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Masterjam
''Masterjam'' is the platinum-selling eighth studio album by funk band Rufus (and their fifth album featuring singer Chaka Khan), their debut on the MCA Records label following their purchase and dissolution of ABC Records, released in 1979. History Produced by Quincy Jones, ''Masterjam'' was the band's fourth album to top ''Billboards R&B Albums chart, and also reached number 14 on thePop chart. The album includes the singles "Do You Love What You Feel", their fourth #1 hit on the R&B Singles chart and also #30 on Pop, "Any Love" (US R&B #24, 1980) and "I'm Dancing for Your Love" (US R&B #43, 1980). In 1979, Chaka Khan found solo success with the release of the album, '' Chaka'', and its parent single, "I'm Every Woman", which became her signature song years before " I Feel for You". However, Khan wanted to remain a member of her long-standing band Rufus, a group she had joined in 1972. Since their 1973 debut, Khan had led on most of the group's songs. While Ron Stockert, an ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rufus (band)
Rufus is an American funk band from Chicago, Illinois, best known for launching the career of lead singer Chaka Khan. They had several hits throughout their career, including "Tell Me Something Good", " Sweet Thing", "Do You Love What You Feel" and "Ain't Nobody". Rufus and Chaka Khan were one of the most popular and influential funk bands of the 1970s, with four consecutive number one R&B albums, ten top 40 pop hits and five number one R&B singles, among other accolades. Biography Origins In 1968, the American Breed ( Gary Loizzo, guitar/vocals; Al Ciner, guitar; Charles "Chuck" Colbert, bass; and Lee Graziano, drums) had a top ten hit with the classic rock single, "Bend Me, Shape Me". After much success, Colbert and Graziano (without Loizzo who pursued a successful production career) created a new group, adding later day American Breed members Kevin Murphy (keyboards) and Paulette McWilliams (vocals), plus James Stella (vocals) and Vern Pilder (guitar) from the bar band Circu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Numbers (Rufus Album)
''Numbers'' is the seventh studio album by funk band Rufus, released on the ABC Records label in 1979. It was the band's first album without Chaka Khan on lead vocals. Instead, band members Tony Maiden and David "Hawk" Wolinski shared lead vocal duties, with additional female leads by Helen Lowe and Maxayne. The album reached #15 on '' Billboards R&B Albums chart, #81 on Pop and included the single release "Keep It Together (Declaration of Love)" (US R&B #16). Khan returned to the band for the recording of the following album ''Masterjam'', produced by Quincy Jones. ''Numbers'' would be Rufus' final album on ABC Records. The label would be purchased and subsequently dissolved by MCA Records, and the band transferred to its roster. ''Numbers'' also marked the debut of drummer John "J.R." Robinson to the lineup. He would remain Rufus's drummer for the rest of their run. Track listing Personnel *Tony Maiden – guitar, lead vocals on "Ain't Nobody Like You", "Keep It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaka Khan
Yvette Marie Stevens (born March 23, 1953), better known by her stage name Chaka Khan (), is an American singer. Her career has spanned more than five decades, beginning in the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the funk band Rufus. Known as the " Queen of Funk", Khan was the first R&B artist to have a crossover hit featuring a rapper, with " I Feel for You" in 1984. Khan has won ten Grammy Awards and has sold an estimated 70 million records worldwide. With Rufus, she achieved four gold singles, four gold albums, and two platinum albums. In the course of her solo career, Khan achieved three gold singles, three gold albums, and one platinum album with '' I Feel for You''. She has collaborated with Steve Winwood, Ry Cooder, Robert Palmer, Ray Charles, Quincy Jones, Guru, Chicago, De La Soul, Mary J. Blige, among others. In December 2016, ''Billboard'' magazine ranked her as the 65th most successful dance artist of all time. She was ranked at No. 17 in VH1's original list of the 100 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Do You Love What You Feel
"Do You Love What You Feel" is a soul/disco song by Rufus and Chaka. Background "Do You Love What You Feel" was released in late 1979 from the Quincy Jones produced album, ''Masterjam''. Charts "Do You Love What You Feel" spent three weeks at the top of the Hot Soul Singles The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by ''Billboard''. Rankings are based on a measure of radio airplay, sales data, and streaming activity. The chart had 100 p ... chart, becoming the fourth of five songs that they would send to the top of that chart; it was the final single to top that chart during the 1970s. It also peaked at number thirty on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart. Along with the track, "Any Love", "Do You Love What You Feel" peaked at number five on the disco charts. Chart positions References {{DEFAULTSORT:Do You Love What You Feel (Rufus Song) 1979 singles Chaka Khan songs Disco songs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaka (1978 Album)
''Chaka'' is the debut solo album by singer Chaka Khan. It was released on October 12, 1978 through Warner Bros Record label. Overview Two singles were released from ''Chaka'', the first being her anthemic solo debut "I'm Every Woman", one of Khan's signature tunes alongside "Ain't Nobody" (1983) and "I Feel For You" (1984). The song has over the past three decades been re-released, remixed and covered a number of times, most notably by Whitney Houston in 1992 for the soundtrack album '' The Bodyguard'', then featuring guest vocals by Khan herself and topping ''Billboards Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. A remix of Khan's original recording was also a Top Ten hit in the U.K. in 1989. The remix was included on the compilation '' Life is a Dance - The Remix Project'', the title track of which was the second single release from the ''Chaka'' album in early 1979 (US R&B #40). The album also features the ballad " Roll Me Through The Rushes", never commercially released as a single bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaka (album)
''Chaka'' is the debut solo album by singer Chaka Khan. It was released on October 12, 1978 through Warner Bros Record label. Overview Two singles were released from ''Chaka'', the first being her anthemic solo debut "I'm Every Woman", one of Khan's signature tunes alongside "Ain't Nobody" (1983) and "I Feel For You" (1984). The song has over the past three decades been re-released, remixed and covered a number of times, most notably by Whitney Houston in 1992 for the soundtrack album '' The Bodyguard'', then featuring guest vocals by Khan herself and topping ''Billboards Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. A remix of Khan's original recording was also a Top Ten hit in the U.K. in 1989. The remix was included on the compilation '' Life is a Dance - The Remix Project'', the title track of which was the second single release from the ''Chaka'' album in early 1979 (US R&B #40). The album also features the ballad " Roll Me Through The Rushes", never commercially released as a single bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Party 'Til You're Broke
''Party 'Til You're Broke'' is the ninth studio album by funk band Rufus (band), Rufus, released on the MCA Records label in 1981. ''Party 'Til You're Broke'' which was the band's second album not to be fronted by Chaka Khan reached #24 on ''Billboard (magazine), Billboards R&B Albums chart and #73 on Pop and included the singles "Tonight We Love" (US R&B #18, US Dance #64) and "Hold on to a Friend" (US R&B #56), making ''Party 'Til You're Broke'' the most successful Khan-less album from Rufus. Following ''Party 'Til You're Broke'' and Khan's second solo album ''Naughty (Chaka Khan album), Naughty'', which was released in 1980, Rufus reunited with Khan again in 1981 for the recording of ''Camouflage (Rufus album), Camouflage'' which was to be their final full-length studio album together. Track listing Personnel * Tony Maiden - bass guitar, guitar, vocals * Kevin Murphy (musician), Kevin Murphy - Keyboard instrument, keyboards, vocals * Bobby Watson - bass guitar * Hawk Wolin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naughty (Chaka Khan Album)
''Naughty'' is the second solo album by American R&B and funk singer Chaka Khan, released on Warner Bros. Records in 1980. Biography Three singles were released from ''Naughty'': the club hit "Clouds" (penned by Ashford & Simpson who also wrote Chaka's "I'm Every Woman"). "Clouds" features background vocals performed by a 16-year-old Whitney Houston and her mother Cissy Houston (US R&B #10), "Get Ready, Get Set" (#48) and the big hit "Papillon (a.k.a. Hot Butterfly)" (#22). The album track "Our Love's in Danger" featured prominent background vocals from Luther Vandross and Whitney Houston. Chart performance On Billboard's charts, the album reached #6 on Black Albums, #43 on Pop Albums. ''Naughty'' garnered Khan her first American Music Award nomination for Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist at the 8th American Music Awards in 1981. Following the release of ''Naughty'' Khan reunited with Rufus for the recording of 1981's ''Camouflage''. Her third solo album '' What Cha' Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'm Every Woman
"I'm Every Woman" is a song by American singer Chaka Khan, released as her debut solo single from her first album, '' Chaka'' (1978). It was Khan's first hit outside her recordings with the funk band Rufus. "I'm Every Woman" was produced by Arif Mardin and written by the successful songwriting team Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson. The single established Chaka's career outside the group Rufus, whom she would leave after their eighth studio album ''Masterjam'' was released in late 1979. The track was remixed and re-released in 1989 for Khan's remix album '' Life Is a Dance: The Remix Project''; this mix reached number eight in the United Kingdom. American singer Whitney Houston covered the song in 1992 with production by David Cole and Robert Clivillés and vocals produced by Narada Michael Walden. It was a major hit, peaking at number four on both the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart. Chart performance In the United States, "I'm Every Woman" reached number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Signature Song
A signature (; from la, signare, "to sign") is a Handwriting, handwritten (and often Stylization, stylized) depiction of someone's name, nickname, or even a simple "X" or other mark that a person writes on documents as a proof of identity and intent. The writer of a signature is a signatory or signer. Similar to a handwritten signature, a signature work describes the work as readily identifying its creator. A signature may be confused with an autograph, which is chiefly an artistic signature. This can lead to confusion when people have both an autograph and signature and as such some people in the public eye keep their signatures private whilst fully publishing their autograph. Function and types The traditional function of a signature is to permanently affix to a document a person's uniquely personal, undeniable self-identification as physical evidence of that person's personal witness and certification of the content of all, or a specified part, of the document. For examp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smash Hits
''Smash Hits'' was a British music magazine aimed at young adults, originally published by EMAP. It ran from 1978 to 2006, and, after initially appearing monthly, was issued fortnightly during most of that time. The name survived as a brand for a Spin-off (media), spin-off Smash Hits (TV channel), digital television channel, now named Box Hits, and website. A Smash Hits Radio, digital radio station was also available but closed on 5 August 2013. Overview ''Smash Hits'' featured the lyrics of latest hits and interviews with big names in music. It was initially published monthly, then went fortnightly. The style of the magazine was initially serious, but from the mid-1980s became increasingly irreverent. Its interviewing technique was novel at the time and, rather than looking up to the big names, it often made fun of them, asking strange questions rather than talking about their music. Created by journalist Nick Logan, the title was launched in 1978 and appeared monthly for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
