Yvette Marie Stevens,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.
Meshell Ndegeocello is a German-born American singer-songwriter,rapper,and bassist. She has gone by the name Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur which is used as a writing credit on some of her later work. Her music incorporates a wide variety of influences,including funk,soul,jazz,hip hop,reggae and rock. She has received significant critical acclaim throughout her career,being nominated for eleven Grammy Awards,and winning one. She also has been credited for helping to "spark the neo-soul movement".
Standing in the Shadows of Motown is a 2002 American documentary film directed by Paul Justman that recounts the story of the Funk Brothers,the uncredited and largely unheralded studio musicians who were the house band that Berry Gordy hand-picked in 1959.
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.
Retro Active is a compilation album by the English rock band Def Leppard,released in 1993. The album features touched-up versions of B-sides and previously unreleased recordings from the band's recording sessions from 1984 to 1993. The album charted at number 9 on the Billboard 200 and No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart.
I Feel for You is the fifth solo studio album by American R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan,released on the Warner Bros. Records label in 1984.
Plantation Lullabies is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter and bassist Me'shell NdegéOcello. It was released by Maverick Records on October 19,1993,to widespread critical acclaim and has since been viewed as a landmark neo soul record.
Peace Beyond Passion is the second studio album by American musician Me'shell Ndegeocello,released on June 25,1996,on Maverick Records. The album peaked at No. 63 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and No. 15 on the Top R&B Albums chart in 1996. It went on to become Ndegeocello's most commercially successful album. Widely acclaimed at the time of its release,the album received numerous awards and accolades including a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album at the 39th Grammy Awards in 1997.
Bitter is the third album by Meshell Ndegeocello. It was released on August 24,1999,on Maverick Records. The album peaked at #105 on the Billboard Top 200 in 1999. The album also peaked at number 13 on Billboard's Top Internet Albums chart and number 40 on Billboard's R&B Albums chart.
Rags To Rufus is the gold-selling second studio album by funk band Rufus,released on the ABC Records label in 1974. It reached #4 on both the Pop and Black Albums charts. It is notable for the hit singles "Tell Me Something Good",written by Stevie Wonder,and "You Got the Love",written by lead vocalist Chaka Khan and Ray Parker Jr. In 1975 "Tell Me Something Good" earned the band its first Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.
Chaka is the debut solo album by singer Chaka Khan. It was released on October 12,1978 through Warner Bros Record label.
Destiny is the sixth studio album by American R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan,released on Warner Bros. Records in 1986.
Stompin' at the Savoy –Live is an album by American R&B/funk band Rufus with singer Chaka Khan,released on the Warner Bros. Records label in 1983.
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.
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.
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 Billboard's R&B Albums chart,#81 on Pop and included the single release "Keep It Together ".
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 Very Best of Rufus with Chaka Khan is a greatest hits album by funk band Rufus and singer Chaka Khan,originally released on the MCA Records label in 1982. The collection comprises ten of the group's biggest hits on the ABC/MCA labels,including "You Got the Love","Sweet Thing","At Midnight ","Do You Love What You Feel","Tell Me Something Good","Stay","Hollywood" and "Dance Wit Me".
David Gamson is an American keyboardist/musician. Originally hailing from New York,he has worked with,among others,Kesha,Kelly Clarkson,Jessie J,Adam Lambert,Chaka Khan,Charli XCX,Meshell Ndegeocello,Green Gartside,Sheila E.,George Benson,Luther Vandross,Donny Osmond,Miles Davis,Al Jarreau,Tony LeMans,Roger Troutman,Eden xo,Quinn XCII and Hannah Diamond.
"Never Miss the Water" is a 1995 recording written by Gerry DeVeaux and Charlie Mole,and performed by American singer Chaka Khan. It features vocals by Meshell Ndegeocello and had previously been unreleased. The song was included in Khan's 1996 greatest hits album Epiphany:The Best of Chaka Khan,Vol. 1 and went to #36 on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles &Tracks chart. On the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart,"Never Miss the Water" was Chaka Khan's sixth number one,and was her last until she again reached the summit with "Disrespectful" in 2007.
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