“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Soul icon Rufus Thomas, pioneering radio DJ and singer-songwriter famed for R&B standard “Walking The Dog,” died Saturday Dec. 15 in Memphis of apparent heart failure. He was 84. Over a 70 ...

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 ...