"Please Pardon Me (You Remind Me of a Friend)" Released: 1975
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Christgau's Record Guide
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Rufusized is the gold-selling third studio album by funk band Rufus, on the ABC Records label in 1974, their second album release that year. The album peaked at #7 on the Billboard album chart the week ending March 1, 1975.
^Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: R". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
^Gersten, Russell (1983). "Rufus". In Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House/Rolling Stone Press. p. 438. ISBN 0394721071.
2011-10-19. "American album certifications – Rufus – Rufusized". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved May 13, 2024. Rufusized at Discogs...
From 1974 to 1979, Rufus released six platinum-selling albums including Rufusized, Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan, Ask Rufus, Street Player and Masterjam. Hits...
1978) Richard Calhoun, Chaka Khan 5:42 6. "Once You Get Started" (from Rufusized, 1974) Gavin Christopher 4:31 7. "You Got the Love" (from Rags to Rufus...
vocals for the song's second verse. It helped to make their third album Rufusized go platinum. "Once You Get Started", peaked at number ten on the Billboard...
couple went on to produce Rufus's "Please Pardon Me" (on their album Rufusized) and contribute backup vocals to Neil Sedaka's "Laughter in the Rain"...
Day Album Artist Notes 5 Rufusized Rufus - 9 Dark Horse George Harrison - - So What Joe Walsh - A1A Jimmy Buffett - All the Girls in the World Beware...