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Rufus Thomas, Jr. (March 26, 1917 – December 15, 2001) was an American rhythm and blues, funk, soul and blues singer, songwriter, dancer, DJ and comic entertainer from Memphis, Tennessee. He recorded for several labels including Chess and Sun in the 1950s, before becoming established in the 1960s and 1970s at Stax Records. He is best known for his novelty dance records including "Walking the Dog" (1963), "Do the Funky Chicken" (1969) and "(Do the) Push and Pull" (1970).

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rdfs:comment	Rufus Thomas, Jr. (March 26, 1917 – December 15, 2001) was an American rhythm and blues, funk, soul and blues singer, songwriter, dancer, DJ and comic entertainer from Memphis, Tennessee. He recorded for several labels including Chess and Sun in the 1950s, before becoming established in the 1960s and 1970s at Stax Records. He is best known for his novelty dance records including "Walking the Dog" (1963), "Do the Funky Chicken" (1969) and "(Do the) Push and Pull" (1970).
foaf:name	Rufus Thomas Thomas, Rufus
dc:description	American musician
foaf:givenName	Rufus Thomas, Jr.
active years end year	1998-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
active years start year	1930-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
associated band	Marvell Thomas Carla Thomas Vaneese Thomas
associated musical artist	Marvell Thomas Carla Thomas Vaneese Thomas
background	solo_singer
birth date	1917-03-26(xsd:dateTime) 1917-03-27(xsd:dateTime)
birth place	United States dbpedia:Cayce,_Mississippi
birth year	1917-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
death date	2001-12-15(xsd:dateTime)
death place	United States City of Memphis
death year	2001-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
genre	Novelty songs Southern soul Blues Funk Rhythm and blues
occupation	dbpedia:Disc_jockey dbpedia:Singing dbpedia:Songwriter dbpedia:Comedian dbpedia:Dance dbpedia:Television_presenter
record label	dbpedia:Stax_Records dbpedia:Sun_Records dbpedia:Chess_Records dbpedia:AVI_Records
is associated band of	Carla Thomas Charles "Skip" Pitts
is associated musical artist of	Carla Thomas Charles "Skip" Pitts
is musical artist of	Walking the Dog (Do The) Push and Pull (Part 1) Do the Funky Chicken
is musical band of	Walking the Dog (Do The) Push and Pull (Part 1) Do the Funky Chicken
is starring of	Wattstax
is writer of	Walking the Dog (Do The) Push and Pull (Part 1) Do the Funky Chicken

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