Thelma Houston (1972)
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Thelma Houston is the second album by Thelma Houston
, recorded in 1972 and released in 1973. The album includes the single, "Me and Bobby McGee
". This is her first album recorded with Motown Records
under the Mowest label
Thelma Houston
Thelma Houston is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She scored a number-one hit in 1976 with her cover version of the song "Don't Leave Me This Way", which won the 1978 Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.-Early life & career:Houston is the daughter of a cotton picking mother...
, recorded in 1972 and released in 1973. The album includes the single, "Me and Bobby McGee
Me and Bobby McGee
"Me and Bobby McGee" is a song written by Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster, originally performed by Roger Miller. Others performed the song later, including Kristofferson himself, and Janis Joplin who topped the U.S. singles chart with the song in 1971 after her death, making the song the second...
". This is her first album recorded with Motown Records
Motown Records
Motown is a record label originally founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation in Detroit, Michigan, United States, on April 14, 1960. The name, a portmanteau of motor and town, is also a nickname for Detroit...
under the Mowest label
Track listing
- "What If"
- "There's No Such Thing As Love"
- "Me and Bobby McGeeMe and Bobby McGee"Me and Bobby McGee" is a song written by Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster, originally performed by Roger Miller. Others performed the song later, including Kristofferson himself, and Janis Joplin who topped the U.S. singles chart with the song in 1971 after her death, making the song the second...
" - "I'm Letting Go"
- "Do Something About It"
- "There Is A God"
- "Black California"
- "And I Never Did"
- "Blackberries"
- "And I Thought You Loved Me"