One of the sexiest women to ever pick up a mic was Legendary Chaka

Chaka Khan is and was the one and only. I grew up in a very strict, religious home. I was 22 when this song was released and starting to break away from what I considered to be religious hypocrisy and oppression. Performers like Chaka Khan seriously helped me to find my freedom. It was an amazing, amazing time to be alive; society changes, black people really starting to claim our power - and the music. OH, my god, the MUSIC!!! 😮

Stevie Wonder wrote the song, and taught it to the band during some rehearsals. The song is fire.

ANYTHING THIS WOMAN SINGS IS AMAZING!!! listen there is nobody like Chaka Khan

Chaka Khan is from my City Chicago. She is from the South side of Chicago and she is just a tremendously talented artist!! Yes, Chaka was a hottie 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Fun fact, Prince wrote one of Chaka's biggest hits "I feel for you", originally sung by Prince.

Rufus feat. Chaka Kahn was the funkiest ensemble to emerge in the early 70s. "Tell Me" was written by the one and only Mr. Stevie Wonder and was their first big hit, crossing over from the R&B charts to MOR pop radio. They became a staple during the disco era with "Do You Love What You Feel", "Once You Get Started" and "I'm Every Woman" which became an anthem for Whitney Houston in the 90s.

She was lovingly known as "Ms Hips and Lips". Sweet Thing or Dance Wit Me are other songs to try.

Incredible song with so much soul that reminds me of my childhood. Written by the great Stevie Wonder

@clutch236

10 ай бұрын

*Bingo!* @Stevie Wonder.......I might have to call the cops on you, because you stole that thought right outta my head! It's a scientific fact according to all of the research, that I'm the only one that knows that information! (lol)

@jiujitsujackson9831

10 ай бұрын

@@clutch236 I heard that 😂

@soultraln2813

10 ай бұрын

Chaka wrote the lyrics but she didn't get a writer's credit.

@jiujitsujackson9831

10 ай бұрын

@@soultraln2813 I didn’t know that 🙏

@StillOneder

Ай бұрын

@@soultraln2813 She states in an interview that she co-wrote the lyrics with Stevie. But she, for some reason (likely not understanding copyright stuff at the age of 19) she didn't seek writing credit.

Chaka was THE SHIT back in the day! You haven’t even scratched the surface of her catalog.

Loved your reaction Ashley! I was 3 yrs out of High school when this hit. We weren't concerned with labels(genres) for music we just listened to everything. The top 40 was a mixture of every kind of music it didn't matter Yes it was an awesome time be be alive! We had so much variety of music and loved it all!

@SuZ4242

10 ай бұрын

Amen! We were blessed. We still had Dr King strong in our hearts. Music reflected so much to so many 😊❤ Chaka was always on my turntable 😉

Great video! Who can get enough of her? Nobody!

Shiiiiiiiddddddd! Chaka was the coldest! Extensive library solo and with Rufus. Everlasting Love , Pardon Me, Hollywood etc!

My wife and I were out with another couple to introduce them to Greazy Meal -- a band we would see on Sunday nights in Minneapolis. So the singer, Julius, spots a beautiful woman who had just entered the club. It was Chaka Khan, and she was wearing a gorgeous, blue velvet outfit. Julius asks / begs her to join them on the stage, and she agrees. The band breaks into "Tell Me Something Good," and Julius and Chaka duet the entire thing live. It was epic. I'm lucky enough to have the audio from that evening directly from the soundboard.

We had empty refrigerator no cars no gas money but we had fm radio lol😂

When you said that was a time to be alive, you ain't said nothin but a word. I was a teenager in the 70's and between the music and Soul Train, what a time we had. Great reaction.

It was a good time to live Ashley!!! And then there was the music. LoL. 😉

Chaka Khan sings so many songs that are on my playlist. Every time I listen to the song that she is singing, it always seems to be 'my favorite'. "Tell Me Something Good" was the first hit song by Rufus. That was 50 years ago! It's unbelievable because Chaka Khan is still selling out all of her concerts. Today! The most amazing thing I realized is Chaka Khan grew up in Chicago. Minnie Riperton, The Emotions and Lani Hall (lead vocalist for Sergio Mendes and Brazil '66) also from Chicago. All four of these brilliant musical talents were growing up about the same time. I've heard Chaka Khan say that if she didn't win a talent contest then it would be The Emotions that won. Ashley, you're really making me laugh when you said "They killing me with that breathing".

Saw Chaka Khan and Rufus at the circle star theatre the year this tune was released. Awesome.

Yes in the 70 was funk and disco, some time us new comers may believe we are that first but when you see some-old school Patti Labelle, Janis Joplin, Chaka Kahn, paved the way for prince , Madonna Cyndi Lauper,

Chaka is still touring today, still looks good and can still blow! If you get a chance, if she's performing anywhere near your town, you might like to see and hear a living legend in action! Back in the day Rufus and Chaka Khan was it!

I always have loved this song. So funky, with that great voice of Chaka. 🎶🎶😍

I saw Chaka Khan live when I was in high school. Nothing makes you groove like classic funk, soul and R&B. Still gets me every time! 🔥💃🏻🔥

Chaka Khan is a Whole Experience this year Chaka Khan will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Legendary Queen of Funk is still 🔥

Thumbs up! Almost 50 years ago!

Saw her in 75 as a warmup to the Eagles, who were the warmup to the Rolling Stones. Mega concert.

According to my father, they called her "Lips & Hips"

Oh ya Ashley I most definitely see Chaka Khan! I was about 12 when this song came out and was into mostly Rock. This song was so quirky and funky though it grabbed me from the start. I went out and bought the 45 record and I still have it!

You would not believe the time we had back then. But, since you say to keep my business off the street, I’ll leave it to your imagination. (But, multiply the unleashed passion by one hundred million and it went on so long it would make anyone scream with delight).

Chaka khan was a bad one back in the day!❤❤❤

This Woman said "ill make you wish it was 48 hrs in a day!" DAMN!!!

YEP! THEE BEST TIMES, YOU SHOULDA BEEN THERE!!! LISTEN TO "SOME LOVE" BY CHAKA ...YOU WON'T REGRET IT! 😉🎶

I went to one of her concerts in Memphis, TN., years ago! Totally a fan!

The iconic Chaka Khan🔥🔥🔥

@SuZ4242

10 ай бұрын

She is an icon ❤ Underappreciated, IMO 😊

Chaka was extremely beautiful and she is one of the greatest R&B singers of any generation. To get Chaka you must react to "Ain't Nobody", "I'm Every Woman" (better than Whitney's), "What Cha' Gonna Do for Me", "This is My Night", "Through the Fire", "Papillon".

Now you have to check out Chaka Khan's "I Feel for You" and "Ain't Nobody" then check out Steve Winwood's "Higher Love" where Chaka sings in the background and at the end.

Might as well follow this up with... Ain't Nobody, you'll ❤it

That was on the Mike Doulas show

The breathing is love making lol

Sweet Thang is your next Rufus Hit to hear!

Hi Ms. Ashley, Ms. Chaka Khan is Great, just Great.. Too much to say.. ♠W.G.

She's one of my favorites and when you can listen to Sarah smile by hall and oats

Chaka. Greatest female voice ever. You should review "Through the Fire"...No note left behind. ALL HER VOICE>

Chaka was something else, oh yeah, she could sing too. lol. Physically, yes, very, and a true talent.

It was fun. 60s and 70s. Great time to be a teen.

Once you Get Started

I was like 7 years old in 1974 and dancing the hell out of this song.

Yeah it was coined "The Age of Aquarius" by "The Friends Of Distinction"

they were a very hot group that you need to explore

Yes SiRRRRRR. Rufus Chaka Khan was on my vinyl 2 when I was younging

MY Girl !

I'm just gon throw this out.....Their was a time, not that long ago when there was music being writtened & produced and "NO ONE HAD EVER HEARD OF A WORD CALLED (Hip Hop or Rap). The spirit in the air was just "different". There was great music with no NEED for (parental advisory stickers).... Then, at the end of the 70s, this "new" thing called (Rap music) was introduced, and nobedy EVER thought it would gain the popularity throughout the world that it has today!.....Did it (evolve) music up?...or did it (devolve) music down?.....lol YOU be the judge. (pls forgive the typo.....*nobody*)...Good reaction!

Love this song!

It was great, we partied, fun.,but we're old ass hell now. Thank God.

We were blessed!

I love Chaka Khan… love the groove to this song! And I’m digging’ Ashley

I remember loving this song when I was 10. I got to see Chaka and Michael McDonald touring together around five years ago, and they still got it!

She had this young white boy breathing heavy back when, too. While we're at it Erykah Badu covered "Stay" pretty well, but you've got to hear Chaka sing it.

I will see Chaka on the Tom Joiner Fantastic Voyage Cruise

Wow, haven't heard this in a long time. Always loved it.

You are right , a lot of bad and good things where happening back in the 70’s , but we were young and had fun and enjoyed all the great music we had, I think it was so much great music that we were spoiled and took it for granted, but it was always playing. It was so much good music that most of the time the radio station was enough, we didn’t really have to play the album ( but you did if you wanted to hear more , and Rufus and Chaka was hot so you had to have the album! ) Really don’t know how so many young people have never heard of Chaka Khan or heard her music, she was a staple in black music from the mid seventies to the 90’s , she had a few pop hits but was mainly R&B/ Soul/ Funk, mainly Funk. She was the lead singer for Rufus from the mid 70’s to the early 80’s, and she has solo stuff from the late 70’s until now, she released a new album only a few years ago.

Chaka Khan was the queen of funk.....

F.U.N.K !!! 💃🕺✊

Old school was the ish.

Chaka beautiful as shit and she was a black panther!!

Ashley, you need to react to "Through The Fire" by Chakha Khan. You'd love it.

Ashley love your respect for rb oldies

I had fun!

Grand Slam Ashley❤❤❤❤

You had to be there!

The LEGENDARY Iconic Rufus featuring Super Bad Ms Chaka Khan ❤

This is a live performance. Someone overdubbed the video with the studio recording. If you're interested, the original live video is here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ooZhj9B9gpuekpM.html

@SuZ4242

10 ай бұрын

Thank you! Much better ❤😉

@soultraln2813

10 ай бұрын

@@SuZ4242 You're most welcome.

DO YOU NEED A CIGARETTE NOW!!!!!😂😂😂😂

🔥🔥"AWWWW, U JAMMIN' NAAH!!" Chaka Young Young Dayz🔥🔥🔥🔥. Great Great Great Reaction👍🏾💯👍🏾(especially the breathing part when your eyes got big...That was Rufussee's Breath)😅😅

Chaka khan & Rufus are the hottest artists of the 70s you are so right about having the best times yassssssss.

Stevie was a monster in the 70's

The Genius of the LEGENDARY Iconic Mr Stevie Wonder

I was 18 years old the first time I heard this song, when it first came out in the summer of '74. I grooved in a way I never had before, despite standing up waist deep in a swimming pool.

South Side Queen! Saw her a few years ago in Chicago and she still has it. Beautiful in every way. Rufus and The Family Stone were the two funkiest multiracial (but still thoroughly Black) bands.

My parents told me Chaka and Rufus came to a local college and the more she sang the more "elevated" her, the band and the audience got😂😂😂

As a little kid in the 70s, I would go to the record store, fucking Woolworths, and just gaze at her on her album covers. One of the most beautiful women ever still is. And that Voice to go with it.

Was back in the islands and got every album then cds of Chaka Khan n Rufus, huuuge fan of the group and enamoured by her, still to this day. Especially by her unique style, for is part Blackfoot native Indian ancestry. She also used to adorn native attire and headgear too. 🇨🇼🇨🇼🇨🇼🇩🇲🇩🇲🇨🇦👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

🔥🔥🔥

one of my favorite funk songs from the early 1970's!!

Chaka and Rufus together was magic! Chaka can holler! Still.

Yes you really had to be there to see her in concert it was amazing

One of those songs that never ends.

Anutha jam!

Evelyn champagne King kisses don't lie audio version

I enjoy your channel because you truly do appreciate our music from the past. There are several groups that few have heard of that I think you would like. Checkout a group called “ Breakwater “

I think you like dr. Blizzard savanna band. Song. I'll play the cool for you . And a few other on the album that was hits. Look them up. They are under looked.

yes ashley you had to be there doing that time they just don't make music like that anymore

Stevie...

Y’all music, 🤔okay grand daughter 😏😂🤣😂

There was Rufus before Chaka .

Who was she?

It's a voice box, T-Pain is using autotune.... HUGE DIFFERENCE.... and don't get me wrong, I know T-Pain can really sing. Autotune has become a crutch for a ton of people that can't though. The Voice Box you had to know what notes to play (no matter the instrument).

Nothing to do with Chaka Khan but you’ve stopped reacting to Lady Leshurr.

Love Chaka Khan the Queen of Funk. She is a great singer and just plain sexy. I believe it was Stevie Wonder who discovered her and that's a man who know a bit about music and talent. She is also a very versatile singer Funk, R&B, Blues, Jazz I've always felt that she has been overlooked and underrated by many.