Chaka Khan

Genres:	Blues • Comedy • Funk • Jazz • Music Videos & Concerts • Musicals & The Arts • Pop / Rock • R&B / Soul • Television
Descriptive "tags":	soul • funk • female vocalists • 80s • rnb
Decades Active:	1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s
Artist Compilations:	Chaka Khan (feat. Me'shell Ndegeocello) • Peter Cetera & Chaka Khan • Rufus & Chaka Khan
Links online:	BBC Music • Facebook • IMDb • MusicMoz • MySpace • Official Homepage • Wikipedia • YouTube

Biography

Yvette Marie Stevens, 23 March 1953, Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Illinois, USA. Having sung with several Chicago club bands, including Lyfe, Lock And Chains and Baby Huey And The Babysitters, Chaka Khan became acquainted with Ask Rufus, a group formed from the remnants of hit group the American Breed. When Khan replaced original singer Paulette McWilliams, the line-up truncated its name to Rufus and as such released a succession of superior funk singles. Khan’s stylish voice was the group’s obvious attraction and in 1978 she began recording as a solo act. ‘I’m Every Woman’ topped the US R&B chart that year while subsequent releases, ‘What Cha’ Gonna Do For Me’ (1981) and ‘Got To Be There’ (1982), consolidated this position. However, a 1984 release, ‘I Feel For You’, established the singer as an international act when it reached number 3 in the USA and number 1 in the UK pop charts. This...

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