R&B Soul Music JukeboxDiscography and Biography of Thelma Houston
Thelma Houston Songs
Thelma Houston (born May 7, 1946) 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". In 1969, Houston released her debut album, entitled Sunshower, produced, arranged and composed by Jimmy Webb except for one track. In 1971 she signed with Motown Records but her early recordings with them were largely unsuccessful. An album entitled Thelma Houston was released on the Motown subsidary label MoWest in 1973. Her most notable single during that period was "You've Been Doing Wrong for So Long" which peaked at #64 on the U.S. Billboard R&B chart in 1974. Houston released her third album Any Way You Like It in 1976. The first single released was her version of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes' 1975 song "Don't Leave Me This Way". In February 1977 the track hit Number 1 in the U.S. on the R&B and Club Play Singles charts, then in April 1977 on the Hot 100. "Don't Leave Me This Way" won Houston the Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the Grammys for 1977. Also in 1977 Houston teamed up with Jerry Butler to record the album Thelma & Jerry. A further collaboration album, with Jerry Butler, was released in 1978, entitled 'Two To One'. After a few more less successful albums she left Motown and continued her recording career at RCA then MCA then Reprise, releasing several more albums along the way. 1984's MCA album 'Qualifying Heat', contained the dancer 'You Used To Hold Me So Tight', a track which pleased Soul and Dance fans alike, peaking at number 13 on the R&B charts. The songs "I'd Rather Spend the Bad Times with You" and "(I Guess) It Must Be Love" from the same album charted also. Houston took a break from recording before returning on the Reprise label for 1990's album release, 'Throw You Down'. The album was produced by Richard Perry, with the title song reaching number 5 on the U.S. dance charts, her last notable chart success.
Below is a list of Thelma Houston songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.
(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)
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to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did. 