Chaka Khan - I'm Every Woman

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Born 23rd March 1953, Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Illinois, U.S.A., Chaka Khan was raised on Chicago's South Side, and at the age of 11 formed her first group, the Crystalettes. While still in high school, she joined the Afro-Arts Theater, a group which toured with Motown great Mary Wells; a few years later, she adopted the African name Chaka Khan while working on the Black Panthers' breakfast program. After quitting high school in 1969, Khan joined the group Lyfe, soon exiting to join another dance band, the Babysitters; neither was on the fast track to success, but her fortunes changed when she teamed with ex-American Breed member Kevin Murphy and Andre Fisher to form Rufus.
Debuting in 1973 with a self-titled effort on the ABC label, Rufus was among the preeminent funk groups of the decade; distinguished by Khan's dynamic vocals, the group earned half a dozen gold or platinum albums before she went solo in 1978.
Chaka began her solo career with the hit, "Im Every Woman," a tune written especially for her by the songwriting team of Ashford & Simpson. Since then, Chaka has recorded nine albums and been honored with five Grammy Awards. Her solo hits include "What Cha Gonna Do For Me?" "Clouds," "Papillion," "I Feel For You," and "Through The Fire."
Sister of Yvonne Stevens Taka Boom.

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[ByJonjo]

Bread Dare Much ?

[shapps91]

#ripwhitneyhouston

[wmbrown6]

@peterscoop - Who died and left you in charge of judging anybody or anything, you lowlife Polack pig?

[peterscoop]

@wmbrown6 why you hating fuckboy

[TICNBROADCAST]

Lovely Selection .

[the44118]

@Victorvalley what an idiot!

[Victorvalley]

this reminds of i pronounce you chuck and larry movie

[SOCCERNUT32]

@akablaze27 dude serious? whitney has a songbird voice but chaka khan do anything whitney has and more, and chaka's vocal weight, like patti is unmatched, ...better come down over there, Chaka is a declared Queen of her craft " funk" ...the "voice " is not.. Mariah ..really is the voice of the 90's. no disrespect, but sorry, fact. Chaka has, riffs, great range, volicity and weight in her voice, a horn like tone that is UNMATCHED, and most of all is the most versatile vocalist:

[luckyharry661]

what a great 'pop' song!!..............Im so pleased I was young when this came out......great years!

[NickyTimeMagic9]

don't care who's singing backup...this song was on all the time during one of the best years of my life .. made me love Chaka Khan even more.... i thought the chorus was " climb every woman" at first..which certain people have never let me live down.. i was a little bit of a player back then...ah youth is wasted on the young

[KevinKayotic]

@akablaze27 you couldn't be more wrong lol

[HaliB75]

@dejaw390 Yes, Whitney is singing the faint high soprano "Woh, Woh, Woh".......I can hear with headphones. Her mom is also on the backs as well. You can hear clearly on the first set of woh's......LOL!!