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Rufus Thomas
Did You Heard Me?/Crown Prince of Dance
Genres: Blues, International Music, Pop, R&B, Classic Rock

Track Listings (20) - Disc #1
1. (Do the) Push and Pull, Pt. 1 - Rufus Thomas, Thomas, Rufus
2. The World Is Round - Rufus Thomas, Thomas, Rufus
3. (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons - Rufus Thomas, Best, William
4. The Breakdown, Pt. 1 - Rufus Thomas, Floyd [3]
5. The Breakdown, Pt. 2 - Rufus Thomas, Floyd, Eddie
6. Love Trap - Rufus Thomas, Stewart, Randy
7. Do the Funky Penguin, Pt. 1 - Rufus Thomas, Bridges
8. Do the Funky Penguin, Pt. 2 - Rufus Thomas, Bridges, Jo
9. Ditch Digging - Rufus Thomas, Floyd, Eddie
10. 6-3-8 - Rufus Thomas, Stewart, Randall
11. Git on up and Do It - Rufus Thomas, Thomas, Rufus
12. I Know (You Don't Want Me No More) - Rufus Thomas, George, Barbara
13. Funkiest Man Alive - Rufus Thomas, Dortch-Thomas. Rufa
14. Tutti Frutti - Rufus Thomas, Blackwell, Robert
15. Funky Robot - Rufus Thomas, Dortch
16. I Wanna Sang - Rufus Thomas, Thomas, Rufus
17. Baby It's Real - Rufus Thomas, Alexander, James W.
18. Steal a Little - Rufus Thomas, Arnold, Calvin
19. I'm Still in Love With You - Rufus Thomas, Rice, Bonny "Mack"
20. The Funky Bird - Rufus Thomas, Bridges, Jo

CD Details

All Artists: Rufus Thomas
Title: Did You Heard Me?/Crown Prince of Dance
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Stax
Release Date: 4/28/1995
Genres: Blues, International Music, Pop, R&B, Classic Rock
Styles: Regional Blues, Memphis Blues, Electric Blues, Modern Blues, Reggae, Funk, Soul, Southern Rock
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
Other Editions: Crown Prince of Dance
UPC: 025218882620

CD Reviews

The Second Hardest Working Man In Showbusiness

Eddie Landsberg | Tokyo, Japan | 10/18/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"First, forget the sound samples... I have no idea why they do this... they picked the two corniest tracks on the album(s) to put up... Jeez, great promotional tool (not !) but trust me, Rufus Thomas is funky... especially if you dig Stax, and you dig late '60s James Brown... Rufus is the man... its down home funk... I first discovered him via his performance on WATTSTAX... he practically stole the show... Best known for combining "the latest funky dance craze" with a variety of Novelty themes, and a lot of tunes that had titles that began "Do The (Funky) Something or Another" tunes like The Breakdown, Git on up and Do It, Funkiest Man Alive, The Funky Robot, I Wanna Sang and The Funky Bird with their funky rhythm guitar licks, Rufus's fat and throaty voices, and those crisp Memphis horn punches warrent some heavy dancing, and in many ways are a sampler's wet dream... Somewhere between JB, and Dyke and The Blazers and Archie Bell and The Drells... this is real blues drenched classic SOUL with a bit of funk in the pocket...
Rufus Thomas may not have rewritten the book, but he definitely knew how to throw it around the people.. Maybe if you look around Amazon you can find some sound clips of the tunes I mentioned and check it out... you tell me if I'm lying...
I have both these albums on vinyl... and trust me, they've gotten their fair share of play...A Top Pick in *my* book for fans of classic Memphis soul w/ a touch of JB !"