Rufus

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R&B band funk band musical group

Rufus was a 1970s American funk and R&B band best known for launching Chaka Khan’s career and for hits like “Tell Me Something Good” and “Ain’t Nobody.”

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Ain’t Nobody 0
Tell Me Something Good 0
Ask Rufus 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf R&B band ⓘ
funk band ⓘ
musical group ⓘ
activeStart early 1970s ⓘ
album Rufus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ask Rufus

Camouflage ⓘ
Masterjam ⓘ
Rags to Rufus ⓘ
Rufus self-link ⓘ
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan ⓘ
surface form: Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan

Stompin’ at the Savoy – Live ⓘ
Street Player ⓘ
associatedAct Andre Fischer ⓘ
Bobby Watson ⓘ
Chaka Khan ⓘ
David “Hawk” Wolinski ⓘ
Quincy Jones ⓘ
Tony Maiden ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
genre R&B ⓘ
funk ⓘ
rock ⓘ
soul ⓘ
notableAchievement launched Chaka Khan’s career ⓘ
notableMember Andre Fischer ⓘ
Bobby Watson ⓘ
Chaka Khan ⓘ
David “Hawk” Wolinski ⓘ
Kevin Murphy ⓘ
Nate Morgan ⓘ
Ron Stockert ⓘ
Tony Maiden ⓘ
notableSongwriterForBand Stevie Wonder ⓘ
notableWork Ain’t Nobody ⓘ
At Midnight (My Love Will Lift You Up) ⓘ
Do You Love What You Feel ⓘ
Everlasting Love ⓘ
Hollywood ⓘ
Once You Get Started ⓘ
Please Pardon Me (You Remind Me of a Friend) ⓘ
Stay ⓘ
Sweet Thing ⓘ
Tell Me Something Good ⓘ
You Got the Love ⓘ
peakPopularity 1970s ⓘ
performedBy Rufus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Rufus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan ⓘ
surface form: Rufus and Chaka Khan

Rufus featuring Chaka Khan ⓘ
recordLabel ABC Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
MCA Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
songWrittenBy Tell Me Something Good ⓘ
styleCharacteristic funk grooves with prominent bass and guitar ⓘ
powerful lead vocals by Chaka Khan ⓘ
writtenBy David “Hawk” Wolinski ⓘ
Stevie Wonder ⓘ

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Rufus → album → Rufus self-link ⓘ
Rufus → album → Rufus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ask Rufus
Chaka Khan → associatedAct → Rufus ⓘ
Chaka Khan → notableBand → Rufus ⓘ
Rufus → performedBy → Rufus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Ain’t Nobody
Rufus → performedBy → Rufus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Tell Me Something Good
Ain’t Nobody → performer → Rufus ⓘ
Sweet Thing → performer → Rufus ⓘ
Chaka → previouslyWithBand → Rufus ⓘ
Ain’t Nobody → producer → Rufus ⓘ