Before he was Fred G. Sanford, Redd Foxx made the rounds as a stand-up comic. His edgy nightclub acts and comedy albums of the 50s...
Sanford adopted the name Redd Foxx. He performed comedy on theChitlin Circuitof African American nightclubs during the 1940s and ’50s. By the 1960s, recordings of his comedy acts had become enormously popular amongAfrican Americans, though his albums were considered too racy for white audiences...