Vaneese Yseult Thomas (born August 24, 1952) is an American R&B, jazz and soul blues singer, best known for her 1987 US Billboard R&B chart hit single, "Let's Talk It Over".
[4] Born in Memphis, Tennessee, United States,[1] she is the youngest child of Rufus Thomas; her brother Marvell and sister Carla are also musicians.
[2] Her self-titled debut album spawned a couple of top 20 US R&B hit singles in "Let's Talk It Over", which featured a saxophone solo by Najee,[5] and "(I Wanna Get) Close To You" in 1987.
She provided the singing voice of Grace the Bass on the PBS children's television series, Shining Time Station, and of Clio the Muse in the Disney film, Hercules.
[3][11] In 2008, Thomas and James D-Train Williams won the Odyssey Award as joint narrators of Walter Dean Myers' audiobook, Jazz.