"title track, ""I Feel for You"" was a cover of a 1979 Prince track, featuring Grandmaster Melle Mel on the classic ""Ch-ch-ch-chaka-chaka-chaka Khan"" rap intro and Stevie Wonder on chromatic harmonica (and also a sample from one of his first hits, ""Fingertips"") and saw Khan embracing high-tech funk, rap and hip hop and stands as one of her best known songs and her biggest commercial hit, reaching number 3 on the US Pop chart (and becoming the ""Billboard"" number 5 best-selling song of the year in 1985), and topped the US R&B, Dance, and UK singles charts. The song earned"
"I Feel for You (album) I Feel for You is the fifth solo studio album by American R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan, released on the Warner Bros. Records label in 1984. After having balanced her two simultaneous careers as a member of the band Rufus and a solo performer during the years 1978 to 1983, which culminated with the release of the final Rufus & Chaka Khan album ""Stompin' at the Savoy – Live"" after which the band dissolved, Khan recorded the album that was to make her a pop star with mainstream chart success; 1984's ""I Feel for You"". The"
"urban contemporary audiences of 1984 were into a more high-tech, heavily electronic style of R&B."" Henderson called the record ""excellent from start to finish"" and exemplary of ""the urban contemporary scene of 1984"". I Feel for You (album) I Feel for You is the fifth solo studio album by American R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan, released on the Warner Bros. Records label in 1984. After having balanced her two simultaneous careers as a member of the band Rufus and a solo performer during the years 1978 to 1983, which culminated with the release of the final Rufus & Chaka Khan album"
"I Feel for You ""I Feel for You"" is a song written by Prince that originally appeared on his 1979 self-titled album. The most successful and best-known version was recorded by R&B singer Chaka Khan and appeared on her 1984 album ""I Feel for You"". Prince, as songwriter, won the 1985 Grammy Award for Best R&B Song. Prince originally recorded the song containing disco music for his eponymous second album, released in 1979. He uses the falsetto vocal with the melody range between C and C. However, the song and ""I Wanna Be Your Lover"", a hit song of Prince's"
"with a disc jockey and break dancers Shabba Doo, Boogaloo Shrimp, Bruno Falcon and Ana Sánchez, all of whom appeared in the movie ""Breakin'"". A remixed version of the video was created to match the 12"" vinyl version of the single. I Feel for You ""I Feel for You"" is a song written by Prince that originally appeared on his 1979 self-titled album. The most successful and best-known version was recorded by R&B singer Chaka Khan and appeared on her 1984 album ""I Feel for You"". Prince, as songwriter, won the 1985 Grammy Award for Best R&B Song. Prince originally"
"reaching number-one on the R&B chart and hitting number eight on the UK singles chart. The success of the track led to the band receiving its second Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. Following this success, Rufus went their separate ways for good with Khan continuing her solo career, becoming one of the most revered R&B artists of her generation with the release of the single ""I Feel for You"" cementing her reputation. In 2001, Rufus (Kevin Murphy, Tony Maiden, Bobby Watson, Dave Wolinski, and John Robinson aka J.R. Robinson) and Chaka Khan"
"Chaka (album) Chaka is the debut solo album by American R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan, released on the Warner Bros. Records label in 1978. Two singles were released from ""Chaka"", the first being her anthemic solo debut ""I'm Every Woman"", one of Khan's signature tunes alongside ""Ain't Nobody"" (1983) and ""I Feel For You"" (1984). The song has over the past three decades been re-released, remixed and covered a number of times, most notably by Whitney Houston in 1992 for the soundtrack album """", then featuring guest vocals by Khan herself and topping ""Billboard""'s Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. A remix"
"Chaka Khan Yvette Marie Stevens (born March 23, 1953), better known by her stage name Chaka Khan, is an American musician, singer and songwriter. Her career has spanned nearly five decades, beginning in the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the funk band Rufus. Khan received public attention for her vocals and image. Known as the Queen of Funk, Khan was the first R&B artist to have a crossover hit featuring a rapper, with ""I Feel for You"" in 1984. Khan has won ten Grammys and has sold an estimated 70 million records worldwide. In the course of her solo"
"Through the Fire (song) ""Through the Fire"" is a song recorded by Chaka Khan from her sixth studio album, ""I Feel for You"" (1984). The David Foster-produced track was the third single from the album and reached number 60 on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart and number 15 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts. It was one of the few Khan hits to cross to the Adult Contemporary chart. The music video was filmed at Los Angeles' Union Station. Foster revealed in his 2011 PBS Concert ""The Hit Man Returns"" that this was the only melody that he ever"
"the ""Chaka"" album Khan reunited with Rufus for the recording of 1979's ""Masterjam"", produced by Quincy Jones. Her second solo album ""Naughty"" followed in 1980. The ""Chaka"" album was re-released on CD in the United States by the Warner Music Group in 1998. Chaka (album) Chaka is the debut solo album by American R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan, released on the Warner Bros. Records label in 1978. Two singles were released from ""Chaka"", the first being her anthemic solo debut ""I'm Every Woman"", one of Khan's signature tunes alongside ""Ain't Nobody"" (1983) and ""I Feel For You"" (1984). The song has"
"performed ""I Feel for You"" as a duet. Khan's version of the song is written in the key of G major with a tempo of 125 beats per minute in common time. Khan's vocals span from D to A in the song. The first version of the music video for Khan's song featured her working in a club with female dancers. As rap music and breakdancing were gaining popularity in mainstream pop culture at the time, the song was released and proved a success, so another version of the video, in an inner-city courtyard setting, was created. It featured Khan"
"wrote with someone in mind and that the working title of the piece was actually called ""Chaka"" because he was very confident that Khan would perform the song. The song was sampled by Kanye West on his early single ""Through the Wire. Through the Fire (song) ""Through the Fire"" is a song recorded by Chaka Khan from her sixth studio album, ""I Feel for You"" (1984). The David Foster-produced track was the third single from the album and reached number 60 on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart and number 15 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts. It was one"
"Hawk Wolinski David J. ""Hawk"" Wolinski (born 1948) is an American keyboardist, songwriter and record producer, probably best known for his work with the funk band Rufus and their lead singer Chaka Khan. Wolinski grew up in Chicago, Illinois, and in the late 1960s was the keyboard player and lead singer of the band The Males and a member of the bands Shadows of Knight and Bangor Flying Circus. When the latter band broke up he helped form the band Madura, which was produced by fellow Chicagoan James William Guercio. Guercio used Madura in his 1973 film ""Electra Glide in"
"R&B #43, 1980). In 1979, Chaka Khan found solo success with the release of the album, ""Chaka"", and its parent single, ""I'm Every Woman"", which became her signature song years before ""I Feel for You"". However, Khan wanted to remain a member of her long-standing band Rufus, a group she had joined in 1972. Since their 1973 debut, Khan had led on most of the group's songs. While Ron Stockert, an earlier member, had added vocals to the debut and their follow-up, ""Rags to Rufus"", Stockert left after complaining of their label's focus on Khan, and Tony Maiden would begin"
"and tabla simultaneously by one artist. He also released a tabla solo single titled ""Sparks of Energy"" in 2011. Both of these albums feature Khan's wife, Amika Kushwaha as the brilliant Harmonium soloist. Other selected collaborations include the ground breaking collaboration ""Dark Clouds"" (2006) with Jazz pianist Stu Goldberg ( the lead keyboardist to John McLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra) a prized collaboration with Slide Guitar legend Ellen McIlwaine to record ""Mystic Bridge"" which is a ground breaking Blues/Indian music album, ""I Feel Love Again"" (2002) with Mediterranean Guitarist Pavlo, ""Mani Licks"" (2002) with Heavy Metal/Shredder Guitarist Dan Mani,""A Demon's Dream"" (2002)"
"appearing in Chaka Khan's ""I Feel for You"", which won the Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance in 1985. 1987 brought back the original lineup of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five when they performed for a charity concert at Madison Square Garden. They soon reunited for their first studio album in nearly five years, recording ""On the Strength"", which was released on April 1988. The album failed to reach the success of ""The Message"" and received lukewarm reception. The group never enjoyed the same success as they did in the early 1980s and permanently broke up afterwards."
"silk sheets and polished chrome dominate the décor"", although he felt the drawback of such densely melodic arrangements was the constraint they placed on Khan's singing, likening the effect to ""the desperate air of someone trapped in a penthouse prison of her own device"". Robert Christgau was more critical in ""The Village Voice"", accusing Khan of ""coasting"" on her ""splendid"" voice while singling out the title track and John Robie's contribution on ""My Love Is Alive"" for possessing the majority of ""I Feel for You""s ""musical interest (as opposed to attraction)"". ""People"" said apart from the title track's inventive music,"
"the ""Miami Vice"" soundtrack (US Pop No. 57, US R&B No. 66). In a contemporary review of ""I Feel for You"", ""Billboard"" deemed it a ""fine new work"" from Khan, finding her at ""the peak of her powers"" while covering ""sharp techno-pop"" and ""a gutsy kind of adult contemporary"". Don Snowden from ""The Boston Phoenix"" wrote that the singer had become ""entranced with her electro-boogie wonderland"" and even embraced ""the latest street beats"". He credited producer Arif Mardin for unifying the album with ""a glistening metallic edifice of sound, true metal-machine music for life and love in highrise apartments where"
"I'm Feeling You ""I'm Feeling You"" is a song recorded by Santana with The Wreckers (Michelle Branch and Jessica Harp) for Santana's 2005 album ""All That I Am"". It was written by Branch, Kara DioGuardi and John Shanks. The music video (directed by The Malloys) showed Branch and Carlos Santana singing onstage of a party, with Jessica Harp singing background. It was Santana's second collaboration with Branch, the first being ""The Game of Love"" (2002). The single reached number fifty-five on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and performed best on adult contemporary radio formats, reaching number five on Billboard's AC"
"I'm Feeling You ""I'm Feeling You"" is a song recorded by Santana with The Wreckers (Michelle Branch and Jessica Harp) for Santana's 2005 album ""All That I Am"". It was written by Branch, Kara DioGuardi and John Shanks. The music video (directed by The Malloys) showed Branch and Carlos Santana singing onstage of a party, with Jessica Harp singing background. It was Santana's second collaboration with Branch, the first being ""The Game of Love"" (2002). The single reached number fifty-five on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and performed best on adult contemporary radio formats, reaching number five on Billboard's AC"
"last albums featuring lead vocalist Chaka Khan before fully going solo. Do You Love What You Feel ""Do You Love What You Feel"" is a well-known soul/disco song by Rufus and Chaka. Released in late 1979 from the Quincy Jones produced album, ""Masterjam"", it 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 also peaked at number thirty on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 singles chart. Along with the track, ""Any Love"", ""Do You Love What You Feel"" peaked at number"
"piano. He has toured across the United States, as well as in Europe, Russia, Japan and Australia. Closer to his roots, Shah still occasionally performs for free at John's Carpet House in East Detroit. He legally changed his birth name to Seward Shah. Shah's more recent release was the 2009 album, ""If All You Have Is a Hammer"", on his current record label, Electro-Fi Records. Harmonica Shah Seward Daward Shah, known as Harmonica Shah (March 31, 1946) is an American Detroit and electric blues harmonicist and singer. His playing was influenced by Junior Wells, Jimmy Reed, Little Walter, Lazy Lester,"
"For You (Electronic song) ""For You"" is a song by English band Electronic, comprising Bernard Sumner and Johnny Marr, with guesting co-writer Karl Bartos of Kraftwerk, released as the second single from their second album ""Raise the Pressure"". ""For You"" reached #16 on the UK Singles Chart. As was the trend in the 1990s, it was issued as two Compact Discs as well as on cassette. The first CD featured two exclusive B-sides (""I Feel Alright"" and ""All That I Need""), while the second had three previously released tracks from the period of their first album ""Electronic"" (the 12"" remix"
"but did become domestically available digitally shortly after Khan won multiple Grammys for her 2007 album ""Funk This"". In 2016, Big Break Records re-issued the album as an expanded edition with special liner notes and pictures containing three additional tracks: ""Only Once"", ""Lover's Touch"" and ""I Know You, I Live You (Remix)"". What Cha' Gonna Do for Me What Cha' Gonna Do for Me is the Gold certified third solo album by American R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan, released on the Warner Bros. Records label in 1981. Three singles were released from ""What Cha' Gonna Do"": the Beatles cover ""We Can"
"- Flute, Ismail Lumanovski - Clarinet, Abhik Mukherjee - Sitar, Manu Koch - Piano, Fender Rhodes, Korg CX3 Hammond Organ, Steve Jenkins - Bass, Kenny Grohowski - Drums, T.S. Nanda kumar -Mridangam, Nitin Mitta - Tabla, A. Sivamani - Bells, Shakers, Tambourine, Triangle, Daf, Kanjira, Ghungroo, Recorded by Duff Harris, Mixed by Elliot Scheiner, Mastered by Bob Ludwig ""Prasanna – electric and acoustic guitars, Shalini Lakshmi and Natalie John – vocals, Dave Douglas – trumpet, Rudresh Mahanthappa and David Binney – alto sax, Vijay Iyer – piano, Mike Pope – acoustic and electric bass, Bill Urmson – electric bass, Rodney"
"Cha' Gonna Do for Me"" from Khan's 1981 solo album of the same name. The fourth side of the album included four new studio recordings of which two were released as singles, ""Ain't Nobody"" and ""One Million Kisses"". ""Ain't Nobody"", written by the band's keyboardist David ""Hawk"" Wolinski, became Rufus' final #1 R&B hit, reached #22 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, also won them a Grammy Award for ""Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal"" in 1984 and has since come to be regarded as one of Khan's own signature tunes - although it in"
"composer himself on harmonica, just like on ""I Feel for You"". One of the two tracks not to be produced by Russ Titelman was the funky and improvisational ""Sticky Wicked"", Khan's first proper collaboration with Prince after having covered his ""I Feel for You"" in 1984 and turning it into a million-selling hit single. ""ck"" also includes a second Prince composition, ""Eternity"" (produced by David Frank and Khan herself), and some ten years later Khan and Prince were to team up for a full-length album together, ""Come 2 My House"". ""ck"" features one track written and co-produced by Chris Jasper,"
"Song for Everyone Song for Everyone is an album by Indian violinist L. Shankar, featuring Jan Garbarek, Zakir Hussain and Trilok Gurtu. It was released on the ECM label in 1985. Allmusic awarded the album with 4 stars and its review by Richard S. Ginell states: ""..a brighter, more outgoing record than its predecessor ""Vision"", veering between Western acoustic and electric grooves and the complex beats churned out by the tabla. Jan Garbarek again shines beams of light on soprano and tenor, engaging Shankar's ten-string double-necked electric violin in some complex interplay on the title track"". All compositions by Shankar."
"Song for Everyone Song for Everyone is an album by Indian violinist L. Shankar, featuring Jan Garbarek, Zakir Hussain and Trilok Gurtu. It was released on the ECM label in 1985. Allmusic awarded the album with 4 stars and its review by Richard S. Ginell states: ""..a brighter, more outgoing record than its predecessor ""Vision"", veering between Western acoustic and electric grooves and the complex beats churned out by the tabla. Jan Garbarek again shines beams of light on soprano and tenor, engaging Shankar's ten-string double-necked electric violin in some complex interplay on the title track"". All compositions by Shankar."
"What Cha' Gonna Do for Me What Cha' Gonna Do for Me is the Gold certified third solo album by American R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan, released on the Warner Bros. Records label in 1981. Three singles were released from ""What Cha' Gonna Do"": the Beatles cover ""We Can Work It Out"" (US R&B #34), the McCrarys cover ""Any Old Sunday"" (#68) and the album's title track which became a number one hit on ""Billboard"" R&B Singles chart. On Billboard's charts, the album reached #3 on Black Albums, #33 on Jazz Albums, and #17 on Pop Albums. This would be Chaka's"
"for #1"", it was a top-ten hit on the Billboard Hot Singles Charts, peaking at number three, and a number one song on the ""Billboard"" R&B Charts during the summer of 1976. The single was later certified gold by the RIAA. Thirteen years later in 1989, it became a number one R&B hit again, with Chaka Khan and Ray Charles doing the lead vocals on Quincy Jones' ""Back on the Block"" album, and went to number eighteen on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart. It also topped the American dance chart in early 1990. This was Ray Charles' first No."
"music portion of the programme. He then introduced Ravi Shankar and the latter's fellow musicians – sarodya Ali Akbar Khan, tabla player Alla Rakha, and Kamala Chakravarty on tamboura. Shankar first explained the reason for the concerts, after which the four musicians performed a traditional dhun, in the format of a khyal rather than a standard raga, titled ""Bangla Dhun"". Their set included a second piece, authors Chip Madinger and Mark Easter suggest, citing Harrison's own description that each show's Indian music segment lasted for three-quarters of an hour, whereas only seventeen minutes of music appears on the ""Concert for"
"Destiny (Chaka Khan album) Destiny is the sixth studio album by American R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan, released on Warner Bros. Records in 1986. ""Destiny"" was Khan's follow-up to the platinum-selling ""I Feel for You"" and was as high tech as its predecessor—symptomatically and characteristically for its period with more producers and sound engineers credited in the liner notes than musicians—but was musically more geared towards rock and pop than soul and R&B, most prominently on tracks such as ""So Close"", the self-penned title track ""My Destiny"", ""Who's It Gonna Be"" and ""Watching the World"" featuring Phil Collins on drums and"