Chaka Khan - Tell Me Something Good
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Surely one of the most identifiable and beloved female vocalists of this era, she's going septuagenarian today and I just had to put something up.
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As everyone not living on Neptune knows, she first came to prominence in a popular 1970s funk band called Rufus, who had chart-topping smash hits with her out front.
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At the close of that decade she went solo, and the hits came even more frequently... some even turned into generational anthems along the way.
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There isn't much else to say except that this woman is so deep, she had a #1 hit across all charts, where the hook was essentially a dude intoning -- not even singing! -- her name.To honor the inimitable Chaka Khan, we're time machining it back to London's famed Hammersmith Odeon, at the start of 1985.
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Chaka Khan
Hammersmith Odeon
London, UK
1.28-30.1985
01 What Cha' Gonna Do for Me
02 Everlasting Love
03 Tell Me Something Good
04 Through the Fire
05 Eye to Eye
06 A Night In Tunisia
07 We Can Work It Out
08 I'm a Woman (I'm a Backbone)
09 Ain't Nobody
Total time: 49:04
Chaka Khan - vocals & percussion
Jeffrey Johnson - guitar
Snuffy Walden - guitar
Jimmy Haslip - bass
Lisa Fisher, Sandra St. Victor & Brenda White - vocals
Armand Grimaldi - drums & percussion
Michael Ruff - keyboards & vocals
Tony Patler - keyboards
"7UP Music Machine" preFM reel
retracked & edited by EN, March 2023
297 MB FLAC/direct link
297 MB FLAC/direct link
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I have a couple more things planned for later this month as we move into Spring, after I finishing archiving.
Thank you EN !
ReplyDeleteThanks very very much Josh E. Nowbodhi!!!
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