“Rufus was creating a better community and ... That year he and his daughter, Carla Thomas, recorded “Cause I Love You,” which helped launch the young soul label. A year later, Carla ...

In summer 1960, Rufus Thomas — who had been shopping a demo tape of daughter Carla that he'd recorded at home — was tipped by local musician and family friend Robert Talley about Satellite ...

Known as “The World's Oldest Teenager," Thomas ... the late '50s, Rufus and wife Lorene's family included a pair of teenagers, piano-playing son Marvell and singing daughter Carla.

I had gone to his house in Tennessee a hundred years ago to interview his daughter, Carla ... At the time, my visit to the elegant Thomas home did not seem like a particularly big deal.

A duet with his teenage daughter, Carla, started her soul-music ... For his 80th birthday in 1997, the city renamed Hernando Street as Rufus Thomas Boulevard at the intersection of Beale Street ...

It is with tremendous sadness that I report the death this morning of the great Rufus Thomas. The father of soul music, a.k.a. rhythm and blues, who influenced so many stars, was 84. He lived in ...