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Thelma Houston
Thelma Houston is a r&b artist from Mississippi, USA. 45 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
R&B · Mississippi, USA · Best r&b albums
- 4.0 /5
- 2 ratings
- 45
- Releases
- 1969–2026
- Active years
Discography
19
Most popular
Any Way You Like It
1976 · 8 tracks
I've Got the Music in Me
1975
Never Gonna Be Another One
2016
Qualifying Heat
1984
The Devil in Me
1977
Sunshower
1969
Ride to the Rainbow
1979
Thelma & Jerry (Expanded Edition)
2020
Turn Your World Around (Remixes)
2020
Two To One
2020
Ready To Roll
2019
Reachin' All Around
2019
Thelma Houston (Expanded Edition)
2018
Breakwater Cat
2016
A Woman's Touch
2014
Best Of Thelma Houston
2012
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Thelma Houston
2007
The Best Of
2000
Throw You Down
1990
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Singles & EPs
26
Don't Leave Me This Way (UK Chart Top 20 - No. 13)
Single · 2018
Love Is the Power
Single · 2026
Golden Day
Single · 2024
Love Train
Single · 2024
![I Still Love You (feat. E White) [Brenttwood Remix] cover](https://cdn-images.dzcdn.net/images/cover/d24065a26f2fc957d9b1e7eae5098477/1000x1000-000000-80-0-0.jpg)
I Still Love You (feat. E White) [Brenttwood Remix]
Single · 2023
Didn't We (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, December 28, 1969)
Single · 2021
Save The Country (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, December 28, 1969)
Single · 2021
Don't Leave Me This Way (Relight Orchestra & Joe Vinyle Remix)
Single · 2021
Someone Is Standing Outside
Single · 2020
Turn Your World Around
EP · 2019
Love Masterpiece
Single · 2019
Oh Happy Day (Christmas at The Vatican) (Live)
Single · 2019
I Still Love You (feat. Rodney Houston)
Single · 2019
Don't Leave Me This Way (Billboard Hot 100 - No 01)
Single · 2018
Disco Live!
Single · 2018
Have Yourself A Merry Christmas
Single · 2016
Soul Masters: Thelma Houston (Live)
Single · 2014
Don't Leave Me This Way (Rerecorded)
Single · 2013
Don't Leave Me This Way - EP
EP · 2012
![You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) [Live] cover](https://cdn-images.dzcdn.net/images/cover/d53336dc2231bb4a63ffe32d3df3169c/1000x1000-000000-80-0-0.jpg)
You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) [Live]
Single · 2012
Gliding on Love
Single · 2011
Don't Leave Me This Way - Single
Single · 2011
Don't Leave Me This Way (Studio 54 Mix)
Single · 2008
Don't Leave Me This Way (Live)
Single · 2008
Soul Masters: Great Golden Day
Single · 2005
Don't Leave Me This Way
Single · 1987
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About
Thelma Houston (née Jackson; born May 7, 1946, Leland, Mississippi) is an American singer and actress. She scored a number-one hit in 1977 with her cover version of the song "Don't Leave Me This Way", which won the Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. Houston is the daughter of a cotton picking mother. She and her three sisters grew up primarily in Long Beach, California. After marrying and having two children, she joined the Art Reynolds Singers gospel group and was subsequently signed as a recording artist with Dunhill Records. She is not related to Whitney Houston. In 1969, Houston released her debut album, entitled Sunshower, produced, arranged and composed by Jimmy Webb except for one track. In 1971 she signed with Motown Records but her early recordings with them were largely unsuccessful. Her most notable single during that period was "You've Been Doing Wrong for So Long" which peaked at #64 on the U.S. Billboard R&B chart in 1974. However Houston's vocal prowess on that track secured her a nomination for a Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.
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In 1973 Motown Productions announced a projected biopic of Dinah Washington which would star Houston; however the project was dropped due to difficulties in getting clearance from Washington's relatives. In April 1974 Houston joined the cast of The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine, playing various characters during the show's skits. The show was canceled in August and for the next several years her work was limited to demo recordings and performing at small venues. Houston took acting classes and received her first role in the 1975 made-for-television film Death Scream. In that same year Sheffield Lab released "I've Got the Music in Me" a Direct to disc recording by Thelma Houston and Pressure Cooker that went on to become a benchmark vinyl recording for audiophiles. The following year she recorded songs for the soundtrack to the film The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings starring Billy Dee Williams and James Earl Jones. In 1975 Houston appeared on the Golden Globe Award broadcast performing the nominated song "On & On" and also was featured in a tribute to Berry Gordy on that year's American Music Award broadcast singing "You've Made Me So Very Happy". That year Houston's version of "Do You Know Where You're Going To" was being set for single release when it was pulled and the song given to Diana Ross to serve as the theme song for the movie Mahogany. In 1976 Houston sang backing vocals for Motown labelmate Jermaine Jackson on his album My Name Is Jermaine.
Thelma Houston in brief
- How many Thelma Houston releases are on Riffiter?
- 45 releases are catalogued, spanning 1969 to 2026.
- What genre is Thelma Houston?
- Thelma Houston is catalogued under R&B.
- What is the most recent Thelma Houston release on Riffiter?
- Love Is the Power, released in 2026.