The museum has put together a new exhibit, “A Century of Funk: Rufus Thomas at 100,” which will open March 10 and run through Aug. 3. The exhibit will include photos, promo material ...

“A Century of Funk” — which runs through Aug. 31 — will include photos, promotional material ... you could argue Rufus Thomas might be the most important person in Stax Records history ...

Stax Records cornerstone and one of R&B’s most memorable iconoclasts, Rufus Thomas, died of heart failure on December 15th in Memphis at age eighty-four. Thomas, who found fame as a radio DJ as ...

(CBS 11) - Rufus Thomas (1917-2001) was a R&B/soul singer, active from 1936-1998, and charted four times on Billboard from 1963-1971, with three of those four in 1970 and 1971. He started as a tap ...

To those who knew him, singer and song writer Rufus Thomas was more than the grandfatherly figure that bestrode the Memphis music scene with ceremonious style and a mischievous wink. Thomas was ...

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 ...

RUFUS THOMAS, who has died aged 84, was best known for such novelty dance records as Do the Funky Chicken and Walkin' the Dog in the 1960s and 1970s. He was also a dancer, comedian, disc jockey ...