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The Platinum Collection (Chaka Khan)
''The Platinum Collection'' is a compilation album of recordings by American funk/ R&B singer Chaka Khan, released by the Warner label in 2006. ''The Platinum Collection'' was the second career retrospective of Khan's work to be released, and also the second one-disc set, following 1996's '' Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan, Vol. 1'', (re-released in 1999 and 2005, also under the title '' I'm Every Woman: The Best of Chaka Khan''), which included sixteen tracks: eight solo hits, two with Rufus and six tracks from the shelved album ''Dare You to Love Me'', recorded between 1993 and 1995. The fourteen track ''Platinum Collection'' includes more or less the same selection of songs as ''Epiphany'', but with a few important alterations; the set omits the Rufus track "Tell Me Something Good" as well as "And the Melody Still Lingers On (A Night in Tunisia)" from 1981's ''What Cha' Gonna Do for Me'', along with five of the 1993-1995 recordings. These are replaced with "Love of a Lifetime" ... [...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] |
Destiny (Chaka Khan Album)
''Destiny'' is the sixth studio album by American R&B/ funk singer Chaka Khan, released on Warner Bros. Records in 1986. ''Destiny'' was Khan's follow-up to the platinum-selling ''I Feel for You'' and was as high tech as its predecessor—symptomatically and characteristically for its period with more producers and sound engineers credited in the liner notes than musicians—but was musically more geared towards rock and pop than soul and R&B, most prominently on tracks such as "So Close", the self-penned title track "My Destiny", "Who's It Gonna Be" and "Watching the World" featuring Phil Collins on drums and backing vocals. The album spun off five single releases, the first being " Love of a Lifetime", co-written, co-produced and featuring backing vocals by Green Gartside of British band Scritti Politti (US Pop #53, US R&B #21, UK #52). The second single "Tight Fit" was a midtempo R&B ballad, just like "Eye to Eye" from ''I Feel for You'' produced by Russ Titelman, which r ... [...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] |
Stompin' At The Savoy - Live
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Rufus & Chaka Khan
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 Circus ... [...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] |
Life Is A Dance - The Remix Project
''Life Is a Dance: The Remix Project'' is a remix album of recordings by American R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan, released by the Warner Bros. Records label in 1989. The compilation takes its title from a track included on Khan's 1978 solo debut album '' Chaka''. Overview The album, which was released as a double-record set, on CD and as a limited cassette edition with one bonus track, comprises remixes made in the styles of late 1980s dance music genres like house music, hip hop and acid house of tracks originally recorded between the years 1978 and 1984, including two from Rufus & Chaka Khan's final album ''Stompin' at the Savoy – Live'': "Ain't Nobody" and "One Million Kisses". ''Life Is a Dance: The Remix Project'' resulted in three single releases; "I'm Every Woman" ('89 Remix), "Ain't Nobody" ('89 Remix) and "I Feel For You" ('89 Remix). The 1989 remix of "Ain't Nobody" became a #6 hit on the UK Singles Chart while "I'm Every Woman" peaked at #8 hit and Paul Simpson's take ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Woman I Am
''The Woman I Am'' is the eighth studio album by American R&B/ funk singer Chaka Khan, released on Warner Bros. Records in 1992. It was Khan's first studio album since 1988's '' CK'' and due to artistic differences between Khan and Warner Bros. Records it was also to be her final full-length release for the label. The entire album is dedicated to her friend Miles Davis, who died the previous year. Composition The album mainly focuses on material from the contemporary R&B, soul and funk genres and was Khan's debut as executive producer in charge of production. The main producer on the album was the Grammy Award winning jazz multi-instrumentalist Marcus Miller but it also includes Khan's first collaborations with Arif Mardin since 1986's ''Destiny''; "This Time" and the closing track "Don't Look at Me That Way", both co-produced by Mardin's son Joe Mardin. " Love You All My Lifetime" saw Khan teaming up with Scritti Politti's David Gamson – who incidentally had also produced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What Cha' Gonna Do For Me
''What Cha' Gonna Do for Me'' is the Gold certified third solo album by American R&B/ funk singer Chaka Khan, released on the Warner Bros. Records label in 1981. Overview Three singles were released from ''What Cha' Gonna Do'': the Beatles cover "We Can Work It Out" (US R&B #34), the McCrarys cover " Any Old Sunday" (#68) and the album's title track which became a number one hit on '' Billboard'' R&B Singles chart. On Billboard's charts, the album reached #3 on Black Albums, #33 on Jazz Albums, and #17 on Pop Albums. This would be Chaka's highest charting album until her 1980s-era breakthrough '' I Feel For You''. Its popularity among jazz audiences was likely due to the inclusion of the Dizzy Gillespie composition "Night In Tunisia" with a guest appearance by Gillespie himself as well as what today would be called a 'sample' of Charlie Parker's legendary four bar alto break from his 1946 recording of the title. Khan's vocal interpretation also features lyrics written by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhythm And Blues
Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African-American communities in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music ... ith aheavy, insistent beat" was becoming more popular. In the commercial rhythm and blues music typical of the 1950s through the 1970s, the bands usually consisted of piano, one or two guitars, bass, drums, one or more saxophones, and sometimes background vocalists. R&B lyrical themes often encapsulate the African-American experience of pain and the quest for freedom and joy, as well as triumphs and failures in terms of relationships, economics, and aspirations. The term "rhythm and blues" has undergone a number of shifts in meaning. In the early 1950s, it was frequently applied to blues records. Starting in the mid-1950s, after this style of music contr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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