1962

GONE * IRMA THOMAS * MINIT 642 * USA

She now bears the title of the Soul Queen of New Orleans, but back in the day's when she cut this, the flip side of I Done Got Over It her third record for Minit, she was still struggling, despite her debut single, her version of Dorothy LaBostrie's Don't Mess With My Man, hit #22 on the Billboard R&B chart in May 1960.

See also Breakaway and Wish Someone Would Care


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