Naughty Chaka Khan

• 1 Clouds 04:29
• 2 Get Ready, Get Set 03:44
• 3 Move Me No Mountain 04:19
• 4 Nothing's Gonna Take You Away 03:42
• 5 So Naughty 03:58
• 6 Too Much Love 03:55
• 7 All Night's All Right 04:26
• 8 What You Did 04:00
• 9 Papillon (Aka Hot Butterfly) 04:12
• 10 Our Love's In Danger 03:37
• Total Runtime 40:22

Info for Naughty

„By the early '80s Chaka Khan and producer Arif Mardin had a great working relationship that was responsible for her hit solo debut, 1979's Chaka. Despite having the hit single 'I'm Every Woman,' Chaka was often a stilted and unfocused affair. Naughty presents the two in a more centered working relationship. The big hit here, 'Papillion (aka Hot Butterfly),' projects an effortlessness that didn't come as easy during Khan's concurrent run with Rufus.

The tough, Latinized rock/funk of 'Too Much Love' has one of Khan's most visceral performances. For Naughty Khan also does one of the better versions of Aaron Schroeder and Jerry Ragovoy's 'Move Me No Mountain' that's made even better by Anthony Jackson's steady bass and Steve Ferrone's tough drumming. Despite the high points, other songs like 'What You Did,' 'Our Love's in Danger,' and even Ashford & Simpson's 'Clouds' come off underdone. Recorded at Atlantic Studios in New York, most of Naughty represents Khan in a holding pattern, without much material to accommodate her widening range. That being said, Naughty is only a few songs away from being a bona fide classic.“ (Jason Elias, AMG)

Chaka Khan, vocals, background vocals
Hamish Stuart, vocals, guitar
Whitney Houston, vocals, background vocals
Cissy Houston, vocals, background vocals
Charlotte Crossley, vocals, background vocals
Ullanda McCullough, vocals, background vocals
Mark Stevens, vocals, background vocals
Luther Vandross, vocals, background vocals
Jeff Mironov, guitar, sitar
Hiram Bullock, guitar
Phil Upchurch, guitar
Steve Khan, guitar
Noel Pointer, violin, electric violin
Arif Mardin, strings, alto horn
Eddie Daniels, flute, alto saxophone
Hugh McCracken, harmonica
David Tofani, alto saxophone
Michael Brecker, tenor saxophone
Harvey Estrin, tenor saxophone
Lew Del Gatto, baritone saxophone
Ronnie Cuber, baritone saxophone
Marvin Stamm, trumpet
Randy Brecker, trumpet
John Clark, French horn, horns
Peter Gordon, French horn, horns
James Pugh, trombone
Jim Pugh, trombone
Barry Rogers, trombone
Howard Johnson, tuba, horns
Robert Stewart, tuba, horns
Joseph Daley, tuba, horns
Dave Bargeron, horns
Don Grolnick, piano, electric piano
Leon Pendarvis, piano
Richard Tee, keyboards, synthesizer
Arthur Jenkins, keyboards, percussion
Kenneth Bichel, synthesizer
Steve Ferrone, drums
Naná Vasconcelos, percussion
Sammy Figueroa, percussion

Recorded 1979-1980 at Atlantic Studios, NY
Engineered by Pat Kraus, Lew Hahn
Recorded and mixed by Lew Hawn
Mastered by George Marino
Produced by Arif Mardin

Digitally remastered

Chaka Khan
is a true Renaissance Woman. A singer, songwriter, producer, visual artist, author, actor, philanthropist, entrepreneur, activist and mother, Chaka is an international music icon who has influenced multiple generations of artists and continues to do so. From the moment she burst onto the music scene in the 1970s as the 18-year-old lead singer of the multiracial band Rufus, her powerful voice and show-stopping stage presence set her apart from any other singer, and during her 40-year career, she has developed a vast international fan base and performed on six continents.

Chaka is a ten-time GRAMMY® Award winner (with 22 GRAMMY® nominations) who has the rare ability to sing in eight music genres, including R&B, jazz, pop, rock, gospel, country, classical and dance music. She has released 22 albums and racked up ten #1 Billboard magazine charted songs, eight RIAA certified gold singles and eleven RIAA certified gold and platinum albums. Chaka’s recorded music has produced over 2,000 catalogue song placements.

She is also the recipient of numerous awards for her extraordinary achievements in music and entertainment. Last year, the City of Chicago honored her with a Street Naming of “Chaka Khan Way” and declared Sunday, July 28, 2013, “Chaka Khan Day” in Chicago, her hometown. The weekend-long celebration included a free outdoor concert in Millennium Park. Earlier in the year she was awarded a BET Honors and was the recipient of the Trumpet Award (Legend Award); honored by the Howard Theatre Restoration, Inc., at its 2nd Annual Gala and Benefit Concert; inducted into the Apollo Legends Hall of Fame at its Annual Spring Gala; inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame; honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and with the United Negro College Fund’s An Evening of Stars Tribute. She also received the Soul Train Legend Award (2009), the BET Lifetime Achievement Award (2006), the GRAMMY® Honors Award from the NARAS Chicago Chapter (2006) and the World Music Lifetime Achievement Award (2003). In 2004, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music from the Berklee School of Music in Boston, MA.

In 1999, she established the Chaka Khan Foundation, which includes a variety of programs and initiatives that assist women and children at risk. In July, 2012, she received the McDonald Corporation’s 365Black Award, honoring her for her leadership of the Chaka Khan Foundation. Besides being a successful musician and a devoted philanthropist, she is also a successful entrepreneur. In 2004, she launched a line of gourmet chocolates, Chakalates, which was sold in 20 Neiman Marcus stores around the country. In February 2013, she re-launched her signature brand of chocolates nationally and internationally, and also introduced the Khana Sutra candle, the first product in a fragrance line for men, women and the home.

Chaka Khan was born Yvette Stevens in 1953. She grew up in Chicago, Illinois, the eldest of five siblings. As teenagers, she and her sister Bonnie formed a singing group, The Crystalettes, with two friends from school, and Chaka later sang with several local groups before she became the lead singer for the band Ask Rufus, which would become Rufus. With Chaka the group immediately began turning out hit after hit, and it was the beginning of a legendary music career.

Living for a time in London and Germany, she currently resides in Los Angeles. She has two children, Indira Milini and Damien. Her life and career are chronicled in her autobiography, Through the Fire, which was published by Rodale Books in 2003 and is currently being updated for re-release and adapted into a screenplay.

The year 2013-2014 marks Chaka’s 40th anniversary in music and entertainment. In March, a documentary series on her, “Being,” premiered on the Centric Channel. In May she performed in the UK at the 50th Southport Weekender event and three sold-out shows at London's famous Ronnie Scott's Jazz club with Incognito as her backing band. This past June found her at the Bonnaroo Festival in Tennessee, featured in a Super Jam with The Derek Trucks Band, Anthony Hamilton, Taj Mahal, Ben Folds, and Susan Tedeschi, and over the summer she also headlined opening night at the Toronto Jazz Festival, performed on The Wendy Williams Show and at Wendy’s private birthday party, and was named Grand Marshal for Chicago's Bud Billiken Parade, the largest and oldest African American parade. While in Chicago she performed at a benefit concert in Chicago for the Red Pump Project, which raises HIV/AIDS awareness among young girls and women. While in the city Governor Pat Quinn designated August 9th as Chaka Khan Day in the state of Illinois. The year-long celebration will include the release of her first songbook for piano, vocal and guitar, The Chaka Khan Songbook. Chaka is currently at work on a series of mixed media visual works with a planned gallery exhibition in 2015, as well as a new CD, also set for release in 2015.

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