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Through The Fire by Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan
Artist Biography For Chaka Khan
Yvette Marie Stevens Born March 23 1953 Better Known As Chaka Khan And Frequently Referred To As The "Queen Of Funk" Is A 10-Time Grammy Award Winning American Singer-Songwriter From Chicago Illinois Who Gained Fame In The 1970s As The Frontwoman And Focal Point Of The Funk Band Rufus. In 1964 At The Age Of 11 Khan Formed Her First Musical Group The Crystalettes. While Still In High School She Joined The Afro-Arts Theater A Group Which Toured With Motown Great Mary Wells A Few Years Later She Adopted The African Name Chaka Khan While Working On The Black Panthers' Breakfast Program. After Quitting High School In 1969 Khan Joined The Group Lyfe Soon Exiting To Join Another Dance Band The Babysitters — Neither Was On The Fast Track To Success But Her Fortunes Changed When She Teamed With Ex-American Breed Member Kevin Murphy And Andre Fisher To Form Rufus. Debuting In 1973 With A Self-Titled Effort On The ABC Label Rufus Was Among The Preeminent Funk Groups Of The Decade. Distinguished By Khan's Dynamic Vocals The Group Earned Half A Dozen Gold Or Platinum Albums. While Still A Member Of The Group In 1978 Khan Embarked On A Successful Solo Career. Her Signature Hits Both With Rufus And Solo Include "Tell Me Something Good" "Sweet Thing" "Ain't Nobody" "I'm Every Woman" "I Feel For You" And "Through The Fire".
Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Through the Fire
Chaka-Khan - I Feel For You
"Through The Fire" Is A Song Recorded By Chaka Khan From Her Sixth Studio Album I Feel For You 1984 . The David Foster-Produced Track Was The Third Single From The Album And Reached Number 60 On The US Billboard Hot 100 Chart And Number 15 On The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Charts. It Was One Of The Few Khan Hits To Cross To The Adult Contemporary Chart. Foster Revealed In His 2011 PBS Concert The Hit Man Returns That This Was The Only Melody That He Ever Wrote With Someone In Mind And That The Working Title Of The Piece Was Actually Called "Chaka" Because He Was Very Confident That Khan Would Perform The Song. The Song Was Covered By Peabo Bryson In His 1994 Album. It Was Sampled By Kanye West On "Through The Wire" The Breakout Single From His 2004 Debut Album The College Dropout. In 2010 Japanese-American Singer Ai Covered "Through The Fire" On Her Studio Album The Last Ai With Khan. Alongside Another Song Khan Was Featured On "One More Try" The Duo Were Nominated For And Won The International Collaboration Artists Of The Year Award At The 2010 Billboard Japan Music Awards For The Two Songs. Gospel Artist Donald Lawrence Included A Cover Of The Song Performed By Tobbi White-Darks And Tommi White On His Album YRM Your Righteous Mind 2011
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Biography - Chaka Khan
Yvette Marie Stevens Born March 23 1953 Better Known As Chaka Khan And Frequently Referred To As The "Queen Of Funk" Is A 10-Time Grammy Award Winning American Singer-Songwriter From Chicago Illinois Who Gained Fame In The 1970s As The Frontwoman And Focal Point Of The Funk Band Rufus. In 1964 At The Age Of 11 Khan Formed Her First Musical Group The Crystalettes. While Still In High School She Joined The Afro-Arts Theater A Group Which Toured With Motown Great Mary Wells A Few Years Later She Adopted The African Name Chaka Khan While Working On The Black Panthers' Breakfast Program. After Quitting High School In 1969 Khan Joined The Group Lyfe Soon Exiting To Join Another Dance Band The Babysitters — Neither Was On The Fast Track To Success But Her Fortunes Changed When She Teamed With Ex-American Breed Member Kevin Murphy And Andre Fisher To Form Rufus. Debuting In 1973 With A Self-Titled Effort On The ABC Label Rufus Was Among The Preeminent Funk Groups Of The Decade. Distinguished By Khan's Dynamic Vocals The Group Earned Half A Dozen Gold Or Platinum Albums. While Still A Member Of The Group In 1978 Khan Embarked On A Successful Solo Career. Her Signature Hits Both With Rufus And Solo Include "Tell Me Something Good" "Sweet Thing" "Ain't Nobody" "I'm Every Woman" "I Feel For You" And "Through The Fire".
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"Through the Fire" is a song recorded by Chaka Khan from her sixth studio album, I Feel for You (1984). The David Foster-produced track was the third single from the album and reached number 60 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 15 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts. It was one of the few Khan hits to cross to the Adult Contemporary chart.
Foster revealed in his 2011 PBS concert The Hit Man Returns that this was the only melody that he ever wrote with someone in mind and that the working title of the piece was actually called "Chaka" because he was very confident that Khan would perform the song.
The song was covered by Peabo Bryson in his 1994 album.
It was sampled by Kanye West on "Through the Wire", the breakout single from his 2004 debut album, The College Dropout.
In 2010, Japanese-American singer Ai covered "Through the Fire" on her studio album The Last Ai with Khan. Alongside another song Khan was featured on, "One More Try", the duo were nominated for and won the International Collaboration Artists of the Year award at the 2010 Billboard Japan Music Awards for the two songs.
Gospel artist Donald Lawrence included a cover of the song, performed by Tobbi White-Darks and Tommi White, on his album YRM (Your Righteous Mind) (2011) Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.