NEW YORK (Billboard) - For songstress Irma Thomas, the last few years have been pretty good -- and a long time coming. Sign up here. Often overshadowed by contemporaries like Aretha Franklin and Etta ...

Legendary soul singer Irma Thomas is set to join the Rolling Stones on stage today at the New Orleans Jazz Festival, in what promises to be an electrifying collaboration. Thomas, often referred to as ...

Irma Thomas at Essence Fest 2010 Friday, July 2, 2010 credit (Photo by Michael DeMocker / Times-Picayune archive) Irma Thomas: Grammy-winning soul singer Plenty of New Orleanians – and visitors – use ...

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 18-24: Feb. 18: Vocalist Yoko Ono is 91. Singer Herman Santiago of Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers is 84. Singer Irma Thomas is 83. Actor Jess Walton (“The ...

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Over a career spanning nearly six decades, singer Irma Thomas has amassed an impressive list of accomplishments: hit records, Grammys, performances in prestigious venues, world tours and the ...

Families will be gathering this weekend to celebrate mothers, grandmothers or great-grandmothers — or in the case of beloved New Orleans R&B singer Irma Thomas, all three. With seven children, 15 ...

Irma Thomas is one of the last living links to the golden age of New Orleans rhythm & blues. Remarkably, at 83 her voice is as rich and nuanced as ever. Her recordings of “It’s Raining,” “Ruler of My ...

In 1964, the great New Orleans R&B singer Irma Thomas released her version of "Time Is On My Side," a song that Danish-American jazz trombonist Kal Winding and his orchestra first released a year ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Grammy Award-winning blues singer Irma Thomas will perform the national anthem at the Allstate Sugar Bowl on New Year’s Day. Thomas, who is known as the “Soul Queen of New Orleans ...