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Rufus Thomas

American musician

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Sun Records

In Sun Records: Sam Phillips’s Memphis Recording Service
…hit was “Bear Cat” by Rufus Thomas (1953), an answer record to “Hound Dog,” the rhythm-and-blues hit from Houston, Texas, by Willie Mae Thornton.
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WDIA

In WDIA: Black Music Mother Station
…jingles at the station, and Rufus Thomas, a former student of Williams, joined the on-air staff in 1950. Together the three transformed WDIA into the South’s first African-American-oriented radio station, soon to be known throughout the region as the “Mother Station of the Negroes.” Moreover, the station owners established several…
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