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Evelyn Thomas (born Ellen Lucille Thomas in August 1953) is an American singer from Chicago, Illinois, best known for the dance hits "High Energy", "Masquerade", "Standing At The Crossroads", "Reflections", and "WeakSpot". Thomas has an entertainment incorporated company,called Eljopan Entertainment Incorporated.[1]

Although best known worldwide for her '80s Hi-NRG club hits, Thomas recorded and performed in disco, jazz, and gospel music styles for a decade before her successful stint in the 1980s. Discovered by British producer Ian Levine, who was in the U.S. in 1975 scouting for gospel and soul singers he could promote in the UK, the two recorded several tracks which resulted in a contract with 20th Century Records.[2] Evelyn Thomas scored a chart hit with her first single, reaching the UK Top 30 in 1976 with the single "Weak Spot," co-written by Levine and Paul David Wilson . A follow-up single, "Doomsday", entered the UK charts twice but each time floundered in the lower reaches, and sticky contract issues complicated her newfound success[citation needed], though Levine and Thomas would continue their association for quite some time. She signed to US label Casablanca Records for her first album release "I Wanna Make It On My Own", released 1978. With Casablanca doing little to promote the LP, she switched to AVI Records for the double A-side 12" single "Have a Little Faith in Me" / "No Time to Turn Around" which prompted the label to release it as an LP, backed with Rick Gianatos' extended remixes of her 1976 tracks "My Head's in the Stars" and "Love's Not Just an Illusion". For a follow-up, Evelyn Thomas re-recorded three tracks from an aborted project by Levine's group Moonstone, "Love in the First Degree", "Summer on the Beach" and "Sleaze" (originally entitled "Out of the Ball Game") but with the disco backlash in the USA, the tracks were left unreleased, and Levine and Thomas' careers stalled as the 1980s began

Albums (4)
Songs (25)
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I Wanna Make It On My Own
Evelyn Thomas
Songs 5 Comments 0
0 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 5 / 0 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 5 Added on 22 June 2011
Released 1978
Format Vinyl
Type
Length 0:00
N discs 1
Label Casablanca Records
Genre All Genres
Price 0.00 €
Cat N NBLP 7107
Have A Little Faith In Me
Evelyn Thomas
Songs 4 Comments 0
0 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 5 / 0 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 5 Added on 22 June 2011
Released 1979
Format Vinyl
Type
Length 0:00
N discs 1
Label AVI Records
Genre All Genres
Price 0.00 €
Cat N AVI 6069
High Energy
Evelyn Thomas
Songs 7 Comments 0
0 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 5 / 0 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 5 Added on 22 June 2011
Released 1984
Format Vinyl
Type
Length 0:00
N discs 1
Label Vanguard
Genre All Genres
Price 0.00 €
Cat N VSD 79454
Standing At The Crossroads
Evelyn Thomas
Songs 9 Comments 0
0 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 5 / 0 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 50 out of 5 Added on 22 June 2011
Released 1986
Format Vinyl
Type
Length 0:00
N discs 1
Label Record Shack Records
Genre All Genres
Price 0.00 €
Cat N SOHOLP 10

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