Rufus Thomas

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Cayce, Mississippi, USA

Rufus Thomas, Jr.  (March 27, 1917 – December 15, 2001) was an American rhythm and blues, funk and soul singer and comedian from Memphis, Tennessee, who recorded on Sun Records in the 1950s and on Stax Records in the 1960s and 1970s. He was the father of soul singer Carla Thomas and keyboard player Marvell Thomas. A third child, Vaneese, a former French teacher, has a recording studio in upstate…

Known for

• Memphis '692019
• The Blues — Self (archive footage)2003
• Only the Strong Survive — Self2002
• Sounds of Memphis — Self2002
• Cookie's Fortune — Theo Johnson1999
• A Family Thing — Tommy1996
• The Soul of Stax — Self1994
• All Day and All Night: Memories from Beale Street Musicians — Self1990
• Mystery Train — Man in Station1989
• Great Balls of Fire! — Haney's Big House Dancer1989

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1917-03-26

Active to

2001-12-15

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

248,202

Total plays

1,340,306

Rufus Thomas (March 26, 1917 – December 15, 2001) was a rhythm and blues and soul singer from Memphis, Tennessee, United States, who recorded on Sun Records in the 1950s and on Stax Records in the 1960s and 1970s. He was the father of soul singer Carla Thomas (best known for the classic song "B-A-B-Y") and keyboard player Marvell Thomas. A third daughter, Vaneese, a former French teacher, for years had a recording studio in upstate New York where she sang for television commercials. <a href="htt

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Rufus

Family name

Thomas

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Cayce

Place of death

Memphis

Occupation

dancer

Languages spoken

English language

Native language

English language

Genre

funk

Record label

Chess Records

Image

2011-01-08 Downtown Memphis TN 39.jpg

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