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Thelma & Jerry is an album by the American musicians Thelma Houston and Jerry Butler, released in 1977 on Motown Records. It is the first of two vocal duet albums Houston did with Butler. It includes the R&B chart hit, "It's a Lifetime Thing".
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- Chicago Recording Studios, Chicago, Illinois
- 1977
1972 – Thelma Houston (MoWest Records, MW 102 L) 1975 – I've Got the Music in Me (Sheffield Lab., LAB-2) a nome Thelma Houston & Pressure Cooker; 1976 – Any Way You Like It (Tamla Records, T6-354S1) 1977 – Thelma & Jerry (Motown Records, M6-887S1) a nome Thelma Houston & Jerry Butler; 1977 – The Devil in Me (Tamla Records, T7-358R1)
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Early life and career
Houston was born in Leland, Mississippi. Her mother was a cotton picker. She and her three sisters grew up primarily in Long Beach, California. After marrying and having two children, she joined the Art Reynolds Singers gospel group and was subsequently signed as a recording artist with Dunhill Records. Despite her surname, she is unrelated to Whitney Houston. In 1969, Houston released her debut album, entitled Sunshower, produced, arranged and composed by Jimmy Webb except for one track. In...
"Don't Leave Me This Way"
Houston released her third solo 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 Billboard Hot 100. "Don't Leave Me This Way" won Houston the Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the Grammys for 1977. Besides its US success "Don't Leave Me This Way" became a hit in at least twe...
Departure from Motown
With the lead single from her 1978 album The Devil in Me: "I'm Here Again", Houston returned to the style of "Don't Leave Me This Way" without recapturing the earlier single's success. Houston did enjoy considerable commercial success in 1978 via the inclusion of her track "Love Masterpiece" on the Thank God It's Friday soundtrack album which sold double platinum but her own album release that year Ready to Roll again failing to consolidate the stardom augured by "Don't Leave Me This Way". Th...
Films
1. 1975: Death Scream— Lady Wing Ding 2. 1977: Game Show Models— Dana Sheridan 3. 1979: The Seventh Dwarf 4. 1988: And God Created Woman— prison singer 5. 1998: 54— herself 6. 1998: Beloved— one of The Thirty Women
Television
1. 1969: The Ed Sullivan Show- guest singer, singing "Didn't We"(December 8) 2. 1969: The Price of Fame – Guest singer, singing "Jumpin' Jack Flash" 3. 1971: The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine— various characters 4. 1975: The Golden Globe Award— Guest Singer 5. 1980: The Two Ronnies - Guest singer, singing " The Candyman" 6. 1985: Cagney & Lacey(5,11: Play it again, Santa) — Ellie Hendricks 7. 1986: Simon & Simon— Venutia 8. 1986: Tall Tales & Legends— Edna 9. 1987: Little Miss Perfect— Ms. Bon...
Soundtracks
1. 1976: The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings— "Steal on Home", "Razzle Dazzle" 2. 1976: Norman... Is That You?— "One Out of Every Six" 3. 1978: Thank God It's Friday— "Love Masterpiece" 4. 1984: Getting Physical— "Hot Dance", "To Be Free" 5. 1985: Into the Night— "Keep It Light" 6. 1989: Lean on Me — "Lean on Me"
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Ready to Roll. (1978) Two to One is Thelma Houston 's seventh studio album released on Motown Records in June 1978. It was her second duets album with Jerry Butler, composed of only two left-over duets from their Thelma & Jerry album from the previous year, "If It Would Never End" and "You Gave Me Love", padded out with previously ...
Thelma & Jerry by Thelma Houston, Jerry Butler released in 1977. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
