Latest Release
- 4 AUG 2023
- 8 Songs
- Did You Heard Me? · 1971
- Walking the Dog · 1963
- Do the Funky Chicken (Stax Remasters) · 1970
- Get Rhythm: Sam Phillips and Sun Records' Beginnings (Remastered 2022) · 1953
- Walkin' the Dog (Bonus Track Version) · 1964
- Funkiest Man Alive: The Stax Funk Sessions 1967-1975 · 2003
- Holidays Are Coming · 2024
- Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos · 2023
- Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos · 2023
- Soul'd Out: The Complete Wattstax Collection · 2023
- 2014
- 2012
- 2012
- 2009
Live Albums
- 2013
- 2013
- 2013
- 2013
About Rufus Thomas
The Crown Prince of Dance, Rufus Thomas is one of the most significant figures in Memphis music history, and also an important contributor to the development of early rock & roll, classic Southern soul, and funk. Thomas began singing in the 1940s and made his name as a radio DJ in Memphis before recording the classic Sun Records side "Bear Cat." He signed on with the legendary Stax Records in the early '60s, where he released a series of fun yet hard-hitting soul records, many of which -- "Do the Funky Chicken," "Do the Penguin," "Walking the Dog" -- were directives for the latest dance crazes. Although Thomas was a genial entertainer, he was also one mean soulster, a reputation he upheld dutifully until his death in 2001.
- HOMETOWN
- Cayce, MS, United States
- BORN
- 26 March 1917
- GENRE
- R&B/Soul