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The group's fourth release, and the third major release with Khan as singer, Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan, was released in 1975. [2] The major hit on the album was a composition by Khan and Tony Maiden titled "Sweet Thing"; [5] it reached the top five of the charts [6] and became their fourth record to go Gold. Despite the album's success as well ...
"Tell Me Something Good" is a song by Rufus included on their 1974 album Rags to Rufus, written by Stevie Wonder and released in 1974. This was the first and only hit credited to Rufus, as once singer Chaka Khan's voice became the focus of the group, they changed their name to "Rufus featuring Chaka Khan" for their next album. [4]
Khan brought lyrics for three compositions including what became one of Rufus' biggest hits, the ballad "Sweet Thing", which Khan and Maiden co-wrote together. After its release, Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan repeated the success of the band's previous two albums, going gold (later platinum) with sales of one million copies in the United States.
Initially recorded and released a single in late 1975, it was first a hit with Rufus featuring Chaka Khan when they recorded the song in 1975, eventually reaching number-one on the R&B singles chart and number five on the pop chart. [2] The song was co-written by Khan and Rufus bandmate Tony Maiden and became one of the band and Khan's ...
"Do You Love What You Feel" spent three weeks at the top of the Hot Soul Singles chart, becoming the fourth of five songs that they would send to the top of that chart; it was the final single to top that chart during the 1970s.
"Ain't Nobody" is a song by American funk band Rufus and American singer Chaka Khan. It was released on November 4, 1983, by Warner Bros., as one of four studio tracks included on their live album, Stompin' at the Savoy (1983).
"You Got the Love" is a hit song for the funk band Rufus. It was written by Ray Parker Jr. and Chaka Khan. From the Rags to Rufus album, it spent one week at number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart in 1974. It also peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. [1]
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.