Between 1971 and 1983, Laff released twelve albums worth of Pryor material, but spread out the contents amongst twenty different albums, including releases that either repackaged older albums with new titles and covers, or albums that paired Pryor tracks from Craps with previously issued material from other comedians who had recorded for Laff (including Redd Foxx).
In the television program Sanford and Son, the father's character, played by Redd Foxx, was a junkman, although even in those days the profession was not as common as it had once been.
From the beginning, Yancey was a fixture at the original Fatburger, where customers, who included entertainers such as Redd Foxx and Ray Charles, could custom-order their burgers.
The album, and previous other recordings, were recorded in the years before LaWanda found mainstream success as Fred G. Sanford's (Redd Foxx) nemesis, "Aunt Esther", in the acclaimed sitcom, Sanford and Son, and featured a more raunchy and graphic LaWanda than fans of the sitcom were used to.
While performing in a local club in Cleveland as the opening act for Redd Foxx, Turner was approached by local DJ Bill Crane and asked if he would be interested in auditioning for The Platters, as their lead singer as Tony Williams was soon to be leaving the group.
This was the first album where a group of musicians accompanied her creating more of the "party album" atmosphere of albums by her contemporaries, including best friends Redd Foxx and Rudy Ray Moore.
Jamie Foxx | Redd Foxx | The Jamie Foxx Show | John Foxx | Chuck Redd | Virginia Foxx | Jimmie Foxx | Shawty Redd | Sharon Redd | The Garden (John Foxx album) | Seeing Redd | Redd Evans | Modern Art – The Best of John Foxx | Mockingbird (Inez & Charlie Foxx song) | John Scott Redd | Jeff Redd | Inez and Charlie Foxx | Foxx (rapper) | Foxx |
Dootsie Williams was an American record producer, and record label owner who released early records by Redd Foxx and The Penguins.
It also features notable appearances by Tony Danza and Alyssa Milano (appearing in a motion picture here together for the first time, outside of the TV sitcom Who's the Boss?), Steve Guttenberg, and Redd Foxx.
The film version, which stars Redd Foxx and Pearl Bailey, substitutes an African American family for a Jewish family.
Notable musical groups or persons using the pogo cello in their music are Jim Kweskin's Jug Band, Mojo Nixon, and Redd Foxx, the famous comedian/singer who starred as Fred Sanford in the television show Sanford and Son.
They also toured with Redd Foxx and Demond Wilson of Sanford & Son and briefly performed as the Ikettes with Ike & Tina Turner, 1967.