[©2011 hyperbolium dot com], Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 6, 2018, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 22, 2014, Un gran bel disco di funky (con varie bonus) da uno degli inventori di questo genere. [5], https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Do_the_Funky_Chicken&oldid=870070631, Pages using infobox song with unknown parameters, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 22 November 2018, at 05:10. It's 20 tracks, and contains all the essentials from this era of his career. Fans of Stax, early-70s funk and Rufus Thomas will all find something special here. "Do the Funky Chicken" is a song written and recorded by American R&B singer and entertainer Rufus Thomas for Stax Records in 1969. You don't just use one. Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2019. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.
It became one of his biggest hits, reaching #5 on the R&B chart in early 1970, #28 on the US pop chart,[1] and #18 in Britain where it was his only chart hit.[2]. Ma il simpaticissimo Rufus non era solo questo! To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. "Do the Funky Chicken" is a song written and recorded by American R&B singer and entertainer Rufus Thomas for Stax Records in 1969. Sixty Minute Man charted, too; those plus Bear Cat (Hound Dog); Soul Food , and the rest of the original LP are here plus eight bonus cuts: Funky Way; Itch and Scratch; Funky Mississippi , and more party-ready tracks!
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He and daughter Carla had hooked up with Stax's predecessor, Satellite, as early as 1960, and Rufus scored a Top 10 hit with "Walking the Dog" in 1963. Thomas said: I did it in the middle of doing another song... and the words just started to come. Unable to add item to List. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. ", ), this has been remastered in 24-bit audio by Joe Tarantino, making this among the best sounding Stax reissues in the digital domain.
It became one of his biggest hits, reaching #5 on the R&B chart in early 1970, #28 on the US pop chart, and #18 in Britain where it was his only chart hit. Tracks 1 to 11 are the album "Do The Funky Chicken" - released June 1969 in the USA on Stax Records STS-2028 and July 1970 in the UK on Stax Records SX-ATS 1033 (reissued on Stax 2363 001 in 1971) Tracks 12 and 13 are "Funky Mississippi" and "So Hard To Get Along With" - the A&B-sides of a USA 45 on Stax STA-0010 (released August 1968)
The Sun Years, Plus: His R&B Recordings 1949-1956.
We work hard to protect your security and privacy. Booker T and the MG"s! While Thomas clearly knows how silly the entire concept is – he starts the record off with his impersonation of a cackling hen – he doesn't let that stop him from getting behind those goofy lyrics and giving them everything he's got...."[4], The song was used as the title track of Thomas' 1970 LP, Do The Funky Chicken. Terrible waste of time.
It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. [3], Thomas added a spoken word section that he regularly used as a shtick as a radio DJ: "Oh I feel so unnecessary - this is the kind of stuff that makes you feel like you wanna do something nasty, like waste some chicken gravy on your white shirt right down front."
In most cases, items shipped from Amazon.com may be returned for a full refund. That's how it came about. Though it only rose to #23 on the Pop charts, it was a big hit on soul radio, and the title and dance became lasting totems of `70s pop culture. He released a steady stream of singles throughout the 1960s, with only limited success until 1969's "Do the Funky Chicken." This Concord Music Group, Inc CD (STX-33178-02) is part of the 2011/2012 newly launched "Stax Remasters" Series and breaks down as follows (64:36 minutes): Stax's elder statesman hits a funky `70s groove, Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2011, R&B singer Rufus Thomas had been with Stax for over a decade when he recorded this 1970 album. The sound quality is remarkable as well. The same pattern that you heard on 'The Dog' is here on 'The Funky Chicken' but it is cut in half.
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