Rufus Thomas

​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

Born:

Mar 26, 1917 In Cayce, Mississippi, USA

Movie/TV Credits:

7

First Appeared:

In the movie Wattstax 1973-02-04

Latest Project:

Movie Only the Strong Survive 2002-01-14