
decadeOfRelease	1960s ⓘ
describedAs	classic of early Memphis soul music ⓘ
genre	Memphis soul ⓘ ballad ⓘ soul ⓘ
hasArtist	Carla Thomas ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	subsequent Memphis soul ballads ⓘ
hasMainTheme	adolescent romantic admiration ⓘ
hasNotability	considered a soul standard ⓘ
hasTitle	Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes) self-link ⓘ
isPartOf	early Memphis soul repertoire ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricSubject	a girl’s crush on a boy ⓘ
musicalEra	early 1960s soul ⓘ
notableFor	being Carla Thomas’s first major hit ⓘ helping establish the Memphis soul sound ⓘ
originalReleaseFormat	7-inch single ⓘ
performer	Carla Thomas ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Memphis ⓘ surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
recordedBy	Carla Thomas ⓘ
recordedIn	Memphis ⓘ surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
releaseYear	1960 ⓘ
tempo	slow ⓘ
vocalist	Carla Thomas ⓘ
vocalRangeFeature	youthful, girlish tone ⓘ
vocalStyle	tender ⓘ
writer	Carla Thomas ⓘ

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Carla Thomas → notableWork → Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes) ⓘ

Carla Thomas → performerOf → Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes) ⓘ

Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes) → hasTitle → Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes) self-link ⓘ

Gee Whiz (album) → titleTrack → Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes) ⓘ

subject surface form: Gee Whiz

Gee Whiz (album) → hasHitSingle → Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes) ⓘ

subject surface form: Gee Whiz

Gee Whiz (album) → hasTrack → Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes) ⓘ

subject surface form: Gee Whiz