Afternoon Chaka Khan Break - Clouds

Clouds

Go away, go away

Go, don't take away

my sunny days

Play That Funky Music

Tell Me Something Good by Rufus & Chaka Khan:

Afternoon Dance Break - Once You Get Started

In honor of Chaka Khan's 57th birthday, today's Dance Break features a little piece of funk heaven from Chaka's days with Rufus - Once You Get Started...

Happy Birthday Chaka Khan

Chicago's Yvette Marie Stevens, better known at Chaka Khan, turns 56 today. She is one of my favorite singers of all-time - and I had the pleasure of seeing her perform at the Roxy one New Year's Eve. Chaka was a bit of a mess that night - but still absolutely FIERCE.

This Is My Night, Clouds, and Ain't Nobody are my three favorite Chaka Khan songs. If I would have ever been a runway model, I always imagined TEARING UP the runway to Ain't Nobody. Naomi Campbell, eat your heart out!!

Happy Birthday Chaka!

Chaka Khan To Appear In "Color Purple" on Broadway

Courtesy of Google News and Shanta Langford:


NEW YORK (AP) — Get ready for some cast changes — all Broadway debuts — in the New York company of "The Color Purple."

Grammy winners Chaka Khan and BeBe Winans will join the hit musical on Jan. 9 at the Broadway Theater, producer Scott Sanders announced Tuesday. The twosome will portray the battling lovebirds, Sofia and Harpo, in the show, which is based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

Meanwhile, "American Idol" finalist LaKisha Jones will come aboard Dec. 19 to play the Church Soloist, a woman who opens the musical with a rousing gospel number. Jones will play the role at all performances through Jan. 6. Starting Jan. 9, she will play the Church Soloist at evening performances and Sofia at matinees.

"The Color Purple" stars Fantasia as Celie, a determined woman who, in Walker's heartfelt tale of abuse and perseverance, triumphs over adversity.