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"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]
"Tell Me Something Good" was one of the last songs the group recorded for the album and the album was released in the spring of 1974. On the strength of "Tell Me Something Good" and the Khan-written " You Got the Love ," Rags to Rufus later sold over a million copies later going platinum .
Her family was present when the singer accepted the honor, as was Stevie Wonder, who had written her breakout hit "Tell Me Something Good". On September 27, 2011, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame committee announced that Khan and her former band Rufus were jointly nominated for induction to the hall. It was the collective's first nomination 13 ...
"Tell Me Something Good" also gave Rufus their first Grammy Award. In addition it sold over one million copies and was awarded a Gold disc by the RIAA on August 9, 1974. [4] Due to Khan's increasing popularity Rufus and ABC began calling the group Rufus featuring Chaka Khan.
The Very Best of... was released in late 1982, prior to the recording of the band's two final albums, both for the Warner Bros. Records label, and does consequently not include their hits "Ain't Nobody" and "One Million Kisses", both from the 1983 double-set Stompin' at the Savoy - Live.
Sample credits "Something Good" contains samples from "Tell Me Something Good" performed by Rufus, and "Summer Breeze" performed by the Isley Brothers."Use Me Up" contains a sample from "Use Me" performed by Bill Withers.
Stompin' at the Savoy – Live is an album by American R&B/funk band Rufus with singer Chaka Khan, released on the Warner Bros. Records label in 1983.. Stompin' at the Savoy was a double-record set featuring three sides of live material recorded at The Savoy in New York which sees the band reunited with Chaka Khan and performing all their biggest hits such as "Tell Me Something Good", "You Got ...
"Tell Me Something Good" Rufus and Chaka Khan "Groksploitation" Thomas Dolby and J. J. Abrams "The Plot" Lalo Shifrin "String Quartet No. 4, Op. 18, No. 4 in C minor" Ludwig van Beethoven "String Quartet in B Major, Op. 1, No. 1 (La Chasse)" Joseph Haydn "We Are Family" Sister Sledge "Impossible" Kanye West: The song is played during the end ...