Rags to Rufus

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Rags to Rufus is a 1974 funk and soul album by Rufus featuring Chaka Khan that helped establish the band’s mainstream success.

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Rags to Rufus canonical 3
Rufus (album) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf music album
studio album
artist Rufus
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan
associatedBandMember Al Ciner
Andre Fischer
Dennis Belfield
Kevin Murphy
Ron Stockert
award Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
surface form: Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals (for Tell Me Something Good)
chartPosition Billboard 200 top 20 album
Billboard Top R&B Albums top 5 album
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception positive reviews
decade 1970s
featuresVocalist Chaka Khan
followedBy Rufusized
follows Rags to Rufus self-linksurface differs
surface form: Rufus (album)
genre funk
soul
hasCoverArt Rags to Rufus album cover
hasSingle Tell Me Something Good
You Got the Love
hasStyle funk rock influences
hasType second studio album by Rufus
helpedEstablish Rufus mainstream success
includesSong Ain't Nothin' But a Maybe
In Love We Grow
Look Through My Eyes
Rags to Rufus self-link
Sideways
Smokin' Room
"Swing Down Chariot"
surface form: Swing Down Chariot

Tell Me Something Good
Walkin' in the Sun
You Got the Love
language English
mainVocalPerformer Chaka Khan
notableWorkOf Rufus
originalFormat vinyl LP
performer Chaka Khan
Rufus
producer Bob Monaco
Rufus
recordedIn Los Angeles
recordLabel ABC Records
releaseDate 1974
significance breakthrough album for Rufus

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Rufus album Rags to Rufus
Rags to Rufus follows Rags to Rufus self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Rufus (album)
Rags to Rufus includesSong Rags to Rufus self-link