❤❤❤Chaka Khan was and will always be my vocal inspiration. Thank you and love you Ms. Khan! Thulani Jeffries, lead singer and co- songwriter of United Funk Order!
What I wouldn't do to get ahold of Chaka's outfits from her young heyday!! Girlfriend was SEXY AS HELL & I would totally rock those outfits!! 💘 👗 👡 👢 🎶 🎸 🎼 💃
Tell me is there any other chic you'd wish to be locked in a room or days on end , with all the naughty fun things at hand, a stereo, a bar and Chaka at 19. The sweetest thang. No disrespect intended. Just that's what such spunkiness inspires. Even says it in sweet thing.
@Powlee07 Wikipedia says they had 1 obscure song that charted in the 60s. That gave them very little notoriety. In fact, when Chaka came along in the 70s, most of the band members had changed from the 60s were gone. The band might have launched her career, but it was Chaka who took them to stardom. So much so Stevie Wonder decided to collaborate with Khan to write one of their signature hits. This pushed the band to a new success and successful longevity they’d not had before..
I seen Rufus live 1977 or 78 in Kalamazoo MI $7 general admission . After entry we would always work our way to the front row next to the stage so close we could feel the sweat. Strange *NO SHOTS FIRED* Only boy meets girl days.
I don’t know if the audio is from the original show or synced using recordings by the person posting this. I suspect the latter. Pretty good job if that is the case. But I was looking all over for Lennie Pickett during the tenor sax solo on Have A Good Time!
@@ericboswell8863 She did do both as long as she could, The record company was to blame for their split, and Rufus members became jealous, when all the attention was focused on Chaka.
@@ericboswell8863People change and evolve. Rufus and Chaka Khan grew apart. It's too bad they didn't seek out another singer to continue their legacy.
@@allenlevelle Patti Labelle would have to born again to compete with Chaka...she only wish having a 3rd of the relevant back catalog Chaka has, plus her international fame. Chaka Khan is by her own right "Queen of Funk", like Aretha was the "Queen of Soul", Donna Summer was the "Queen of Disco" and Tina Turner was the "Queen of Rock 'N' Roll". There aren't much space for other queens except maybe for Gladys Knight, the legitimate "Empress of Soul". Period. Natalie Cole is a whole different story, she also managed to become an international household name by her own right, with an interesting diversed back catalog too...
