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Irma Thomas. Photo by Kim Welsh

High Fidelity: Irma Thomas tells the story of “Time Is On My Side”

June 26, 2017 by: Michael Allen Zell

“I was only 23 years old when I recorded ‘Time Is On My Side.’ It was offered to me when I did the Wish Someone Would Care album sessions in California. I wasn’t told Jimmy Norman was the writer. Jackie DeShannon was there. The Blossoms (with Darlene Love) were the backup singers. H.B. Barnum was the producer and director. The drummer was Earl Palmer, who moved to California fr...

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