Redd Foxx - Classic Stand-up: The Early Years Collection 1946-60 Release:Classic Stand-up: The Early Years Collection 1946-60 Acrobat was a notoriously colourful character

was a notoriously colourful character who worked in western movies with Roy Rogers before leading one of the biggest country orchestras of it's kind

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Redd Foxx - Classic Stand-up: The Early Years Collection 1946-60 Release:Classic Stand-up: The Early Years Collection 1946-60 Acrobat was a notoriously colourful characterRedd Foxx, real name John Elroy Sanford, became well known in the USA as a stand up comedian during the 1950s, developing a raunchy night club act on the east coast and finding fame when Dinah Washington invited him to perform in Las Vegas. He was seen, and signed, by Dootsie Williams of Dootone Records, for whom he released a string of highly successful 'live' albums. He later had a successful TV career, starring in the situation comedy "Sanford &