LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Oh! O'Star Records) - The Legendary Bay Area Vocalist Delivers HIS Most Impressive Work To Date. Bay Area vocalist and songwriter
Rufus Wonder is set to release 'Stitched To Your Hip' on Oh! O'Star Records. Advance copies have been sent to radio music programmers and they have begun to give heavy airplay and lauded the CD for Mr. Wonder�s soulful singing and the impressive musicianship. Listeners can go to www.ohostar.com, www.cdbaby.com/cd/rufuswonder3 and www.rufuswonder.com for all CD ordering and MP3 downloads.
Highlights of 'Stitched To Your Hip' include the funky hip-hop track 'Squash It' which features Wonder�s flawless vocals, Bay Area rapper keldamuzik, D Labre, and Oakland producer/musician Bill Jackson. The track has an anti-violence message and is accompanied by a powerful video. Rufus Wonder lets his vocals swing on the funky blues of 'Cut You Aloose'. Ladies will not be able to resist the funky come-ons from Rufus and seductive funk on 'Hey!Sexy Lady'. Roll the car windows down and turn the bass up to ten on the funkdafied 'P-Funk'. The centerpiece of 'Stitched To Your Hip' is the bonus track 'For Self-Respect, and Fair Play' which is characterized by Wonder�s powerful lyrics and vocals. The track also features Bay Area producer Jam G, and Rapper PUP [People Under Pressure].
Born in Bossier City, Louisiana, Rufus Wonder has had a storied career in the music business. At the age of 12 he moved to Oakland, California where he live for a short period of time. Then on to Fresno, California where he began his musical journey in the high school choir. After graduating from Theodore Roosevelt High School in Fresno, he joined the US Navy in San Diego. In the Navy, he formed the singing group, The Blenders. Rufus Wonder and the Blenders performed all over Asia. After the military, Rufus joined a group called The Riffs and they had many concerts in the Los Angeles area. After The Riffs dismantled, Rufus made his mark on the stage in San Francisco, Chicago and Detroit. Next, Rufus wrote "Under the Moon", and "So Upset" before sighning with Lando Records. After signing with Lando Records. Rufus recorded as Rufus Wonder & the Additions at the legendary Golden World Studios in Detroit, Michigan on the Lando Record Label. It was here that Rufus Wonder was signed, and recorded by the famous child star, Frank I. [Sugar Chile] Robinson, and Clifton Dickerson, the owners of the record label.
Rufus, has performed onstage with such artists as, Bay area Rapper Keldamuzik of Diva TV, Rapper Shavone Pickett, Rapper President L. Davis, Rapper D� Labre, Rapper Keith Thompson, Spoken Word Artist� Paradise, Vocalist� Ronda, Benin, The Sounds Of Urban Life Soldiers,
The Fabulous Counts, Little Milton, the famous dancer Oscar Huckerbee, & Caledonia Young, Edd Henry, Steve Mancha, 100 proof aged in soul, The Du-Kays, The Redd Saunders Band, Harvey Scales & the Seven Sounds, The Dells, Dennis Edwards, Carl Carlton, Sugar Pie DeSanto, The Mar Keys, William Bell, The Temptations, Billy Preston, Betty Everett, Alberta Adams, Christine Kertrell, The O' Town Passions, The Cleveland Jones Temptation Revue, Lee Williams, God's New Creations, The Oakland Heirs, Joe Williams, and Inez Jones, the famous actress Colostine Boatwright who is in the movie Cooley High, and Cynthia Joy, actress & model from Great Neck, New York, to name a few.
