Chaka Chaka Chaka Khan. How best to describe the vivacious vocal powerhouse? If Aretha is the Queen Of Soul, Chaka is the Queen’s ribald younger sister, who’s off banging the Royal Man-At-Arms.
Chaka has won ten Grammy awards, sold more than 200 million records worldwide and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She’s been an ally for decades, performing at countless Pride and Equality events, and has often referred to her gay audience as her most loyal.
This weekend is her 61st birthday, so let’s pick our favorite songs from her four decade career. What are your picks? Tell me something good! Here are my top ten.
10. What Cha Gonna Do For Me (1981) – The title track from her third solo album, it reached #53 on the pop chart and became her second #1 on the R&B chart.
9. My Funny Valentine (1996) – This Rodges & Hart standard has...
Chaka has won ten Grammy awards, sold more than 200 million records worldwide and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She’s been an ally for decades, performing at countless Pride and Equality events, and has often referred to her gay audience as her most loyal.
This weekend is her 61st birthday, so let’s pick our favorite songs from her four decade career. What are your picks? Tell me something good! Here are my top ten.
10. What Cha Gonna Do For Me (1981) – The title track from her third solo album, it reached #53 on the pop chart and became her second #1 on the R&B chart.
9. My Funny Valentine (1996) – This Rodges & Hart standard has...
- 3/21/2014
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