Personalities | Rufus Thomas | Fifties | Jazz & Blues
(Vocals, 1917–2001)
Rufus Thomas Jr. was born in Cayce, Mississippi and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. He worked with tent and minstrel shows throughout the 1930s. He recorded for Sun Records in the early 1950s and had the label’s first hit with ‘Bear Cat’ in 1953; he also worked as a disc jockey at WDIA, Memphis. He began recording for Stax in 1959 and had big R&B hits with humorous dance songs such as ‘Walkin’ The Dog’ and ‘Do The Funky Chicken’. Billed as the ‘World’s Oldest Teenager’, Rufus Thomas was an ambassador for Memphis blues and is the father of 1960s soul siren Carla Thomas.
Styles & Forms | Fifties | Jazz & Blues
Personalities | Big Mama Thornton | Fifties | Jazz & Blues
AUTHORITATIVE
An extensive music information resource, bringing together the talents and expertise of a wide range of editors and musicologists, including Stanley Sadie, Charles Wilson, Paul Du Noyer, Tony Byworth, Bob Allen, Howard Mandel, Cliff Douse, William Schafer, John Wilson...
CURATED
Classical, Rock, Blues, Jazz, Country and more. Flame Tree has been making encyclopaedias and guides about music for over 20 years. Now Flame Tree Pro brings together a huge canon of carefully curated information on genres, styles, artists and instruments. It's a perfect tool for study, and entertaining too, a great companion to our music books.
David Bowie
Fantastic new, unofficial biography covers
his life, music, art and movies, with a
sweep of incredible photographs.