Shocking Omissions: Irma Thomas, 'Wish Someone Would Care'
Thomas' 1964 album is not the usual entry point into her work for newer fans — but it's the album that introduced the local hitmaker to the world at large.
This essay is one in a series celebrating deserving artists or albums not included on NPR Music's list of 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women.
New Orleans soul singer cut stone classic after classic in the early 1960s as a teenage belter on the legendary local label Minit Records – proving grounds for local rhythm and blues royalty like and Ernie K-Doe, and 's first home base as a producer. The singles she recorded there — ballads like "Cry On," "It's Raining," and "Ruler Of My Heart," and the sassy, upbeat "Hittin' On Nothing," whose lyrics gave the Detroit Cobras the title for their debut album almost
