2001-12-15
1917-03-26109 years, 7 months, and 12 days old
1
Place of birth:
Cayce, Mississippi, USA
Adult:
No
Gender:
Male
Biography
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.
Best Credits: 12
| Title | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wattstax | Self | 6.8 | 1973-02-04 | 0.9104 | ||
All Day and All Night: Memories from Beale Street Musicians | Self | 0 | 1990-02-23 | 0.5132 | ||
Only the Strong Survive | Self | 7 | 2002-01-14 | 0.7298 | ||
The Soul of Stax | Self | 0 | 1994-01-01 | 0.5005 | ||
Sounds of Memphis | Self | 9.5 | 2002-02-19 | 0.6176 | ||
Mystery Train | Man in Station | 7.3 | 1989-09-06 | 3.0112 | ||
Cookie's Fortune | Theo Johnson | 6.4 | 1999-03-24 | 1.0911 | ||
Great Balls of Fire! | Haney's Big House Dancer | 6.3 | 1989-06-30 | 2.2064 | ||
A Family Thing | Tommy | 6.563 | 1996-03-29 | 1.3804 | ||
Memphis '69 | 0 | 2019-01-28 | 0.1817 |
0 of 12 row(s) selected.