Chaka Khan "Chaka" (1978) -Funk / Disco-

Label : Warner Bros. Records

 Side One

01 - I'm Every Woman (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
02 - Love Has Fallen On Me (Charles Stepney & Lloyd Webber)
03 - Roll Me Through The Rushes (David Lasley & Lana Marrano)
04 - Sleep On It (Andrew Kastner & Larry John McNally)
05 - Life Is A Dance (Gavin Christopher)

Side Two

01 - We Got The Love (George Benson)
02 - Some Love (Chaka Khan, Mark Stevens, Traude Sapik & Keith Boyd Jr.)
03 - A Woman In A Man's World (Andrew Kastner & Larry John McNally)
04 - The Message In The Middle Of The Bottom (Lalomi Washburn)
05 - I Was Made To Love Him (Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy & Lula Hardaway)


Produced by Arif Martin
Recording Engineer : James Douglass
Engineers for Additional Recording : Lew Hahn & Gene Paul
Remixed by Lew Hahn
Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York
Additional Recording at Cherokee Recording Studios, Los Angeles

Strings : Gene Orloff (Concertmaster), Kermit Moore, Jonathan Abramowitz, Jessy Levy, George Marge, Joe Malin, Frederick Buldrini, Julien Barber, Mitsue Takayama, Theodore Israel, Regis Iandiorio, Marvin Morgenstern, Harold Kohon, Susan Allen, Pat Winter, Guy Lumia, Gene Bianco, Richard Bock & Richard Sortomme


Side One

01 - I'm Every Woman

Piano : Richard Tee
Drums : Steve Ferrone
Guitars : Phil Upchurch & Hamish Stuart
Bass : Will Lee
Background vocals : Chaka Khan, Hamish Stuart & Will Lee

02 - Love Has Fallen On Me

Piano : Richard Tee
Drums : Steve Ferrone
Guitars : Phil Upchurch & Hamish Stuart
Bass : Anthony Jackson
Background vocals : Chaka Khan, Cissy Houston, Hamish Stuart & David Lasley
Trumpet : Randy Brecker
Alto : George Young
Tenor : Michael Brecker
Trombone : Barry Rogers
Baritone : Ronnie Cuber

03 - Roll Me Through The Rushes

Electric Piano : Leon Pendarvis
Drums : Rick Marotta
Bass : Will Lee
Guitars : Phil Upchurch & Cornell Dupree
Background vocals : Chaka Khan, Cissy Houston, David Lasley & Hamish Stuart
French Horns : Brook Tillotson & Jim Buffington
Harp : Gene Bianco

04 - Sleep On It

Electric Piano : Richard Tee
Drums : Steve Ferrone
Guitars : Phil Upchurch & Hamish Stuart
Bass : Anthony Jackson
Background vocals : Chaka Khan, Hamish Stuart, Will Lee & Alan Gorrie
French Horns : Brook Tillotson & Jim Buffington
S.R.M. Synthesizer : Ken Bichel (CAT)

05 - Life Is A Dance

Clavinet : Richard Tee
Drums : Steve Ferrone
Guitars : Phil Upchurch & Hamish Stuart
Bass : Will Lee
Background vocals : Chaka Khan, Hamish Stuart, Alan Gorrie & Will Lee
Trumpet : Randy Brecker
Alto : George Young
Tenor : Michael Brecker
Trombone : Barry Rogers
Baritone : Ronnie Cuber

Side Two

01 - We Got The Love

Electric Piano : Arthur Jenkins
Drums : Steve Ferrone
Guitars : Phil Upchurch
Guitar : Hamish Stuart
Vocals : Chaka Khan & George Benson
Congas : Raphael Cruz
Flutes : Eddie Daniels & Phil Bodner
Alto Flute : George Marge
S.R.M. Synthesizer : Ken Bichel (CAT)
Trumpet : Randy Brecker
Alto : George Young
Tenor : Michael Brecker
Trombone : Barry Rogers
Baritone : Ronnie Cuber

02 - Some Love

Piano : Richard Tee
Drums : Steve Ferrone
Guitars : Phil Upchurch & Onnie McIntyre
Bass : Mark Stevens
Vocals : Chaka Khan
Flugelhorn & Trumpet : Randy Brecker
Alto : David Sanborn
Tenor & Tenor Solo : Michael Brecker
French Horns : John Clark & Brook Tillotson
Percussion : Airto Moreira

03 - A Woman In A Man's World

Piano : Richard Tee
Drums : Steve Ferrone
Guitars : Phil Upchurch & Andrew Kastner
Bass : Phil Upchurch
Congas : Sammy Figueroa
S.R.M. Synthesizer : Ken Bichel (CAT)
Alto Solo : David Sanborn
Trumpet : Randy Brecker
Bass Trombone : Paul Fraulise
French Horns : John Clark & Brook Tillotson

04 - The Message In The Middle Of The Bottom

Clavinet : Arthur Jenkins
Drums : Steve Ferrone
Bass : Hamish Stuart
Guitars : Onnie McIntyre & Phil Upchurch
Congas : Raphael Cruz
All Vocals : Chaka Khan
Trumpet : Randy Brecker
Bass Trombone : Paul Fraulise
French Horns : John Clark & Brook Tillotson
Celli : Jesse Levy, Kermit Moore & Richard Bock
Tenor Solo : Michael Brecker

05 - I Was Made To Love Him

Clavinet & Piano : Richard Tee
Drums : Steve Ferrone
Guitars : Phil Upchurch & Hamish Stuart
Bass : Anthony Jackson
Background vocals : Chaka Khan, Terri Gonzales, Mark Stevens & Will Lee
Guitar Solo : Tony Maiden