# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carla-thomas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:50:46.401Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carla-thomas"
name: "Carla Thomas"
slug: "carla-thomas"
description: "Carla Venita Thomas is an American singer, who is often referred to as the Queen of Memphis Soul. She is best known for her 1960s recordings for Atlantic and Stax including the hits \"Gee Whiz \" (1960), \"B-A-B-Y\" (1966) and \"Tramp\" (1967), a duet with Otis Redding. She is the daughter of Rufus Thomas."
tagline: "American singer (born 1942)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carla_Thomas.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1942-12-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.96
  momentum:             0.534351145038168
  historical:           16.51772
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0858589/"
    handle:    "nm0858589"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1QAGLCom3FHTTiuRFsjzOj"
    handle:    "1QAGLCom3FHTTiuRFsjzOj"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "كارلا توماس (مغنية)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كارلا توماس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Carla Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_(%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%DB%8C%DA%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "کارلا توماس (شارکیچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Carla Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carla_Thomas"
    title: "Carla Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carla_Thomas"
    title: "Carla Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carla_Thomas"
    title: "Carla Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carla_Thomas"
    title: "Carla Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carla_Thomas_(cantante)"
    title: "Carla Thomas (cantante)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%88%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9"
    title: "カーラ・トーマス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carla_Thomas"
    title: "Carla Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carla_Thomas"
    title: "Carla Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carla_Thomas"
    title: "Carla Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B0_(%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0)"
    title: "Томас, Карла (певица)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Carla Thomas"
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    title: "Carla Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/932224"
    title: "Carla Thomas"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump