''Stompin' at the Savoy – Live'' is an album by American R&B/

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band

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with singer

Chaka Khan Yvette Marie Stevens (born March 23, 1953), better known by her stage name Chaka Khan ( ), is an American singer. Known as the " Queen of Funk", her career has spanned more than five decades beginning in the early 1970s as the lead vocalist of ...

, released on the

Warner Bros. Records Warner Records Inc. (known as Warner Bros. Records Inc. until 2019) is an American record label. A subsidiary of Warner Music Group, it is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. It was founded on March 19, 1958, as the recorded music division ...

label in 1983. ''Stompin' at the Savoy'' was a double-record set featuring three sides of live material recorded at The Savoy in New York which sees the band reunited with Khan and performing all their biggest hits such as " Tell Me Something Good", "

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", " Sweet Thing", "

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", and " Do You Love What You Feel" as well as " What Cha' Gonna Do for Me" from Khan's 1981 solo album of the same name. The fourth side of the album included four new studio recordings of which two were released as singles, "

Ain't Nobody "Ain't Nobody" is a song by American funk band Rufus and American singer Chaka Khan. It was released on November 4, 1983, by Warner Bros., as one of four studio tracks included on their live album, ''Stompin' at the Savoy'' (1983). "Ain't Nobod ...

" and "One Million Kisses". "Ain't Nobody", written by the band's keyboardist David "Hawk" Wolinski, became Rufus' final number-one R&B hit, reached number 22 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart, also won them a

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for ''Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal'' in 1984 and has since come to be regarded as one of Khan's own signature tunes – although it in fact was recorded with Rufus. Both "Ain't Nobody" and "One Million Kisses" were included on her 1989 remix compilation '' Life Is a Dance – The Remix Project''. Additionally, "Ain't Nobody" was featured in the movie ''

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'' and its soundtrack. The ''Stompin' at the Savoy – Live'' album which was a major commercial success, reaching number 4 on ''

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''s R&B Albums Chart as well as number 50 on Pop, became Khan's final collaboration with Rufus and the band dissolved shortly after its release.

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wrote the

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for the album.

Track listing

Personnel

– vocals Rufus * Tony Maiden – vocals, guitar * Kevin Murphy – keyboards * David "Hawk" Wolinski – keyboards * John Robinson – drums,

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* Bobby Watson – bass guitar Additional live musicians *

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– percussion * David Williams – rhythm guitar * Stephanie Spruill – additional tambourine Background vocals * Stephanie Spruill * Lee Maiden * Julia Tillman ;Horn Section *

Jerry Hey Jerry Hey (born 1950) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings, including Michael Jackson's '' Thriller'', '' Rock with Y ...

– trumpet *

Ernie Watts Ernest James Watts (born October 23, 1945) is an American jazz and R&B saxophonist who plays soprano, alto, and tenor saxophone. He has worked with Charlie Haden's Quartet West and toured with the Rolling Stones. On Frank Zappa's album '' ...

– tenor saxophone, flute and all saxophone solos * Larry Williams – alto saxophone, flute * Gary Herbig – tenor saxophone, flute Additional studio musicians *

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– piano on "Don't go to Strangers" *

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– additional synthesizer *

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– percussion *

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– synthesizer bass on "Try a Little Understanding" Horn arrangements: Jerry Hey String and horn arrangement on "Don't Go to Strangers" by

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Trivia

Warner Bros. also filmed the performance for a documentary and the album was to be the soundtrack, but, for unknown reasons, decided to shelve the documentary, but still release the album.

Production

Russ Titelman Russ Titelman (born August 16, 1944, Los Angeles, California, United States) is an American record producer and songwriter. He has to date won three Grammy Awards. He earned his first producing the Steve Winwood song " Higher Love", and his se ...

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* Mark Linett- engineer *Track 1–13 recorded at the Savoy Theatre, NY.

Later samples

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from the album '' 2 Hype'' **"Beat Blaster" by Rodney O & Joe Cooley from the album ''Three the Hard Way'' **"Ain't Nobody Better" by

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from the album ''

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'' **"Ain't Nobody" by

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from the soundtrack of ''

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'' **"Ain't Nobody" by

Faith Evans Faith Renée Evans (born June 10, 1973) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and actress. Born in Lakeland, Florida, and raised in New Jersey, she relocated to Los Angeles in 1991 in pursuit of a recording career. Evans initially performed as ...

from the album ''

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'' **"Rollin'" by Lil' Troy from the album ''

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Charts

Album Singles

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stompin' at the Savoy - Live Rufus (band) albums Chaka Khan albums Albums produced by Russ Titelman 1983 live albums 1983 collaborative albums Warner Records live albums