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Yvette Marie Stevens (born March 23, 1953), [1] better known by her stage name Chaka Khan (/ ˈ ʃ ɑː k ə ˈ k ɑː n / SHAH-kə KAHN), [2] is an American singer. [3] Known as the "Queen of Funk", [4] her career has spanned more than five decades beginning in the early 1970s as the lead vocalist of the funk band Rufus.
The group's fourth release, and the third major release with Khan as singer, Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan, was released in 1975. [2] The major hit on the album was a composition by Khan and Tony Maiden titled "Sweet Thing"; [5] it reached the top five of the charts [6] and became their fourth record to go Gold. Despite the album's success as well ...
"Missing You" is a song by American singers Brandy, Gladys Knight, Chaka Khan and Canadian R&B musician Tamia. The song was used to promote the 1996 film Set It Off.It was written and produced by Gordon Chambers and Barry J. Eastmond and released as the lead single from the soundtrack album of the film on August 6, 1996, through East West Records.
In a recent interview with The Independent, Khan revealed that fellow music legend Stevie Wonder wrote one of her band Rufus’ signature songs “Tell Me Something Good” in the 1970s. Wonder ...
A music video was produced for Khan's version of "I'm Every Woman" at a time when the value of promotional films was increasing. The video, which features five dancing Chakas dressed in various outfits to represent "every woman", was made a few years before the onset of mainstream coverage of "music promos" through such outlets as MTV, VH1, and BET.
"Angel" is a song recorded by the American singer Chaka Khan for her eleventh studio album, Funk This (2007). It was written by Wright James Quenton and Yvette Marie Stevens, and produced by Tammy McCrary, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.
Come 2 My House is the ninth studio album by American R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan released on the NPG Records label in 1998.. Come 2 My House was Khan's first full-length album since 1992's The Woman I Am, due to the Warner Bros. Records label postponing and eventually cancelling the release of her tenth album Dare You to Love Me (1995).
Khan's version of the song is written in the key of G ♭ major with a tempo of 125 beats per minute in common time. Khan's vocals span from D ♭ 4 to A ♭ 5 in the song. [17] [18] In 1985 at the 27th Annual Grammy Awards, the Chaka Khan version of "I Feel for You" won the Grammy for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female. [19]