Rufus Thomas was an all American ambassador of goodwill, you can't help but love this man. He was America's Oldest Teenager !!!
@johnl.2314
3 ай бұрын
His daughter Carla was a great singer also❤❤
@johnl.2314
3 ай бұрын
I'm pretty sure those were the Bar-Kays backing him up❤
@drstew1
3 ай бұрын
He did have Jr after his name…
@alliwishis_2
3 ай бұрын
@johnl.2314 Yep that's exactly who the backing band was
@johnl.2314
3 ай бұрын
@@alliwishis_2 they also did some gigs with Otis Redding in other words that was that fantastic STAX record machine 💯🔥🎼🎼🎶
@emusic96785
Жыл бұрын
I was there at the concert. It was fabulous 🤩
@mikehollingworth2262
Жыл бұрын
liar
@WilliamGaskins-uk4xu
3 ай бұрын
I love him he gets you working 🎉
@JamesSmith-po6di
3 жыл бұрын
Back in Day was ....like That...Black power.....AFRO....Bell bottoms....Happyness....Soul......Soul .Soul
@frijolero6048
2 жыл бұрын
Don't foreget charisma, talent, creativity and HARD WORK.
@toshak4534
Жыл бұрын
SoulPower
@corrynthiaiam9205
7 ай бұрын
Afros, bell bottoms & platform shoes...I wish I could visit the 70s. I was born in 83.
@pumadocaca8813
2 ай бұрын
EU NASCI EM 63 E TENHO O MESMO SENTIMENTO.. TÍNHAMOS QUE TER NASCIDO EM 53 HAHAHAHAHA
@HARLEMU.S.A.
2 ай бұрын
Man it was and still is, Our Greatest Musical, Period ! Social and Black Awakening awareness & Power... don't forget them Mod styles outta England, Micro-mini SKIRTS, tight bells & Elephant bell bottoms, (I had a purple long sleeve shirt with big polka-dots). Back then school's made sure everyone participated in P.E. so everyone was in decent physical Shape..you HEARD !!
@JAMESMOM1989
2 ай бұрын
@@pumadocaca8813 I was born in 63. Same feeling. 70's music is great. My son listens to 60's, 70's some 80s music. There is some 50's music.
@saj8
2 жыл бұрын
Rufus Thomas with Confunkshun as the backup band.
@nottavictim5
2 жыл бұрын
Who’s on guitar here?
@saj8
2 жыл бұрын
@@nottavictim5 Michael Cooper.
@straightouttacontext2134
3 жыл бұрын
I had such high hopes for us in 1974.... now 2021 I'm just sad with the pain of my people 😭
@mcdonoghrahloh459
2 жыл бұрын
You're a quitters we haven't yet begun to fight.
@HopeIanHope
2 жыл бұрын
So right. Peace
@HopeIanHope
2 жыл бұрын
Happy music, happy times, all dancing having fun, unlike today's gangster rap ete.
@alexmac101
2 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately the CIA had it’s own plan of action too💊💊💉💉💊💊
@ceciliawells1099
2 жыл бұрын
Me too
@jazzbuff630
5 ай бұрын
I've been crushing on the young lady in the red polka dot dress since 1972, when I was 12. I'm 64 now, and still think she's a bad mamajama. We were different then and had more pride...and the music is still bangin' today. Not a mention of the "b-word" or the "n-word. If I tried to do the "Funky Chicken" now, folks would think I was having a stroke or a seizure. This was an excellent time .
@gtoneyprice5293
3 ай бұрын
Throwbacks
@daxterclark5092
3 ай бұрын
Facts!!
@rozmcleod6361
3 ай бұрын
😅😂
@davidshareefChTPhD
3 жыл бұрын
Black people back then did not give AF we moved how we felt and that was dancing!
@pamelatenn2890
2 жыл бұрын
FACTZ!!! Good Times.Could dance All Night. ALOT of FUN BACK THEN, WITH NO VIOLENCE. GREAT HOUSE PARTIES!!!
@derekstovall9268
Жыл бұрын
So true no fights no killings just black fokes enjoying there self wish time could stand still n the 70s in
@Auntkekebaby
3 ай бұрын
❤❤❤❤❤❤ 💯. I'm try to be that again. Do what your body tells you.
@demetriusdion3804
3 жыл бұрын
It was promoted on a local L.A. radio station KGFJ as the "Dollar Concert," yeah, it just only cost a buck! 1972!
@rodneylusk4325
3 жыл бұрын
Look like some good fun
@stevedijkhof3109
3 жыл бұрын
2 cts for an Ice Cream in 1923 and 5 cts for a Bottle of Coke oh oh way back in the day...
@alliwishis_2
3 ай бұрын
@stevedijkhof3109 You also have to understand a lot of people did not earn that much back then as well.. 5 cents was a lot back in 1923
@cartierbrown9143
3 жыл бұрын
THAT WAS THE BLACK WOODSTOCK
@residentgang489
2 ай бұрын
Thats was far from anything like Woodstock
@marklayne1781
15 күн бұрын
He had more soul than Soul Train 🚆.
@mattyjones4270
Күн бұрын
You’re right. It was better@@residentgang489
@ARTIST2C
3 жыл бұрын
Everytime I watch this I get excited and smile all the way to the end!
@saraharahatv3603
3 жыл бұрын
My African people are know how to have fun and enjoy them selves anywhere they at? Bless up and R.I.P Rufus Thomas... BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL INDEED!
@marvinroney9191
2 жыл бұрын
Yes indeed We are Beautiful 2022 let's get it together SISTERS AND BROTHERS
@nosdamnamur9126
2 жыл бұрын
Why we cannot have fun like this anymore?!
@saraharahatv3603
2 жыл бұрын
@@nosdamnamur9126 tell me about bro!
@marvinroney9191
2 жыл бұрын
Right on Black is LOVE ❤ for sure
@garycollier6950
2 жыл бұрын
Before Africa was I am. Before America was I am. I am a Black Man. 5 million years old.
@Arthur-Silva
2 жыл бұрын
Hands down the coolest video on KZitem!!!!
@mich2171
3 жыл бұрын
He was amazing and a very kind man ,in 1970 I spent a wonderful week with him and his family...
@mikehollingworth2262
Жыл бұрын
liar
@kaharold
3 жыл бұрын
RUFUS THOMAS Was A Cool Old Man , HIM And POP STAPLES.
@rozmcleod6361
3 ай бұрын
Yup
@santosdellior6917
8 ай бұрын
Doc dre was a beast for using this classic beat for Easy E's album...."My name is Eazy and you know it's true"🎯🎯🎯🎯
@curtsTube1
8 күн бұрын
Soul Brothers and Sisters.
@lakanjalaroberts8278
2 жыл бұрын
My favorite part is the whole concert!
@JimmyBahia
3 ай бұрын
Me and big brother was blessed with being there!
@paulofarkas8147
2 ай бұрын
PARABÉNS FOI O BIG SHOW LOTADO. BRAZIL 🇧🇷
@norakat
3 жыл бұрын
Everyone look so wholesome
@vnonkwinn6233
2 жыл бұрын
That Was "SOUL Unleashed with No inhabitions.
@THECLARENCES
3 жыл бұрын
Long live the memory of the late, great Rufus Thomas. xoxo The Clarences
@360Warlock
9 ай бұрын
Whole stadium of black is beautiful and great music 🎶
@neosneos3680
3 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Rufus Thomas
@crystalward5076
Жыл бұрын
Hey!!!! Can I ask you something ain't I'm cleannnnn!!!!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@arthurralstonwakeupblackpe5940
3 жыл бұрын
The women back then were way more naturally beautiful then the artificial ones we got today..
@andre-zx7qe
Жыл бұрын
Today they just aren't pretty any more with or without make up
@MisterWade74
11 ай бұрын
Yeah and the men were more athletic and healthy. Now men have pot bellies, dumb ass haircuts, stupid baseball caps instead of cool hats, dumb ass tee shirts instead of cool ‘70s shirts. Modern men listen to their monotonous hip hop instead of this cool, soulful, groove music. The men today are dumb and barely able to communicate via 120/160 character messages.
@ALIENDNA14
5 ай бұрын
@@andre-zx7qe Speak for yourself... There are still plenty of fine ass women around.
@Misslotusification
4 ай бұрын
Without counting that most people are overweight nowadays...
@bridgettramjohn564
Ай бұрын
That when black men loved the ground women walk on!
@rjgamble2551
3 жыл бұрын
Timeless Classic
@JosephJohnson-n6i
5 ай бұрын
Wow. Mr. Thomas was a very good man. It was fun to hear his funky sounds back in the day. Thank you America. Herrmausmann
@mistersmith3986
Жыл бұрын
That babe in that short red dress has got me hooked!!!
@eduardosantiago6540
3 ай бұрын
This woman formulated the concept of beauty and a beautiful woman for me... At a party or wherever I went, she was the one I, naively and uselessly, looked for. Today I know that she was a dream!
@nola3058
2 күн бұрын
It was called "sizzlers", a very short skirt of thin silk-like material with matching underpanties, there was no sexual hangups in those days and men didn't sexually harass or molest the women who wore them either.
@brunocoulibaly26
22 сағат бұрын
Quand je pense que beaucoup d'entre eux ne sont plus de se monde, cela m’attriste. Ce fut la belle et bonne musique ou tout le monde pouvait se trémousser sans gêne. Merci.
@luieloo6612
Жыл бұрын
This dude is too cold🤩
@kennyguitarallen5662
3 жыл бұрын
just brilliant,stax love love it,great footage
@jelly7310
3 жыл бұрын
Everyone gettin up on the good foot.
@puffinmakaha5437
Ай бұрын
I met Rufus and his daughter Carla backstage in 1965. . He was M C. The event. He asked me if I knew the Mississippi Blues. One weekend later he smuggled me down to Beale Street to a small club by the Mississippi (Beale St was "off limits" to young military). He took me to eat Cornbread, catfish and grits ( a real southern meal and introduced me to Muddy Waters ... Who truly taught me about the blues. I'm 77 now, but that man changed my life and I am forever thankful Bless you Rufus... Both father and daughter, such a gift to us all ❤
@johnallen7259
Ай бұрын
Wow! I was in elementary school wish I could have been there.
@daviszuze6872
4 ай бұрын
The golden decade of good music and life, the seventies!!!!
@rodneylusk4325
3 жыл бұрын
A time machine would be fun
@vnonkwinn6233
2 жыл бұрын
ER Body seems to be having the Best times. Just so happy and Free, That was a Beautiful Milstone.
@theattitude
3 жыл бұрын
Now I know where Morris Day got SOME of it from...
@putzengiler
3 жыл бұрын
I like the UFO hat on the guitar player..
@Wally-H
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, couple of the dancers sporting one too
@kwasikwakwa4418
2 жыл бұрын
Happy Anniversary Legend Rufus Thomas.🌟🔥🥰
@ronschaffer5959
3 жыл бұрын
That was great.
@foreveryours7464
8 ай бұрын
My Lord that's was lot of good energy out there.
@drstew1
3 ай бұрын
Oh my me. Rufus C Thomas Jr R.I.P at the Memorial Coliseum on August 20, 1972. Los Angeles.🙏🏾
@tdb3039
2 жыл бұрын
Life seem so peaceful back then
@victorparker308
9 ай бұрын
It was. Compton High class of '72
@alliwishis_2
3 ай бұрын
It only seemed like that because there was a lot of gang violence just outside of the Colosseum around in the same area
@ehughes8829
2 ай бұрын
The sound mix is brilliant. 😊 All the instruments are clear.
@kimberlysmith579
3 жыл бұрын
I Love this, pre crack, pre opioid, pre Meth ... everyone looks healthy and happy 😃
@3nathan
3 жыл бұрын
#factz.. the government plan to kill off blacks werking...
@kimberlysmith579
3 жыл бұрын
@@3nathan You know I truly believe that too!
@norakat
3 жыл бұрын
Pre - Monsanto..
@kdmac7425
3 жыл бұрын
Opioid was popular then. I was at this $1 concert that lasted 12 hours I was 13 now I'm 61 now. Issac Hayes turned in out. Look how thin everyone was back then.
@ARTIST2C
3 жыл бұрын
This is a moment in black history that I wish I could go back to.
@JacquesMesrine94
2 жыл бұрын
One of the most wonderful videos ever... I wish I were in my youth at that time... 2:34 beautiful song, beautiful time, beautiful Lady...
@fw1194
Жыл бұрын
I bet she still fine.
@tommcclelland119
27 күн бұрын
That takes me back…. I’m an old, white man whose first girlfriend was a redbone in Alabama named Louise. we had the best time in life, but boy was it tough to be a mixed couple in Alabama. we went our separate ways in life, and her husband served with me in Vietnam. Louise contracted breast cancer and passed away in 1994. she had four kids and two grandkids when she passed. her husband, who we called Bo, passed away in 2011 from kidney failure caused by Agent Orange. Their first grandchild was named Stefan, and he lived with us until he graduated the university of Colorado at Boulder. Such a fine young man. I miss them both very much. Stefan will always be partly my son. I miss them very much…. Bo and Louise were the best of America, and it hurts me deeply to think about them.
@BridgetWilson-hi2uo
9 ай бұрын
Take me back 58 now this was in the 70 yes love this look at people clothes hairs the dancing yes i was doing the Fucky chicken people was having a good time 🎉🎉🎉🎉
@cater10
3 жыл бұрын
We used to have fun together in this country, I remember these times, what happened, sad 😥
@mjpthetrucker9485
3 жыл бұрын
prople who don't sit online crying about the old days still have a good times. Put your phone down. Enjoy life.
@cater10
3 жыл бұрын
@@mjpthetrucker9485 ??? Didn't you just reply in some technical way?? Thx for making my point jackass, we can't just have fun, somebody, LIKE YOU, always has to start something.
@philipmozea2441
Ай бұрын
I love the hair of the ladies so natural,so beautiful.So good to see the brothers and sisters so happy.I wish to live that era again.
@TheNobbynoonar
Жыл бұрын
BRING BACK THE BIG HATS! THE WORLD NEEDS BIG HATS!
@mimmoleonardi8643
Жыл бұрын
Amazing Rufus, 💪 very soulmen and funky
@debbravann297
Жыл бұрын
I loved Rufus Thomas!!!❤️ Those were the best days. My community knows how to make the best out of anything.
@darylhillard627
5 жыл бұрын
What happened to these times.
@VolkXue
3 жыл бұрын
@In it To win it you watch too many youtube videos my dude.. In reality you had guys coming back from Nam and a hardcore heroin epidemic starting around the same time this concert filmed. 70s,80s and 80s had way higher murder rates than today
@VolkXue
3 жыл бұрын
@In it To win it you want to talk about music or real problems? Because art imitates life and it always has. Damn, they played Super Fly at this same concert lol
@Wally-H
Жыл бұрын
Great stuff. The organisers got into some very hot water over the field invasion, but the people that day created a marvellous piece of music history.
@JasonDaHater
Жыл бұрын
I believe it is confunksion playing
@otiswhite5757
Жыл бұрын
It Is@@JasonDaHater
@youngsyung3140
5 жыл бұрын
I like how he combined Ain’t and Am. 😂🤣😂
@alisalah4017
11 ай бұрын
Even today 2023 black people still in clean 😊
@Terrance-vu2jg
6 ай бұрын
😂2024
@reygomez2306
3 жыл бұрын
2:35 now that is gorgeous...
@hyggemania5248
Жыл бұрын
Bobby Lashleys mother
@terrylaissy3313
3 жыл бұрын
Super soul 70 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
@harriettmitchell2540
Күн бұрын
The dance to this song was something else. 😂😂😂😂😂
@tabbazzseaye7549
Жыл бұрын
Members of the Soul Train Dancers are doing the dam thing....
@tesfalemabraha627
14 күн бұрын
Good music doesn’t have an Expiration date. I Love it .
@yokevscott
Жыл бұрын
I love my people ❤
@michelyannakopoulos8924
3 жыл бұрын
I still have this album it was a double plus another double it is fantastic they both are one of my favorites you just can't take it off the table let this part rapp to you for a while
@javierjimenezmartin1283
23 күн бұрын
Joeer esta música nod la ponian em la Universidad laboral de Huesca en los años 1974 -1979. Naci en 1960 .Saludos y Salud
@alexc.c.4025
3 жыл бұрын
Most looking slim, fit and nice of all that funky chicken dancing! =)
@collectoroffrance
9 жыл бұрын
Only +4000? A shame for this legend!
@demetriusdion3804
3 жыл бұрын
It was about 1000,000!
@foreveryours7464
8 ай бұрын
I still have hope for us. King David said I WAS YOUNG AND NOW I am old. I HAVE NEVER SEEN THE RIGHTEOUS FORSAKEN NOR HIS SEED BEGGING FOR BREAD. Please don't lose faith, my people. The Most High God has something good for his people. Stay prayed up, read your Bible, and most of all trust God who is THE AUTHOR AND THE FINISHER OF OUR FAITH. We're coming out of this wilderness in Jesus Name Amen!
@doviebraxton1483
8 ай бұрын
I was there in the coliseum, I was at the 1st one at the park too in the 70's, my boyfriend took me. Now my husband, my uncle in LA thought I was crazy😂😂
@CWolf-wg3ux
22 күн бұрын
Love to see people having so much fun.❤
@essaali1982
3 жыл бұрын
So sad brothers and sisters today's not acting like before 50 years ago.
@marciofig8541
Жыл бұрын
Fui assistir a exibição desse filme no MAM nos anos 70 fantástico.
@stevenford1828
3 ай бұрын
When we blacks were young respectful and had dancin n fun together...I was 13 back then!
@herbertlyles190
2 жыл бұрын
Fun classic black soul music love it happy black power times togetherness ,good good times black empowerment👍
@robertparker7844
3 ай бұрын
Break it on Down, that's when we're UNITED- ISN'T IT A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT TO SEE-UNITED WE STAND 🖤 DIVIDED WE FALL 🖤 BLACK LOVE-LOVE BLACK 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 WHEN WE AS BLACK KNEW OUR PLIGHT AND UNDERSTOOD OUR QUEST- I WAS TAUGHT TO ASK FOR WHAT I WANT-SO I'M ASKING EVERY BLACK MAN AND WOMAN TO STAND UP-BE COUNTED AND HEARD-UNDERSTOOD AND RECOGNIZED - DON'T BE DETERRED-DON'T BE AFRAID -THE WAY THINGS ARE HAPPENING TO OUR BLACK PEOPLE AND CULTURE-THE LAST THING WE SHOULD BE-AND THAT'S AFRAID-EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO THE BLACK MAN SHOULD "MAKE" BLACK COME TOGETHER AT ANY MEANS NECESSARY- RESPECT OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS RESPECT YOURSELF IS ALWAYS FIRST-LOVE YOURSELF FIRST🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 SUPPORT BUSINESSES AND CULTURE 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
@vnonkwinn6233
3 ай бұрын
So much soul, where has it all gone?
@giuseppedicorato4483
3 жыл бұрын
Rufus Thomas il mio cantante preferito
@wilmadesouzaramos7188
Ай бұрын
Oh epoca boa, curti muito ❤❤❤❤
@michaelg.512
3 жыл бұрын
Weltklasse! Geile Mucke, geiles Outfit, geile Stimmung, mehr geht nicht, Top 😎😎😎👍👍👍
@2bigbufords
3 жыл бұрын
Funkiest man ever
@philipmozea2441
Ай бұрын
Rufus Thomas, the father of chaka khan.He came to NIGERIA in 70s.He was a guest at the Art Alade Show.Great soul singer and performer.I remember him being asked about his daughter chaka khan and him saying next time he visits,he will come back with his daughter.Great family.
@nola3058
22 күн бұрын
Wherever you got that information from, you'd better correct them because, Rufus Thomas ISN'T the father of Chaka Kahn (Evette Marie Stevens), he's the father of Carla Thomas who was a singer in her own right, you would do yourself a favor by researching stats first before posting, ijs!
@rubenjones1225
11 ай бұрын
Look at the young band CONFUNKSHUN CLYDE AND MICHAEL COOPER had just come from California were very talented they were called Project soul back then backed up Mr Rufus and the Soul Children
@keeslubberding471
6 ай бұрын
4:09🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@jorgepeters7474
3 жыл бұрын
The original soul train.
@davidshareefChTPhD
3 жыл бұрын
No soul train is from Chicago and we had it in 1971 3 years before this
@thirsty57
6 ай бұрын
My grand father was here. Him and his friends was forced to leave by Raymond lol no lie
@RubensEloiNeto
3 ай бұрын
Canta demais e essa alegria que falta aqui no Braziillll😂
@michaelcarson4548
6 ай бұрын
I was there!! Had a blast. It was hot 🥵 but we had a great time. No problem. I think the tickets were under $10
@Zopf-international
Ай бұрын
Nobody as clean as Rufus. Play the kids Rufus.
@webbgems67
3 жыл бұрын
4:08 Re run Fred berry at his best 🤗
@kofoblue3172
Жыл бұрын
Great footage
@michelleharris3857
22 күн бұрын
Omg!!. Boogie woogie on down. I got, James Brown vibes. Long live soul 💓💯👍🙏✊🤟🤘✌️👌🙌👏😊🔥❤️💙💜🕊️🎊🎉☮️🆒😎🌟⭐💥💋
@therawproduct
3 жыл бұрын
Pure Brilliance
@PauloSantos-n8y
2 ай бұрын
Que orgulho da minha negritude além de ser um grande Chow , era também um grande protesto pelos direitos civis 🎉🎉🎉
@dudeseriously57
11 ай бұрын
Was that Fred Berry (Re-Run) dancing in the video? That slow-motion move was incredible 👏🏾 🙌🏾 👌🏾
@victorparker308
9 ай бұрын
Yes it was
@sheldontaylor2002
6 ай бұрын
Yes!!!!
@giovannirazza9938
6 ай бұрын
Bravissimi ❤❤❤
@andresferreira4431
Ай бұрын
2024 and RUFUS STILL ROCKIN !!!!
@tsonofjohnson489
3 ай бұрын
Before the drugs were brought into OUR Communities family. Love this film even after all these years. Because We Were a Beautiful people is why These haters had to destroy us. What a treasure of Talent too! 🤒🥰
@alliwishis_2
3 ай бұрын
No heroin was really heavy back then as well SOO WAS the gang violence aswell it's just that there was no heavy proliferation of guns back then but there was definitely a lot of gangs and drugs
@timbrandt711
2 жыл бұрын
Love it!! thank you so much!
@assanendiaye233
3 ай бұрын
SO TOO LATE RUFUS!!! DYNAMITE GOOD RUFUS!!! WE,LL NEVER FORGET YOU, WE PEOPLE OF THE SEVENTIES. REST IN PEACE BROTHER.
@loranelorane69loranelorane23
5 жыл бұрын
Michael Jackson was in the audience 😀🎼🎼🎼🎼
@purposeawaken8374
4 жыл бұрын
I saw Rerun but not Michael Jackson 🧐
@patrickprendergast9589
3 жыл бұрын
@@purposeawaken8374 realy can u tell me more what else do u rember
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