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Rufus thomas do the funky chicken sunday night live 1989. Rufus thomas march 26, 1917 december 15, 2001 was a rhythm and blues and soul singer from memphis, tennessee, united states, who recorded on sun records in the 1950s and on stax records in the 1960s and 1970s. Do the funky chicken stax remasters by rufus thomas on. The selfproclaimed mayor of beale street, thomas wrote dozens of brilliant songs, and deserves canonization merely for being the father of the beautiful and sassy carla thomas, the best duet partner otis redding ever had and a brilliant soul singer in her own right. Rufus thomas do the funky chicken mp3 download and lyrics. Streaming and by permanent download to your computer andor device.
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