Chaka Khan - I'm Every WomanLive with the Brecker Brother Horns and some of the Average White Band musicians.
Chaka Khan (born March 23, 1953) is an American singer known for hit songs such as "I'm Every Woman", "I Feel for You" and "Through the Fire", also sang a modernized theme song for the hit children's TV show, Reading Rainbow in the show's later years. Khan was first featured as a member of the funk band Rufus before beginning her solo career. Her contributions to funk and soul music in her early career earned her the title of the "Queen of Funk Soul" Khan is known for her perfectly pitched contralto vocals.
In 1978, Khan recorded her debut solo album Chaka featuring the Arif Mardin-produced disco hit "I'm Every Woman" (#1 R&B and #10Pop) later covered by Whitney Houston. Chaka proved to be a significant hit on the strength of the single written by Ashford & Simpson, Khan recorded backing vocals for Ry Cooder's Bop Till You Drop (1979), then cut her second album, 1980s Naughty, a huge hit on the R&B charts, which featured "Clouds" (also by Ashford & Simpson), "Move Me No Mountain", and other songs that displayed Khan's range as a singer.
The Naughty album also featured Luther Vandross, Cissy Houston, and a young Whitney Houston singing background vocals. This was one of the great R&B albums of the decade. Chaka can be seen in a cameo appearance in the 1980s film The Blues Brothers, singing with the church choir behind James Brown as The Reverend Cleophus James - Wikipedia extracts
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