
Other than on the Northern soul circuit, Irma Thomas has never achieved the level of recognition in the UK that her contemporaries Etta James, Gladys Knight and Aretha Franklin have enjoyed, an oversight yet to be remedied.

Other than on the Northern soul circuit, Irma Thomas has never achieved the level of recognition in the UK that her contemporaries Etta James, Gladys Knight and Aretha Franklin have enjoyed, an oversight yet to be remedied.