"Frantic" Fay Thomas

Fannie "Frantic Fay" Crawford Thomas (September 14, 1922 – July 6, 1978) was an American pianist and vocalist.

"[1] Thomas was featured with Earl Carroll's Vanities in the spring of 1944 and played eight months at Harry's Show Bar in Detroit.

[3] Billboard magazine described her style as "individual, with a jive touch," adding that "she is at her very best in an interpretation of the deep blues.

Reviewing the single, Billboard wrote: "New thrush-88er packs a dynamite live style with something of Rose Murphy and Nellie Lutcher and plenty of her own.

[5] The record "I Don't Want Your Money, Honey" was Cash Box magazine's Race Disk O' The Week.

Jut listen to this gal skim thru the 88's and gurgle, chuckle, giggle and sing, and make more sounds than you've heard in a month of Sundays.