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Rufus C. 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 Records and Sun Records 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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The Best of Rufus Thomas: Do the Funky Somethin'. A few other compilations have gone into specific phases of his career in greater depth, but this is certainly the best overview of a man who offered some of the funkiest and funniest Memphis soul around.

Features Song Lyrics for Rufus Thomas's The Very Best of Rufus Thomas album. Rufus Thomas Lyrics provided by SongLyrics. Lyricapsule: The Surfaris Drop ‘Wipe Out’; June 22, 1963. RIFF’d: Nas’ ‘Nasir’. Lyricapsule: The Byrds Drop ‘Mr. Tambourine Man’; June 21, 1965.

His first hit came with the equally-legendary Sun Records in the spring of 1953 when, billed as Rufus HOUND DOG Thomas, J. he recorded Bear Cat, an "answer" song to Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton's Hound Dog, which reached 3 R&B b/w Walking In The Rain. His next didn't come for a full decade when, now with Stax, he had The Dog go to 22 R&B/ 87 Hot 100 in February 1963. Later that year, Walking The Dog became his best Hot 100 cross-over when it hit 10 in November, as well as 5 R&B