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"Sweet Thing" is a song performed by American funk and R&B band Rufus with vocals by band member Chaka Khan. As a single, it peaked number five on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1976. Mary J. Blige recorded her version, which charted in the United States and New Zealand in 1993.
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 .
Khan brought lyrics for three compositions including what became one of Rufus' biggest hits, the ballad "Sweet Thing", which Khan and Maiden co-wrote together. After its release, Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan repeated the success of the band's previous two albums, going gold (later platinum) with sales of one million copies in the United States ...
Chaka Khan. Rufus ploughed on with a series of strong albums and hits like “Sweet Thing” and “Stay”. But then, in 1978, Khan released her solo debut, which was a hit, and Rufus recorded a ...
H.E.R., left, and Chaka Khan perform during the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023, at Barclays Center in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)
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 ...
The moniker seems to eerily predate one of the singer’s biggest hits, 1984’s “Through the Fire,” and perfectly encapsulates the life and voice of Chaka Khan, one of the world’s most ...
The ten track Very Best of Rufus featuring Chaka Khan was re-released on CD by MCA/Geffen Records in the mid 1990s in both the US and Europe and is to date the only career retrospective available with the band. Rufus and Chaka Khan's ABC/MCA back catalogue (1973–1982) is as of 2003 distributed by the Universal Music Group. [citation needed]