Pick up exclusive collectible items, plus music from your favorite Stax artists and legends. "(Do The) Push and Pull (Part 1)" by Rufus Thomas off the album 'The Complete Stax / Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 2: 1968-1971'
This song reached number 1 on the Billboard R&B charts in February 1971! Rufus Thomas sure was an underrated artist.
lrfcarreviews
I remember this jam in Jr High early 70s still ❤ it 2024😂
kevinjackson
FALL GOLD SOUL FROM 1970. MR THOMAS DEFINITELY DESERVE TO BE IN THE ROCK and ROLL HALL of FAME CANDIDATE FOR SURE 2024.
calvinbealer
I just heard this for the first time when 70s on 7 was airing an old AT Top 40 show with Casey Kasem. I like this; it should have been a bigger hit!
StephenBurrus
STAX, ATLANTIC and MOTOWN made the 60's and 70's incredible!
lionheartroar
My Bestie Loves this song.
I asked her, " What are you PUSHING & PULLING?"
pamelatenn
One of the best ever. 🤘🐓 Dr Rufus Thomas
dubpropulsion
One of my main favorite songs late mother's record serious childhood dance memories
janicejames
EX..DISJOKEY..RUFUS THOMAS..WAS A FORCE IN R&B..IN THE 70'S..HE ALWAYS HAD A NEW DANCE TUNE..PUSH N PULL..THE BREAKDOWN..WALKING THE DOG..WEAR THOSE..OLD KOO-LOXS..HE WAS KOOL AS A FAN..IN THE SUMMER-TIME!!!..HIS DAUGHTER..CARLA THOMAS..HAD SOME GOOD -TUNES ALSO...STAX RECORDS WAS OFF THE HOOK!!
KEITHNELSON-mktz
Michael McLoughlin
I used to live with a woman who would blast this song
every morning & say "You Awoke?" That was early 70's
Annie had a bunch of great wake up songs'
michaelmcloughlin
The world's oldest teenager. Bad ass song.
kevinharrison
Whew ! This is " NASTY" funk sho nuff, MR RUFUS at his peak putting it down, those horns are hittin on all cylinders, along with that guitar line, stupendous track!
montelluke
It's 2022, and this song is STILL badass!!!
Going straight to my workout playlist!!!
notmebutyou
Born in Cayce Mississippi, were I’m from !!
toddcarpetcleaning
Holy moly, my favo singer youth time, now almost 69, talk about 17 yrs young, every wknd OUT dancing till 7am home, on Sunday morning, Monday work ofcourse. Grts from the Netherlands.
anjobrendel
On this day in 1971 {March 20th} Rufus Thomas performed "(Do The) Push and Pull - Part One" on the Dick Clark ABC-TV Saturday-afternoon program, 'American Bandstand'...
At the time the song was at #37 on Billboard's Top 100 chart, that would also be it's thirteenth and last week on the chart, two weeks earlier it had peaked at #25 {for 1 week}...
And on January 31st, 1971 it reached #1 {for 2 weeks} on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart...
Between 1953 and 1976 the Mississippi native had fourteen records on the Hot R&B Singles chart, five made the Top 10 with one* reaching #1, the above "Push and Pull"...
Rufus C. Thomas, Jr. passed away at the age of 84 on December 15th, 2001...
May he R.I.P.
* He just missed having a second #1 record when "The Breakdown" peaked at #2 for 2 weeks, and it was "Spanish Harlem" by Aretha Franklin and "Stick-Up" by the Honey Cone that kept it out of the top spot...
sauquoit
Aye my mom would play the hell out of this song!! Had us jamming all night lmao. Good times!!
montelking
Love it when he say in the end of Steal Away listen❤❤❤❤❤❤
rubymcnair
This is the bomb and I just heard it on the show "Your Honor " Season 1 episode 8, from Showtime, now on Netflix
