
Artist
Carla Thomas
Carla Thomas is a soul artist from Memphis, Tennessee, USA formed in 1952. 53 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Soul · Memphis, Tennessee, USA · Best soul albums
- 53
- Releases
- 1960–2025
- Active years
- 1952
- Formed

Artist
Carla Thomas is a soul artist from Memphis, Tennessee, USA formed in 1952. 53 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Soul · Memphis, Tennessee, USA · Best soul albums

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Carla
1966

The Queen Alone
1969

Comfort Me
1966

Memphis Queen
1969

Love Means...
1971

Hidden Gems
1992

Essential Classics, Vol. 566: Carla Thomas
2025

Sweet Sweetheart (Remastered 2025)
2025

Chronicle: Their Greatest Stax Hits
2024

Stax Records Presents
2024

Carla Thomas
2024

Dance with Me
2024

The Queen of Soul (Live)
2022

For You
2021

A Memphis Princess: 1960-62 (Remastered)
2021

Bring It on Home
2021

The Classic Years
2021

Carla Selection
2020

The Queen of Memphis Soul (Remastered)
2020

Let Me Be Good to You: The Atlantic & Stax Recordings (1960-1968)
2020

All the Best
2019

The Albums 1961-1967
2019

Stax Classics
2017

Ray & Carla (Forever Together) 30 Classic Love Songs
2017

Tramp
2016

Sativah
2015

Live: 1989 Memphis Music & Heritage Festival
2014

Promises
2014

Gee Whiz It's Carla
2013

Live in Europe
2009

Walkin' The Dog
2009

Live at The Bohemian Caverns
2007
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The Queen Alone [Expanded Reissue]
2007

The Platinum Collection
2007

Stax Profiles: Carla Thomas
2006

Live in Memphis
2002

Carla (Mono)
2002

The Myth of Carla Thomas
1960

Gee Whiz
Single · 1961

A Love of My Own (Remastered)
EP · 2025

Blue Christmas
Single · 2023

Mercy And Grace (Live Chicago '88)
Single · 2023

When Something Is Wrong With My Baby (Live)
Single · 2022

The Puppet: Northern Soul Sides
EP · 2020

The Extended Play Collection
EP · 2020

I Can't Take It
Single · 2019

B-A-B-Y
Single · 2017

Gee Whiz, It's Christmas
Single · 2014

Live
Single · 2012

B-A-B-Y / Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes) (Rerecorded)
Single · 2008

R & B Christmas - Extended Play Vol. 3
EP · 2008

Stop Look What You Are Doing
Single · 2005

Let Me Be Good to You / Another Night Without My Man
Single · 1966
Carla Venita Thomas (born December 21, 1942, Memphis, Tennessee, United States) is an American singer, who is often referred to as the Queen of Memphis Soul. She is the daughter of Rufus Thomas. Thomas was born and raised in the Foote Homes Projects. Along with her siblings, Marvell and Vaneese, she was one of three musical children of Rufus and Lorene Thomas. Despite growing up in the projects, the Thomas family lived near the Palace Theater on Beale Street, as Rufus was the theater’s emcee for their amateur shows. This access not only gave Thomas her first taste of the music world but it also provided a springboard for her transformation into the Queen of the Memphis Sound. In Memphis, the African American centered WDIA radio station sponsored a rotating musical group of high school students called the Teen Town Singers; notable alumni include Anita Louis and Isaac Hayes. Although the requirements to join the Teen Town Singers stated that the person should be of high school age, Thomas became a member in 1952 at the age of 10. She was able to sneak into their ranks thanks to the fact that her father Rufus was an on-air personality for the radio station. This opportunity with the …