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"My Funny Valentine" is a show tune from the 1937 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart coming of age musical Babes in Arms in which it was introduced by teenaged star Mitzi Green. The song became a popular jazz standard , appearing on over 1300 albums performed by over 600 artists.
On most Rufus releases, the artist name was listed as "Rufus featuring Chaka Khan" or "Rufus and Chaka Khan". (Rufus releases are not included in this discography.) Rufus hit the Hot 100 top 10 three times, the US Top R&B Songs chart top 10 twelve times including five number ones, Billboard ' s Dance Club chart's top 10 four times including one ...
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.
After having balanced her two simultaneous careers as a member of the band Rufus and a solo performer during the years 1978 to 1983, which culminated with the release of the final Rufus & Chaka Khan album Stompin' at the Savoy – Live, after which the band dissolved, Khan recorded the album that was to make her a pop star with mainstream chart success: 1984's I Feel for You.
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Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan, Vol. 1 is a compilation album of recordings by American R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan, first released on the Warner Bros. Records label in 1996. Although the compilation, which reached #22 on Billboard ' s R&B chart and #84 on Pop, was given the "Vol. 1" tag, it remains without a sequel to date.
Chaka is the debut solo album by American singer Chaka Khan. It was released on October 12, 1978, through Warner Bros. Records. Following the release of the Chaka album, Khan reunited with Rufus for the recording of 1979's Masterjam, produced by Quincy Jones. Her second solo album Naughty followed in 1980.
ck was Khan's first album not to be recorded with Arif Mardin.Instead, it had, with the exception of two tracks, Russ Titelman at the helm as producer, with whom she had collaborated on hits including "Ain't Nobody" (1983), "Eye to Eye" from 1984's platinum-selling I Feel for You as well as "Tight Fit" from her previous album Destiny.