Do The Funky Chicken
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Carla & Rufus Thomas Y'all come on in now Come right on down front I got…
Carla Thomas/Rufus Thomas Y'all come on in now Come right on down front I got…
Rufus & Carla Thomas Y'all come on in now Come right on down front I got…
Rufus and Carla Thomas Y'all come on in now Come right on down front I got…

Rufus Thomas Y'all come on in now Come right on down front I got…
Rufus Thomas & Carla Thomas Y'all come on in now Come right on down front I got…

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@EHIGG100

5y↑131

This is beautiful....those kids rushed that field just to dance. They couldn't hold it in any more...the soul and funk coming from that stage was so overpowering. No fighting, no hatred...nothing, just togetherness and music!!!👊✊✌

@lordbountifulitsme7919

5y↑2

Absolutely Top comment 🏆Cheers from Perth Australia 🐨and stay Lucky 🍀🙏

@OhHamburgerrrs

2y↑9

If it happened today guaranteed it would have been so packed people would have died. This was back when people had sense

@roxannemyles-phillips55

31w↑1

Real talk. I was blessed to born in 1972. That's when people enjoyed being together. I wish I had a time machine to go back to the 70s. That was real music back then

@marcycolleti551

2y↑6

I am not black, i am not beautiful but i love this music. When i starting collecting music, soul was a big part of my collection lables like Stax, Atlantic, Gordy, Mowtown, Okeh. And i just wanna thank to Soul cause you gave a lot when i had nothing! Thx from germany

@jackoalltrades5510

5y↑74

I love the African American culture with all my heart. You folks gots the groove!

@keeenen

1y↑1

American Indian culture

@shantebarze1068

1y↑1

👍👍🔥

@floydpattersonii4996

1y↑4

Great. Can we live next door to you?

@deehall2695

5y↑23

Omg! I was back in 1974 I was a Sophomore in HS. This was Hot fun in Summer time Musuc concerts like this was so much fun! This one it took me back to the days of my youth I was always dancing, and enjoying myself!
I'm orginally from LA Ca. Myself I came up in Dance & theater i knew all the crew on soul train dance was my major HS student as Dorsey HS. It was so much fun to share some history with the fans.. One day I had the pleasure of meeting Rufus! He and Don were going around to Local HS in LA to seek dancers for the new show Soul Train Don was so fine He rocked as a man in my eye I was just a kid all the girls liked him!! And the brothers thought he was cool too! Don & Rufus loved us kids and wanted to help us succeed in our Education We Loved us some Rufus Thomas knew how to reach people he was close friend to Don Cornelius founder of Soul Train. Rufus had a plan with Don to do workshop concerts all over and this would pull out the true kids that had The best talent they were looking for. They did group auditions for dancers skills to put on the Soul Train Show. Slick!! It worked we were just kids and didnt care about the money at the time most of us still at home with our parents lol. We just wanted to dance!! But its all good, if you made it yo Soul Train like many of us did you got exposure to grow and party with the hippest trip on TV the soul Train there never be another! Im thankful I had some of the best times in my life along with experience to succeed to your highest dream! 💰💰💲💲🥁😍👍🏼🎶🎶🎤Those were the true day of fun!

@sandrawilson8792

51w

For real. That was a fun time. That Breakdown line on Soul Train. Still marvelous after all this time. ❤

@bobschlitz5291

10y↑203

I was at this and am in the video dancing.

@danbent1054

10y↑7

oh wow!! i bet this was history to you in fact you were in history what did u had on ?

@georgeofcourse5606

9y↑10

dan bent He was the only white guy. Hippie at the beginning lol. This looked like a fun show to be at though, I'm envious.

@Manilow-si2bv

7y↑8

Bob Schlitz Damn you are lucky woodstock ,wattstax and liveaid 3 historical concerts to be remembered forever . anyone who attended these shows are lucky.

@catdaddy3302

7y↑6

AL Dunbar I saw Rufus all the time in Memphis. He was usually backed by Booker T., the Memphis horns and them.

@dbd1353

7y↑2

thought so Bob..Picked you up in a heartbeat..lol..no dis, just messing..

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@roosevelt365

9y↑243

Good to see this, nothing but beautiful black people having fun.

@catdaddy3302

7y↑3

roosevelt johnson III amen!

@brenhorton

5y↑1

roosevelt johnson III yessss

@shuwanaspeaklife1881

4y↑1

Yes‼️

@dougthegreat1808

4y↑1

AMEN, AMEN AND AMEN.....
With a little soul with it❤❤❤

@tremiagreen1191

Yes, sir! :-)

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@desperateastro

4y↑37

One of the very very greatest funk artists, and with a tremendous danceable backup by utterly brilliant musicians. Rufus Thomas and James Brown were the funkiest men ever!!

@solerso68

32w

he was a soul and RB artist.

@tinolopez6134

23w

Let's add funk in there.

@Kafarskenvadeder

9y↑420

Must be hard to see your grandparents was cooler than you

@dbd1353

8y↑26

+Kafarskenvadeder Being a grandparent i would highly agree...lol..I just don't see kids today funkin' out like this..

@mikem.8706

7y↑5

Ladies in hot pants. One guy in a tank top so short, it looks like a sports bra.

@cindyharper2072

Kafarskenvadeder

@RMT192

6y↑3

greatest comment ever, lol.

@lakehousefor2

6y↑1

Oh, yeah!

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@REDD_BLITZ

6y↑27

My mom's generation had be the best era, music, and moments.

@edwinalatore6306

5y↑1

They had crack also 😎

@Orionwayz

4y↑5

That lil girl in purple tho...💃🙌👏

@Danny-nm9sn

49w↑14

This came on the jukebox at work today and I heard it for the first time. What a joy! Then I found this video. This has to be the feel-good video of the century

@bigpeaches1744

5y↑18

This is from my era. We had fun, and there was no one fighting or shooting. It was the same when I would go to a rock concert. Although it was prominently white we all had a good time. Wish these times was here and now so that my children could see a concert without worrying about getting shot.

@conniewebster1498

4y↑1

My era too also doing the Freddy remember?

@selease

8y↑78

That young girl in the white and purple put that groove right in her pocket!

@paisleyprincess7996

Selease Rodriguez she sho did

@MacroX1231

7y↑4

1:28 She gettin it

@selease

7y↑2

MacroX1231 she popped it "right quick" and put that funk back in her pocket. LOL

@delmondstrong5671

7y↑2

yeah she totally ripped it.

@tiedupsmurf

7y↑2

Yeah yeah ....I went back on this video several times just to watch her in the groove......

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@nonesense5536

8y↑54

what an incredible live sound. The bass player right in the pocket. The drummer simmering-just incredible R&B

@hajjibarbara2900

....says the white dude.

@nonesense5536

8y↑6

하지 분쇄하는 야만인
yeah so?

@hajjibarbara2900

none sense
Kinda funny how I spotted that one a million miles away. Your virtue signaling post glares like a spotlight.

@nonesense5536

8y↑7

하지 분쇄하는 야만인
ok so white people can't like R&B? I played blues and R&B for years in bands. What an ignorant point of view. Music is a universal language-I also like African drumming and lots of other music that isn't part of my culture like Inuit throat singing. I suppose I should get upset if non Europeans like classical music !

@paisleyprincess7996

7y↑7

none sense My mom was a white woman, and all she listened to was this msic

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@LindaGamboa

3y↑2

If you have't danced the funky chicken what you waiting for? Been my go-to since '72.

@emotionalinvalid

11y↑11

"...makes you feel like doin somethin nasty, like pouring chicken gravy on your shirt, right down front..." Rufus Thomas, lines from studio recording "do the funky chicken". Rufus was sho nuff funny, lol yet profound in the cosmic philosophical sense .... deliberately pouring chicken gravy down the front of your short is the pillar for dissent and freedom

@hardipduggal4787

11y↑10

Rufus Thomas, THE showman of all showmen.

@JohnDoe-wo1jd

6y↑23

the funky chicken will save your soul !

@v.b6028

6y↑20

I can’t stop watching this. The music is contagious. Makes me so happy to hear this but sad I was born after this time. I hate today’s music

@ceasarandrepont1243

3y↑4

My mother was young and wearing an Afro and then I was born in 1973!!

@gcymous9160

6y↑17

We need a worldwide movement to fight for the right to do the funky chicken anytime and anywhere ! All must work for our various national constitutions to include this right !

@sauquoit13456

12y↑6

On this day in 1972 {October 14th} Rufus Thomas performed "Do The Funky Chicken" on the late Dick Clark's American Bandstand... Two years earlier in 1970 it peaked at #5 on Billboard's R&B chart and reached #28 on the Hot Top 100 chart... Rufus Thomas passed away on December 15th, 2001 at the age of 84... R.I.P. Mr. Thomas and Mr. Clark...

@SoleilSmile

6y↑2

A good age. Thank you, Mr. Thomas.

@zabitzubo5092

4y↑5

I love when the people ran down said fuck this i'm gonna my groove on and started dancing.

@edwinacriear2630

30w↑4

Beautifully filmed! Makes me wanna have fun and relive my childhood!❤

@Sammighty1066

11y↑10

afro's every where

@oldeenglishd45

2y↑2

I got the biggest smile from everyone running down. ☺️

@charlesthomas2152

3y↑2

It is soo good too see us happy at one point..Were happy in one place having a good time..

@1honeychild

4y↑3

I was 1 in 1972, but I'm sure I was doing the funky chicken 😄

@karenshaffer7803

5y↑7

RIP Mr. Thomas just saw Bobby Brown playing you on American Soul. Looking at this video shows how good if an entertainer you were.

@RaiderRSupastar

Look at the documentary. Rufus was a comedian and funny LOL

@CrunkAtlantaMag

4y↑4

This couldn’t happen today ... I like this

@fiwotriana3106

4y↑4

Ojalá, hubiera podido estar en ese concierto,Perdón,No hablo inglés pero si escucho Música, esto no era mi estilo, pero cuando lo ví, me enamoré de esto,....muchas gracias por compartir esta música ,

@jesuschristiscallingyou953

4y↑1

Usa Google Translate. Yo hablo español y tambien ingles, pero a veces me topo en YouTube con gente que hablan frances o portugues. Sencillamente traduzco de ingles a su idioma y me entienden bien. Paz.

@consuellalewis2799

10y↑10

man I love watching those old videos

@kas3583

4y↑5

Ain't nothing in the world better than being black ✊🏾

@sandrawilson8792

51w

@@georgeprince3169still is

@georgecandreva2842

8y↑2

The ultimate funkster that Rufus and his bad ass band!

@zerowhite7456

11y↑14

1971 I was a quiet girl at library college, The lecturer walked up and down, hands thrust in his tweed jacket, elbows out. Then ,to emphasise his point he flapped his elbows and I called out "Do the Funky Chicken"..... I knew it was very wrong, but I couldn't help it.

@hajjibarbara2900

8y↑76

And here I was thinking that I would never get to see a middle aged man dance around in pink polyester shorts and white gogo boots.

@Pateg7

7y↑2

I think it was actually RED polyester... LOL

@weatheranddarkness

4y↑1

We're all the better for this

@porkypine2

aw.. You youngins just missed a great era is all.

@captlarry-3525

funeeee ! oooh baybeeee

@OhHamburgerrrs

I was wondering what was up with those boots lol

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@edzsjuelaj

6y↑6

Amazing Artist Amazing Video! Amazing Tune!! Big Respect for the great artist Rufus Thomas!!! Respect for this time too .... it was the big time and big music and big big festival!!!

@swytchblayd

8y↑14

The cops in the background are all like "Shit, we give up." XD

@mocharger06

1y↑2

I learned the Funky Chicken back in 1968. Man, has it really been that long? Dayumm!

@spicyhot2552

5y↑6

Bobby Brown was on BET'S episode of American Soul playing Rufus Brown and singing Do the Funky Chicken..😂😂😂

@dubymc3045

3y↑3

That's when kids was in good shape. Look how they climbed that fence

@wbreakexperience1459

3y↑2

Respect from Campinas Brasil for love groove

@WazigeLogica

6y↑13

Now THAT's a party!

@dirkevans3443

45w

Rufus Thomas was da Man!
RIP Sir
Nothing but Reapect

@MommyKia83

12y↑25

wow, wish my generation can get together and party like this w/o violence ;{, everyone looks like they are getting down and having a blast omg I so have a old soul:}

@CoryJAdventures

4y↑2

Squad Master same! When the camera pans out I don’t see a single person NOT dancing! Mann That had to be a blast

@paulsherman51

There was still violence at that time but we just didn't see it instantaneously. Beginning with deregulation of public utilities in the Reagan 80s, and the immense rise of productivity and profit at the expense of workers' wages, problems have only gotten worse. Technology like these internet companies and social media have enabled a level of transparency -- we see what is going on more quickly -- but the quality and truths put forth with this technology have suffered. Like anything, when you work too fast you get sloppy work. Working more slowly doesn't necessarily mean better truth and accuracy, though, it only means more effort and energy -- hence importance of free public collegiate education for all -- to think analytically, critically, and dispel any falsehoods (cases in point are Ellsberg and Pentagon Papers, Watergate, Iran-Contra, WMD's, and the Secret War in Laos).

Still, the problems of today are not due to changes in technology, nor are they due to changes in operating regulations, government and politics. The problems of today -- which are same as the problems at the time in this video -- are the very economic system of capitalism that we all live in. Why should we work at places where we do not have any say in what will be done with the profits of a company where we work? Until capitalism is eliminated, and until we have a fair and just system of collectives and worker-owned enterprises where workers are owners themselves and there are no outside investors or Boards of Directors, then these problems of tensions and conflicts over gender, racial, ability, veteran service, and all other discriminating and profit-enhancing mechanisms will keep coming back, over and over again.

@jackbauer4186

@Paul Sherman Take your commie gobbledygook and go live in your paradise of Burma. The rest of us don't really care for 1984.

@sammypooh9646

7y↑4

Omg I have not heard this in forever it still sounds good

@OlaOla_AAY

12y↑3

good ole days!

@henrytateo1375

8y↑12

so much energy that day

@clips_caseoh

Booty collins

@zopound94

4y↑1

I miss being surrounded by harmless fun loving black folks always ready to get down and dance and have a good ole time like never before!!! Epic excitement!!!!!!

@karonwilliams5561

5y↑4

America soul brought me here, this was a Kool dance.

@markupton1831

8y↑148

Young black brothers and sistas, if you're reading this post this is for you- notice everybody pants are up? Notice "no violence of any kind"? Notice the black women are adorned and not disrespected? Do you see and feel that Black Power? And know that Rufus Thomas was a "Goddam Genius"! With real showmanship, a real man in the art and hearts of many , waaaay better than lil Wayne who by the way couldn't hold a candle to Rufus Thomas.

@catdaddy3302

7y↑12

Mark Upton Rufus never called any women bitches and hoes. I saw him all the time in Memphis. He was always a gentleman and always entertaining.

@hellochannel6344

7y↑3

+ Andy Behave like a gentleman and you'll be considered and treated as such in return. As simple as that.

@mechcavandy986

7y↑4

Hello Channel I know this. If you want respect. You gotta give respect. RESPECT.

@hellochannel6344

7y↑3

Indian Andy Respect Man 👍👌

@mytuber81

7y↑3

Great comment.

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@LBrilliante

12y↑10

the time flies... it's 40 years!!!! wonder if she made it and is still going!!! she was definitely inside that beat... i hope she taught dancing at some point cuz she had skills!

@wordsofcheresie936

2y↑1

Now it's fifty years.

@VonBluesman

9y↑16

Get on down with your bad self. That's real music in your face.

@valendanewell5901

4y↑2

RUFUS was the man when it came to putting out a record that taught fans a new dance. Funky Chicken, Breakdown, Funky Penguin and The Dog are the 4 that I remember. I did all 4 dances back then during my teenage years.....THOSE WERE THE DAYS!!😊

@soulonice99

3y↑2

Look at all that Beautiful Loving SOOOUL!!!

@catdaddy3302

7y↑6

I used to listen to Rufus every Sunday morning live on WDIA, Memphis, Tn.

@RaiderRSupastar

I thought Sundays was all gospel Sunday. Well must have been a long time ago. I was a young one.

@sandrawilson8792

51w

Yaaaasssss !!!!

@honeybeeinc

2y↑3

I needed this. Now that I’m Rufus’ age i only hope i can bring my peoples to the yard like this

@paisleyprincess7996

7y↑28

They were hit by the Holy Spirit of soul

@jkjelec

7y↑20

OMG this is awesome. I am so glad I found this video! Rufus you rock!

@nonamehawg7068

2y↑1

OMG!!! What happened to the good Ole days!!! ✌ & ❤

@warmecanic

6y↑3

Goddamn, this was music. Lucky people.

@98SLABRIDER

9y↑6

so beautiful.

@cletus2199

3y↑3

What a life. Looks like a damn good time

@ander9487

2y↑2

That bass and conga groove

@MissSLF2U

8y↑11

WoW...look @ my Los Angeles!!! Just Good Fun!!!

@emotionalinvalid

11y↑2

blast from the past, those were the days, nostalgia yes

@ZLLi661

6y↑7

Way cool. If only today's concerts were this cool.. :-)

@crystalward5076

4y↑1

Love to see my people having a good time and it no violence there back in that era, I which I was back in that era, I wish I was born in the 1950s,maybe 1957 Lol, I an 80s baby it was also good in the 80s,90s,early 2000s, kinda now but the oldies are the best, Love it :)

@michaelarenee6853

40w↑1

My God parents frank and Annie, used to have adult beverages and have me doing the funky chicken around 8 or 9 years and be bofl at me. Childhood memories are coming back to me now.😂😂😂😂😂

@pathawkins5218

3y↑1

Salute To the late ,Singer (Rufus Thomas)" who had A groovy ("Band )back then

@YhwhKhaiMostHigh

11y↑3

Oh gosh. Awesome. Carefree and fancy free. Just about having fun. Crowds of people and every one was just having fun.

@likesmusic11

5y↑120

I am willing to bet that not one gun was fired, no one died, and no fight broke out... a better era.

@SlickRick4EVER

4y↑6

...and you only wonder who brought that shit up.... that's right: Thugs. Should I take it a step farther and mention what race started it? Nah, I think you can figure it out on your own....

@10Vernonplace

4y↑5

and no mass shooters

@sebathadah1559

4y↑8

Keep dreaming...while your at it... do the funky chicken.

@marybethechols1449

3y↑5

@SlickRick4EVER doesn't matter who started it, it's still here, and btw it's not only black people doing it, it's THIS generation

@gregoryanderson2023

3y↑3

Beautiful!!! To see all my people enjoying themselves without violence!!!

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@terrylaissy3313

3y↑2

Super soul funk 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😀😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

@lordbountifulitsme7919

5y↑1

Absolutely Beautiful and Fantabulous Jamming session with a chicken🏆💯💯💯🙏Cheers from Perth Australia 🐨

@IRON5

6y↑11

The lady in the red dress is speaking to the ancestors

@thegiftedone

33w↑1

I love this!! Everything about this! Tearing up…tears of joy!

@clarissamcclain7728

4y↑1

Those were the best of times!❤️

@SlickRick4EVER

4y↑5

So THIS is where locking came from!!

@2001spet

4y↑1

Good old times!

@honcho0168

3y↑4

1:28 thus how it done, chicken funky girl!!🙌

@malcolmglasgow1763

2y↑1

Legendary video, and performer, RIP sir thomas!!!

@Mysteriouso100

3y↑7

I'm always amazed at how thin people were back then.

@sandrawilson8792

51w↑1

Not a lot of fast food and people still walked.

@darlene2303

4y↑1

I was 8 when this song came out and 10 at this time of this video. Good grief I'm old but we sure knew how to have fun

@bridgetdoman1386

6y↑1

Remember doing this in a nightclub I frequented 69/70 time. Brilliant.

@bridgettewilson3036

3y↑1

Mu time we got down i did the funky chicken too family party in the 70 Good time

@ItaintmeCCC

5y↑38

I couldn’t imagine people in this era being so in the moment and free like that. They would be too busy holding their phones up taking pictures and singing into the camera and such a like.

@odemata87

4y↑2

Then you're not looking in the right place... Sucks

@Jangocat

4y↑2

You haven't been to many concerts recently if any have you? You don't think if they had cell phones in the 70's they wouldn't record a concert? lol. You sound like an old person.

@sandrawilson8792

51w

No dancing in arenas like that, though. Stop being mean. A different era with different values for enjoyment in the moment. If you're lucky, you'll get old too.😘

@geraldfer

28w

Memories.....LOVE THIS!!

@dexterjones8646

8y↑4

Where has this been all my life?

@Fogaata

2y↑1

Clean times!! Awesome!!

@MackeyDeez

6y↑2

Love it when my people are having fun and no one willing out.

@terrionwright356

5y↑1

Our culture was always known for our dancing

@THECLARENCES

12y↑2

The Clarences love & support Rufus!

@tdb3039

2y↑2

When life was peaceful..

@dorothyguinn

10y↑1

Love this, My Memphis bud showing his stuff, GO R!!!!

@user-pu9sc5fm8s

21w↑1

Did you see the brother in the white shirt run and automatically go into a double split 🔥🔥🔥 dancing and having fun, this was the black power era, powerful music powerful people.