Memphis music pioneer and Mississippi native Rufus Thomas will be honored Monday with a marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail during a ceremony in Byhalia.Thomas, a native of Cayce, Miss., and who ...

2001-12-20 04:00:00 PDT Memphis-- Rufus Thomas, the jovial patriarch of Memphis soul who billed himself as the "world's oldest teenager," died Saturday at 84. Mr. Thomas died at St. Francis Hospital ...

Born in Mississippi in 1917 and still performing, bluesman Rufus Thomas is known as "the world's oldest teenager." After high school in Memphis, Rufus spent 11 years in touring minstrel shows, then ...

Next week, the Stax Museum of American Soul Music will celebrate a milestone anniversary for one of Memphis' most pivotal musical figures, Rufus Thomas. Known as “The World's Oldest Teenager," Thomas ...

I’ve always liked nicknames, whether they’re simple and direct (Bruce Springsteen is "The Boss") or inexplicable to the uninitiated (a high school friend of mine was dubbed "Squelcho.") Some nicknames ...

2001 - R&B entertainer Rufus Thomas dies in a Memphis hospital after a short illness. He is 84. By Billboard Staff 2001 – R&B entertainer Rufus Thomas dies in a Memphis hospital after a short illness.

Elvis may still have the bigger brand, but nothing says Memphis like the grinning, growling, white-whiskered image of Rufus Thomas all decked out in a bright pink cap, with matching knee-length shorts ...

MEMPHIS — A member of Stax's first family, Marvell Thomas, died Monday following a brief, undisclosed illness. The Memphis musician was 75. The son of Bluff City entertainment icon Rufus Thomas, and ...