Rufus, featuring Chaka Khan: Rufusized (ABC Dunhill)
Idris Walters, Let It Rock, March 1975
RUFUS DATE back to 1968. They were called the American Breed. They had 'Bend Me Shape Me' for a hit record. The American Breed became Smoke (to shake off a bubblegum drop image). Smoke became Ask Rufus (the title of a column in a mechanics magazine). Ask Rufus became Rufus.
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