Paired with Stax writing whiz-kids
Isaac Hayes and
David Porter,
Thomas had her greatest chart run, beginning with the hit "B-A-B-Y" and continuing with "Let Me Be Good to You." Both of those appear here, alongside evocative slabs of country-soul in covers of Hank Williams's "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" and
Patsy Cline's "I Fall to Pieces." For good measure,
Thomas also tries her hand at the blues with covers of
Howlin' Wolf's "Little Red Rooster" and
Jimmy Reed's "Baby What You Want Me to Do?" ~ Rob Bowman