Chaka Khan Lyrics

Chaka Khan (born March 23, 1953) is a Grammy-winning American singer-songwriter known for hit songs such as "I'm Every Woman", "Ain't Nobody", "I Feel for You" and "Through the Fire". She also sang a modernized theme song for the hit children's TV show Reading Rainbow in the show's later years. Khan was first featured as a member of the funk band Rufus before beginning her solo career.

Khan was born Yvette Marie Stevens in Great Lakes, Illinois. Her sister is a dance music artist Taka Boom, and her brother is Mark Stevens of the band Aurra. Khan was raised on Chicago's South Side, and at the age of 11 formed her first 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" while working as a volunteer on the Black Panthers' Free Breakfast for Children program in Chicago. She received her name during a naming ceremony at the Afro-Arts Theater, where a Yoruba priest christened her Chaka Adunne Aduffe Yemoja Hodarhi Karifi (as stated on her official website). After quitting high school in 1969, Chaka joined the group Lyfe, soon exiting that group to join another soul band, The Babysitters, replacing former lead singer Baby Huey. Neither group enjoyed mainstream success, but her fortunes changed when she teamed with ex-American Breed member Kevin Murphy and Andre Fischer to form Rufus. In the meantime, she had married bass guitarist Hassan Khan.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaka_Khan