by Bman | Feb 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
I just received the newest release, Apollo Saturday Night/Saturday Night At The Uptown, from Real Gone Records and it's a real R&B party. Originally released on Atlantic in 1964, these two original LP's are combined onto a single Cd. Opening Apollo Saturday Night...
by Bman | Mar 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
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...
by Bman | Sep 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
I have just listened to the new remastered release of Rufus Thomas "Do the Funky Chicken" release. The recording just got to put a smile on your face. Originally released back in 1970 these recordings are quite entertaining. Put it on and take it for a spin!Get...
by Bman | Sep 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
CONCORD MUSIC GROUP’S STAX REMASTERS SERIES CONTINUES ON SEPTEMBER 13 WITH REISSUES FROM RUFUS THOMAS, THE DRAMATICS, AND SHIRLEY BROWN Rufus Thomas’s Do the Funky Chicken, Shirley Brown’s Woman to Woman, and the Dramatics’ Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get are fortified...