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    Irma Thomas Wish Someone Would Care

    Ace
      • 1. Wish Someone Would Care
      • 2. I Need Your Love So Bad
      • 3. Without Love (There Is Nothing)
      • 4. Please Send Me Someone To Love
      • 5. Another Woman's Man
      • 6. Sufferin' With The Blues
      • 7. Time Is On My Side
      • 8. While The City Sleeps
      • 9. Straight From The Heart
      • 10. I've Been There
      • 11. I Need You So
      • 12. Break-A-Way

      Originally released in 1964, the album title was taken from her big R&B hit single ‘Wish Someone Would Care’ which got to #17 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1964.

      Produced by Eddie Ray and arranged by H.B. Barnum it’s a stone cold soul classic featuring tracks like ‘Please Send Me Someone To Love’. ‘Straight From The Heart’, ‘Another Woman’s Man’ and ‘Break-A-Way’ that was the B-side to ‘Wish Someone Would Care’.

      Features an interview with Irma discussing this part of her career with writer Garth Cartwright.

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