Rufus Thomas
March 26, 1917 (107 years old) in Cayce, Mississippi, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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 New York and sings for television commercials. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rufus Thomas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Credits
- 2019 ·Memphis '69as
- 2002 ·Sounds of Memphisas Self
- 2002 ·Only the Strong Surviveas Self
- 1999 ·Cookie's Fortuneas Theo Johnson
- 1996 ·A Family Thingas Tommy
- 1994 ·The Soul of Staxas Self
- 1990 ·All Day and All Night: Memories from Beale Street Musiciansas Self
- 1989 ·Mystery Trainas Man in Station
- 1989 ·Great Balls of Fire!as Haney's Big House Dancer
- 1973 ·Police Storyas
- 1973 ·Wattstaxas Self