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Memphis Queen by Carla Thomas

Stax Records executive Al Bell felt that Carla Thomas, then in her mid-twenties, could become another Diana Ross and recruited Detroit producer Don Davis to come up with a cross between the Motown and Memphis sounds. Thomas’s honey-toned pipes and lilting turns of phrase proved ideally suited to the project, titled Memphis Queen, which yielded the Top Ten r&b hit "I Like What You’re Doing to Me." Marvell Thomas sat in the producer’s chair for most of the follow-up album, Love Means. . ., taking his sister even further down the pop path, but it was a Davis-produced track, the lovely "You’ve Got a Cushion to Fall On," that grabbed the bulk of the airplay.

Tracklist
1.I Like What You're Doing (To Me)2:58
2.I Play For Keeps2:46
3.Don't Say No More2:20
4.More Man Than I Ever Had2:47
5.I've Fallen In Love2:45
6.He's Beating Your Time3:02
7.Unyielding2:48
8.Strung Out2:38
9.How Can You Throw My Love Away2:34
10.Guide Me Well4:17
11.Precious Memories2:41
12.Where Do I Go?2:22
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released January 1, 1971

1971, © 1971 Craft Recordings, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
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Carla Thomas holds the distinction of being the first artist to cut a record at the Stax Records studio at 926 E. McLemore Avenue. Well, one of the first. She actually recorded that first song with her famous father, Rufus Thomas, at the age of 17. The duet, “Cause I Love You,” became a regional hit and changed the course of music history forever.