Rags to Rufus

Infobox Album |
Name = Rags to Rufus
Type = Album
Artist = Rufus

Released = 1974
Recorded = —
Genre = R&B/Funk
Length = 39:30
Label = ABC Records
Producer = Bob Monaco, Rufus
Reviews = Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:39ftxqy5ld6e link] |
Last album = "Rufus"
(1973)
This album = "Rags to Rufus"
(1974)
Next album = "Rufusized"
(1974)

Rags To Rufus is the gold-selling second studio album by funk band Rufus, released on the ABC Records label in 1974. It reached #4 on both the Pop and Black Albums charts. It is notable for the hit singles "Tell Me Something Good" (US Pop #3, US R&B #3), written by Stevie Wonder, and "You Got the Love" (US Pop #11, US R&B #1), written by lead vocalist Chaka Khan and Ray Parker, Jr.. In 1975 "Tell Me Something Good" earned the band its first Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals

Track listing

#"You Got the Love" (Chaka Khan, Ray Parker, Jr.) 4:38
#"I Got the Right Street (But the Wrong Direction)" (Ron Stockert) - 3:14
#"Walkin' in the Sun" (Jeff Barry) - 2:59
#"Rags to Rufus" (Instrumental) (Dennis Belfield, Al Ciner, André Fischer, Chaka Khan, Kevin Murphy, Ron Stockert) - 4:02
#"Swing Down Chariot" (Dennis Belfield, Al Ciner, André Fischer, Chaka Khan, Kevin Murphy, Ron Stockert) - 4:21
#"Sideways" (Instrumental) (Dennis Belfield, André Fischer, Chaka Khan, Kevin Murphy, Ron Stockert) - 1:44
#"Ain't Nothin' but a Maybe" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) - 3:33
#"Tell Me Something Good" (Stevie Wonder) - 4:36
#"Look Through My Eyes" (Dennis Belfield) - 3:07
#"In Love We Grow" (Dennis Belfield) - 2:36
#"Smokin' Room" (Dennis Belfield) - 4:20

Personnel

* Chaka Khan - vocals, background vocals
* Dennis Belfield - bass guitar, vocals, background vocals
* Al Ciner - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals
* André Fischer - percussion, drums, vocals, background vocals
* Kevin Murphy - Murphy organ, clarinet, keyboards, vocals, background vocals, Clavinet
* Ron Stockert - keyboards, vocals, background vocals

Production

* Bob Monaco - record producer
* Rufus - producers
* Don Sciarrotta - audio engineer, audio mixing
* Dennis Belfield - musical arranger, horn arrangements
* Al Ciner - musical arranger, horn arrangements
* Ron Stockert - musical arranger, horn arrangements
* Clare Fischer musical arranger, orchestration
* Vic Zaslow - audio mastering