Carla Thomas - Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes)

[1sexymona]

I LOVE OLD SCHOOL. PEOPLE NEED TO TAKE NOTES ON WHAT A REAL SINGER IS. CARLA IS THE TRUTH!!!!

[darchylde612]

carla wrote this song at the tender age of 15, expressing all the feelings of burgeoning young love. it was incredible then but to hear her sing it now as a grown woman is just phenomenal because of the fact she's a woman with a woman's experiences and desires, who knows something of the world and the pain it can sometimes bring. echoing bobojenkins88, it indeed is a shame, bordering on criminal how this extraordinary talent has been overlooked over the years.

[bobojenkins88]

What a great, great song. It is nearly criminal how underappreciated Miss Carla Thomas is. She should be given so much more consideration for her magnificent contributions to popular music.... Her dad was pretty cool too!

[BitTechnologyInc]

Carla still maintain her voice quality and still look just as good as some 20 year old. Man what a star, this is real music and where did it go?

[DunklenHerzen]

WOW. I love this. She's amazing. I'm new to soul so if anyone could please recomend me to songs like these, I'd be so grateful.

[Canuckofithaca]

@DunklenHerzen she did a duet album with Otis Redding called King & Queen that is fantastic. If you haven't discovered Otis yet, you're in for a treat!

[DunklenHerzen]

@Canuckofithaca

Thank you so much! I'll definitely check them out.

[taypar11]

I almost died the moment I first heard this version. Please marry me Carla so I can wake up in the morning listening to your beautiful voice. !!!!!

[DowntownDomJC]

Carla Thomas does a great job on this song with the big band sound. Love it!!

If you want to hear another version -- try the Heartaches from Jersey City, NJ with more of a Doo-Wop version. You'll love it.

[lapinkoira]

amazing i am an really old man , but in this song my gosebump growing . sorry my bad english

[MrsMJ2007]

Love this song. :)

[ThinkTooMutch]

Good to hear her again, though I wish she wouldn't "soul" it up so much.

[CharlesBarry]

OMG, she sounds great, thank you so much for shearing this with us !

[thebigfist]

Wow! Carla sounds better now than ever! Roberta Peters` version was good, but Carla`s will always be the best ever!

[JazzyJ1318]

Carla loved Otis Redding and Otis loved her! Love is strange and it aint always right! But thats the way love is !!

[lifetimemovielover]

@JazzyJ1318 I would love to read more about the love between them.

[smilinarie11]

I want this to be my weddin song <3

[early60srcool]

One of my very favorites. Song and singer! She's great!

[joythekingsdaughter]

Thanks for your Hospitality towards the Trinidad and Tobago Fire Service Police and Fire Service World Games Team in Memphis Tennessee

[tanya0011]

Gee wiz..greatest song of all time! gee wiz!!!!! I love my man, & he 2 have gee wiz eye's! Thank the Lord..he finds me attractive 2! a match made in Heaven.

[tanya0011]

YEP! i hooked! oldie...but goodie...nice..& sweet..so true...some ppl have beautiful eyes--------------Jesus for 1.

[dolittle1949]

someone had gee whiz  as a favorite oldie..Listened to it..thought hell no this is not the one I remember this one is...Great song...All I can say is GEE WHIZZZZZZZZZ...

[edisonoside]

jizz wizard..

[TNleslieM]

Thanks for taking me back to the good old days of slow dancing and teenage love. You ARE the best!!!

[PBBCORP]

did she really say gee whiz

[auaiao9]

@PBBCORP yes she did. I STILL say gee whiz.

[VinDcator]

Never knew she was so g-r-e-a-t till now! Thanks for this!

[joythekingsdaughter]

Carla performance is excellent ,humble,yet absolutely professional ,she demonstrated and left with us lifelong exemplar values as she sang to open the Fire and Police World Games in Memphis We were the virtual Caribbean representatives at the Fire and Police World Games that year.(Curwin Callender we love you ,please visit us,Trinidad and Tobago. God will, see you in New York July/August : 911 commemorative Games air marked to be unprecdentated,.

curwin_callender@msn.com

[sm289]

sjajno

[47yesican]

Always Loved Carla Thomas!

Who doesn't!!

[herpur7]

Of all the songs I've ever heard, this is my favorite.

[maggiepypy]

This is BEAUTIFUL!! A real / true songstress with a heaven kissed voice..No one will EVER be able to sing this song the way she does..I've always loved her music...

[VinDcator]

@maggiepypy Have I just found a new soul mate?

[shellystha1]

what a beautiful voice

[dianemetters]

wild this is james smith look at those eyes man i love him so 2011

[dianemetters]

oh this brings back the good o days

[doowopman49]

THE ORIGINAL RECORDING HAS A GREAT BACKROUND, BASICLLY A "GROUP" SIDETOM D BRICK,NJ

[Iamonad]

Ms. Carla Thomas! You are truly singing that song! I've always loved your work!

[crusher1944]

wonderfull danced to this many times in NY. 1961

[ZigZagWanderer]

Gee whiz what a voice !

[Nutmeg1038]

I've heard many other versions of this song but, Carla turns me to jello. The very essence of soul. Takes me happily back to my boyhood.

[KaylaStarrSings]

I never get tired of watching this performance. I love her so much!

[ertccty]

I think this when I see his eyes.... ; )

[kittycatcarley]

my name is carley thomas <3

[romiannepug]

That voice just sends shivers down one's spine........fantastic, why doesn't she start recording again, this song would top the charts again and again!. Thanks for sharing.

[Ladybug1923]

Carla Thomas and David Sanborn....gee wiz....DAMN good song!

[vampirepossum]

all i can say is gee whiz............such musical memories. just close my eyes and enjoy.

[paulibeva]

Hi scmm42, can you find another version for me, a LP or 45, by Carla Thomas? This is nice, but I don't like the live songs, Thanks for posting this anyway.

[nothinghumanlovesfor]

I adore this women

[wakeupwithme46]

What an original! Carla Thomas la magnifique!

[macdelight]

This is Rufus Thomas' daughter..another fabulous singer..who I tried to imitate in my room, that was before tape recorders, karoeke and all that stuff! lol

[foxybrnlegz]

Wow! What a treat. She sounds just like she did years ago. Thanks for posting.

[MICKEYSMONKEY]

this song was the bomb......and she still can blow.......take me home home carla baby.

[pennyeshua]

Impressed. FABtastic!

[ukcatfan36]

great song...always loved this one!!!!

[OnlajnGramofon]

beautiful

[smokeyvelvet42]

Girl sing your heart out !!! You still got it after all these years .

[Tejano44]

Awesome Talent ! Thanks for posting this Classic . Let the good times Roll .

[barbii001]

for mah kenn beaw !!  :"}<3

[firechiefretired]

She still sounds great !

[TheZeevik]

amazing cover

[BeachComber1977]

She really kept her voice after all the years since she first recorded that song.

[mdeltafox1]

wonderful song and voice and no staxx did not get it just due back in the day, or this day but all i can say is gee whiz...................mdf

[moonglows1]

southern soul...very underrated song (as well as her voice)...

[JUANdesanpedro]

bof ! c'est trop beau !!!!!!!!

[earthsaylove]

Ahhhh! (A High Pitched Shriek Came Out Ah Me!!!!) LOVE It!

[dragonheart1947]

Fantastic voice,

[cingle2004jp]

Gee-Whiz, I didn't seem to know

[Lovecrowd]

Still a beautifull voice, Queen of Soul!

[feirabbitt]

wow i finaley find this song looking for it forever thanks for the post

[lush46]

This must sound bad but I had never heard of her but having heard this tune I don't know how I never knew.. Lovely tune

[20b40]

Carla was part of the STAXX label. She has appeared with Otis Redding ("Tramp") long time ago. She has a pretty voice. I rank her with Darlene Love ("Hair Sprey") and Arlene Smith of the Chantels. The Staxx label did not get the wider circulation as did Motown.

[lindamae2410]

@20b40 CARLA THOMAS IS THE QUEEN OF SOUL--PAST, PRESENT, & FUTURE!

[pannoni1]

@20b40 But the larger label Atlantic came to the rescue and made this a Top 10 hit. I have well over 100 Stax/Volt/Enterprise singles now in my collection.

[TOQUERA714]

Ohhhh MAn i LuV DiS SONG SO MuCH !! GEE WHIZ!!!

[TheWeeBit]

5 stars here but most likely a million...

[Womackette]

Could someone post "I Can't Take It" and "The Masquarade Is Over".  Great songs unavailable anywhere that I know of.

[asj619650]

Carla Thomas, the Original Queen of Soul!

How fortunate you were to come up in the

era you did, and perform and witness

performances by older black acts.

You have a longtime fan in San Diego.

Love the "strut" from the "Tramp" song.

[ritzy10475]

Would someone with the knowhow please post the record "No Time to Lose"

by Carla Thomas. It may not be as big as Gee Wiz but it's better in my opinion.

AH big Carla fan!

[ttdean]

CHEESE Wizzzzz!

[TOQUERA714]

haaaa haaa cheese? haaa =D

[blisskasden]

Every bit as fantastic as it was when it was a hit in the early '60s. You go girl !!

[hometown437]

Gee Whiz Carla!

You go girl!

[VA24541]

Awesome job. Does anybody have a video of Carla & Sam Moore singing "Knock on Wood" a few years ago on Conan? Please post it if you do.

[Perd11]

Awesome video!!!!!!!!

[Finallybenunderstood]

what talent!!

[samcooke64]

oh carla you sing my heart x

[geethawhizard]

I MUST MEET YOU, CARLA!!!!! THX BABY!!

[geethawhizard]

coming from the one and only Gee Whiz himself, that was BEAUTIFUL, Carla. I love you baby!! I have found my new theme song.

[djtaven2009]

LOVE YOU CARLA THOMAS FROM DJ TAVEN

[tkeitt43]

Thank u DonnaB4real.............

[sugar1on2top3]

I love Miss Carla Thomas, especially when she sings this beautiful song. Pretty face, pretty voice. She must be a very good person. I feel something sweet through her voice. Besides, I also love the way Mr. Rufus Thomas introduced his daughter, So funky. ha ha ha.

[mg1hb]

So simple, so soulful, so great! Thanks so much for posting!

[jmeansb]

man listen to that voice... she was still doin her thing.. and doin it very well... go girl!!!!!

[crawfish999]

Wonderful talent.

[ctownrock]

Luv ya, Carla, i always have!! I'll see u down on Beale St.--or betta, yet, down on highway 61 when i get to Memphis and Tunica to visit my family in July,

Meet me at the Blue and White Restaurant, b-a-b-y baby!!

[sweetgee2001]

I wonder what happened to her because she looks so bad now.

[wufwufwufwuf]

what a beautiful voice Carla has

FANTASTIC *****

[ckaiser23]

The most beautiful song ever, I love it

[mugabeone]

I got Goosebumps all over my body from seeing this here, Thanx for posting, made my day!

I am an old sould in a young mans body, How I wish I was alive during this era!

[ministerzel]

Carla not only sounds nice, she looks really good...classy and age appropriate.

[filmstudy2]

Awesome rendition!

[irwn8945]

Gee Wiz ... can that woman knock that soulful tune out, or what. Though the women that sing today are wonderful, they just don't have the soul that the sisters of yesteryear had. Aretha, Tina, Carla Ronnie from the Ronettes, and so many more I enjoy listening to

[divinalatina4u]

I love how she says "From my heart to your heart".

She sings this song with so much passion like she really is singing it to the angels up above.

[mickiyelly1960]

great, great song.

[franktil]

i love you Dave this is for you!!!

[dianesehoward]

Gee Whiz; dedicated to Ricky Campbell "1961" Phila PA

[nyimtman]

Great vocals, also exceptional backround musicians, truly professional!!!!

[sarvsen]

nice

[leedsbulldog]

Did anyone spot the guy who intoduced her !! Rufus Thomas - Her Dad

[roboshuffle]

Yes! I was just about to ask if that was Rufus.

[veramaggot]

Gee whiz!! Me like!!

[Evrastus]

Fantastic! All I Can say is:GEE WHIZ!!!!!!!!! Thank you for this!

[doowoplvr]

What a great song, she still has a beautiful voice.....Gee Whiz dedicated to John, the love of my life for always and forever.

[insectuta]

for montaukme(i*m sorry for my english.i*m still learn).

a music whitout something behind is not music IT*S ONLY NOISE !!!

[bluesgirl62]

excellent!!!!

[Montaukme]

People can re-make and copy this and that; they can NEVER truly capture the SOUL, and the CULTURAL CONTEXT of SPIRIT that this song represents....The Stuggle Continues -- and it always will.

[daylamontblaze]

carla's was the ultimate version,but bernadette peters did a hell of a job too

[insectuta]

Y can*t belive !! what voice .... !(Romania/Europe)

[sandrofarias]

Exuberante !

[michelerhae]

I dedicate this to my Ma Diana, With LOVE, Michele XOXOXO

[littfree]

this is very good back in the old days it take you back  and still good to day love it

[winsome1235]

Gee Whiz! What a song, what a voice. Long live Carla Thomas!

[KaylaStarrSings]

I have to meet Carla one of these days. She is and will continue to be my biggest inspriation!

[inkyej]

Beautiful lady...beautiful song! Thanks for the memories.

[amersbabe]

i love this so sexy song..no matter who sings it..she says Amer-what i've been telling you along...i love you baby..you mean the world to me

[jujuman23]

This woman's voice has reached me all the way down to the marrow of my bones since I was 13 years old.

[SHAUNNAY5]

I LOVE DIS SHOW SUPA N LUV WIT DIS SONG

[nrl3000]

I love this song... it does something to me! My dad played this for me when I was 8 and I fell in love with it!

[babahini]

she is just beautiful, too.

[machine1313]

absolutely glorious..her voice is perfection..delicious.

[scarecrowbike]

Love it Love it Love it!

Transcendent performance as is the original.

[nyimtman]

excellent voice, and great back-up musicians, well done!

[funkytokki]

what a marvelous voice! anybody can post her 'comfort me'?

[tinyboy22]

this is david sanborn in the backround or not?

[scmm42]

It is David Sanborn. This clip is from Night Music which was his show.

[sepod]

In the next ten years, she had twenty two singles on the national charts, including "I'll Bring It on Home to You" (an answer to Sam Cooke's "Bring It on Home to Me"), "Let Me Be Good to You," and Isaac Hayes' "B-A-B-Y." She is well-known for her duets with Otis Redding, from the album King & Queen, including the recordings of the Lowell Fulson composition "Tramp" and the Steve Cropper/Eddie Floyd song, "Knock on Wood". Wiki

[sepod]

At the age of 17, she recorded a duet with her father Rufus Thomas, "Because I Love You," which became a Southern hit and gave the Satellite record label (later Stax Records) its first real success. In 1961 she rose to national prominence with "Gee Whiz (Look in His Eyes)," which reached the Top Ten in both the R&B and Pop categories, becoming the first Memphis soul record to have an impact nationwide and insuring the success of the Stax Records label. from wiki

[doowoplvr]

Still have a beautiful voice......another great doowop song.........keeping the sound alive.

[shogun2077]

I loved her beautiful message so much that I named my daughter Carla in 1967. I still love her.

[2baholic]

Every performance of Carla singing this song is beautiful. Check out her singing Gee Whiz on "Live at the Bohemian Gardens." When was this video recorded? She looks Marvelous!! :-)

[MICKEYSMONKEY]

my 1st time actually seeing her sing one my favorite songs of my youth...she looks and stll sounds beautiful...thanks for the memories...youtube rocks.

[Tigerbabysob]

WOW! Thanks for posting this. She looks and sounds amazing. Great performance from a soul legend!

[Jamaicanchocolate34]

Hey. Could you download gee whiz its christmas from Carla. Thank you.

[Karmu2]

Fabulous performance by a great lady and great artist

[000amp]

Carla sounds GREAT and absolutely has her teeth top and bottom. Look at 3:03- 3:05, for example. What are you people talking about????

[winsome1235]

Bravo to a great, great singer!

[doowop47]

wow...that's all I can say!!!!

[mjenkins07]

Are you people serious this woman is a beautiful older woman with all her teath...yall need to try god.

[ladiesoul]

wtf... are u ppl blind!? she has teeth... look again ... i KNOW i saw em at 1:01 or so and again at 2:15..... u ppl are just plain mean.... period

[MusicByBrandy23]

still sounds great

[GuitarMike1]

Carla still sounds good ! Check out her other tunes with Otis Redding too. The daughter of Rufus and Stax recording artist.

[COYOTE6619]

Carla USED to be one FINE sista'! Now she got a mustache and no muffkin' TEEF!

[rosiesantiago]

Thank you for letting me know it was Carla Thomas.I love this song, I was in the Army and did we dance the grind. Thank you for the memories. I was 17.

[HumbleHarry]

Wasn't that Rufus Thomas, Carla's dad, who introduced her in this video? She does sound great here.

[000amp]

Yes, that was her dad Rufus Thomas.

[eplafan]

She's the Memphis Soul Queen! Has anyone seen her lately? She doesn't have any teeth. Saw her perform on the Stax "Soul Comes Home" show in 2005 ... couldn't believe she's toothless.

[kpitt1204]

I watched that yesterday. I was wondering what it up with that too. I just assumed for some reason she is just not able to wear false teeth. I would hope that she just chooses not to, esecially when making apperances.

[Eveebony]

wow she is still pretty and sounds the same.

[pieroangelo1]

great carla, daughter of rufus thomas,very soul!!

ciao from italy!!

[biglinguist]

Wow, that was brilliant. Like other people have said, she still sounds the same! This is fromm (I think) the late 80s.

[901kisses]

I absolutely love this song. I wish I sound just like that...

[carolynbnelson]

Wow this brings back memories, she's still sounds the same, good video what year?

[Solsisse]

coucou! merci de paris !

[ToniB4E]

Wonderful! She still sounds the same!

[Kontinuitaetsvorteil]

queen, goddess

song is called "Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes)"