Rufus Thomas

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entertainer human radio personality recording artist singer songwriter

Rufus Thomas was an American R&B, funk, and soul singer, songwriter, and entertainer known for dance-themed hits like "Walking the Dog" and "Do the Funky Chicken."

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Label Occurrences
Rufus Thomas canonical 9
Rufus C. Thomas Jr. 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf entertainer ⓘ
human ⓘ
radio personality ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
birthDate 1917-03-26 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 2001-12-15 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Thomas ⓘ
fullName Rufus Thomas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Rufus C. Thomas Jr.
genre blues ⓘ
funk ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
soul music ⓘ
givenName Rufus ⓘ
instrument voice ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
notableFor contributions to Memphis soul music ⓘ
dance-themed rhythm and blues songs ⓘ
energetic stage performances ⓘ
notableWork Bear Cat ⓘ
Do the Funky Chicken ⓘ
Do the Funky Chicken ⓘ
surface form: Do the Funky Penguin

Push and Pull ⓘ
The Breakdown ⓘ
Walking the Dog ⓘ
occupation disc jockey ⓘ
entertainer ⓘ
radio host ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
parentOf Carla Thomas ⓘ
Marvell Thomas ⓘ
Vaneese Thomas ⓘ
performerOf Do the Funky Chicken ⓘ
Do the Funky Penguin ⓘ
Walking the Dog ⓘ
placeOfBirth Cayce, Mississippi ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
placeOfDeath Memphis ⓘ
surface form: Memphis, Tennessee

United States of America ⓘ
recordLabel Chess Records ⓘ
Stax Records ⓘ
Sun Records ⓘ
residence Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workedAt WDIA radio station ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stax Records → notableArtist → Rufus Thomas ⓘ
Carla Thomas → father → Rufus Thomas ⓘ
Sun Records → notableArtist → Rufus Thomas ⓘ
Holly Springs, Mississippi, United States → hasNotablePerson → Rufus Thomas ⓘ
subject surface form: Holly Springs, Mississippi
Rufus → hasNotableBearer → Rufus Thomas ⓘ
Jim Stewart → associatedAct → Rufus Thomas ⓘ
Rufus Thomas → fullName → Rufus Thomas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rufus C. Thomas Jr.
Stax studio → recordedArtist → Rufus Thomas ⓘ
Marvell Thomas → father → Rufus Thomas ⓘ
Stax/Volt Revue European tour → hasPerformer → Rufus Thomas ⓘ