Carla Thomas

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human recording artist soul singer

Carla Thomas is an American soul singer, often called the "Queen of Memphis Soul," known for hits like "Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)" and her influential recordings with Stax Records.

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Label	Occurrences
Carla Thomas canonical	50
Carla Thomas discography	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ recording artist ⓘ soul singer ⓘ
activeIn	1960s ⓘ 1970s ⓘ
associatedWith	Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ Otis Redding ⓘ Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ surface form: Stax Records house band
basedIn	Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
duetPartner	Otis Redding ⓘ
familyName	Thomas ⓘ
father	Rufus Thomas ⓘ
genre	Soul music ⓘ surface form: Memphis soul rhythm and blues ⓘ soul music ⓘ
givenName	Carla ⓘ
influenced	later soul and R&B singers ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
name	Carla Thomas self-link ⓘ
nickname	Queen of Memphis Soul ⓘ
notableAchievement	pioneering female artist at Stax Records ⓘ
notableWork	B-A-B-Y ⓘ Carla (album) ⓘ Comfort Me (album) ⓘ Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes) ⓘ Gee Whiz (album) ⓘ I Like What You’re Doing (To Me) ⓘ King & Queen (album with Otis Redding) ⓘ Let Me Be Good to You ⓘ The Queen Alone (album) ⓘ Tramp ⓘ
occupation	singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
performerOf	B-A-B-Y ⓘ Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes) ⓘ I Like What You’re Doing (To Me) ⓘ Let Me Be Good to You ⓘ Tramp ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
recordLabel	Atlantic Records ⓘ Stax Records ⓘ
sexOrGender	female ⓘ
sibling	Marvell Thomas ⓘ Vaneese Thomas ⓘ

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Stax Museum of American Soul Music → highlightsArtists → Carla Thomas ⓘ

Otis Redding → associatedAct → Carla Thomas ⓘ

Stax Records → notableArtist → Carla Thomas ⓘ

Carla Thomas → name → Carla Thomas self-link ⓘ

Jim Stewart → associatedAct → Carla Thomas ⓘ

Rufus Thomas → parentOf → Carla Thomas ⓘ

Stax studio → recordedArtist → Carla Thomas ⓘ

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

B-A-B-Y → artist → Carla Thomas ⓘ

B-A-B-Y → performer → Carla Thomas ⓘ

B-A-B-Y → recordedBy → Carla Thomas ⓘ

B-A-B-Y → partOf → Carla Thomas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Carla Thomas discography

Tramp → performer → Carla Thomas ⓘ

Tramp → duetWith → Carla Thomas ⓘ

Tramp → isOneOfBestKnownCollaborationsOf → Carla Thomas ⓘ

Let Me Be Good to You → performer → Carla Thomas ⓘ

Let Me Be Good to You → notableWorkOf → Carla Thomas ⓘ

Let Me Be Good to You → musicalArtist → Carla Thomas ⓘ

Let Me Be Good to You → hasPerformer → Carla Thomas ⓘ

I Like What You’re Doing (To Me) → performer → Carla Thomas ⓘ

I Like What You’re Doing (To Me) → hasArtist → Carla Thomas ⓘ

Queen of Memphis Soul → refersTo → Carla Thomas ⓘ

Queen of Memphis Soul → honorificFor → Carla Thomas ⓘ

Marvell Thomas → sibling → Carla Thomas ⓘ

Gee Whiz (album) → artist → Carla Thomas ⓘ