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Rufus Thomas

CTL-E-4443 · Person · musician · 1948–2001

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Memphis musician and entertainer; WDIA radio personality alongside Nat D. Williams in the station's Black-appeal era.

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Record CTL-E-4443 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: PROVISIONAL · 2 sources · 1 mapped relationship · CTL research: MEDIA-001, RELP-001.
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