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*Thelma provided backing vocals for [[Bobby, Don't You Think They Know? (single)|Bobby, Don't You Think They Know]], released January 10, 2020. | *Thelma provided backing vocals for [[Bobby, Don't You Think They Know? (single)|Bobby, Don't You Think They Know]], released January 10, 2020. | ||
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*[http://www.thelmahouston.com/ Thelma Houston official site] | *[http://www.thelmahouston.com/ Thelma Houston official site] | ||
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| + | <ref name="ms20191026">{{cite | title=Los Angeles CA - Hollywood Bowl (Oct. 26, 2019) post-show | url=https://www.morrissey-solo.com/threads/los-angeles-ca-hollywood-bowl-oct-26-2019-post-show.145046/ | pub=Morrissey-solo | auth= | date= | dom=morrissey-solo.com | type=ext }}</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:10, 21 January 2021
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.[1]
Relevance
- Thelma Houston recorded a version of "Suedehead" in 2012, as mentioned in the March 23, 2012 statement at true-to-you.net: "You might also be aware that Thelma Houston has also recorded Suedehead this year." A snippet mp3 of the cover is on bbc.co.uk.[2] The cover was also included in the intermission playlist played before Morrissey's concerts. Morrissey also mentioned the cover in an interview with Radionica (Colombia), translation by somehow still alive:
Q: Several artists have recorded versions of The Smiths or Morrissey. Have you had a chance to hear some? What is your opinion about them?
A: Of my solo songs, there are versions of Nancy Sinatra, David Bowie, Chrissie Hynde, Marianne Faithful and Thelma Houston. I kneel down every day and thank God, because it goes beyond my dreams. David Bowie took me one night to his studio in New York and played a version of one of my songs. I cried for a week. Of anything for what I have prayed in my life, I never imagined that I would be given so much
- Thelma provided backing vocals for Bobby, Don't You Think They Know, released January 10, 2020.
- Thelma played at the "Tour-end afterparty" after Morrissey's Hollywood Bowl concert on Oct. 26, 2019.[3]
External links
References
- ↑ Thelma Houston Wikipedia page. Wikipedia. Retrieved from wikipedia.org.
- ↑ Morrissey statement / San Diego date (May 22) - true-to-you.net. Morrissey-solo. Retrieved from morrissey-solo.com.
- ↑ Los Angeles CA - Hollywood Bowl (Oct. 26, 2019) post-show. Morrissey-solo. Retrieved from morrissey-solo.com.