Chaka Khan

vocal, performer, vocal arranger, producer

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Arif Mardin arranger, instrument arranger, producer, vocal arranger A Woman in a Man’s World, And the Melody Still Lingers On (Night in Tunisia), Be Bop Medley: Hot House / East of Suez (Come On Sailor) / Epistrophy (I Wanna Play) / Yardbird Suite / Con Alma / Giant Steps, Best in the West, Clouds, Clouds (C+C remix), Eye to Eye (Paul Simpson remix), Fate (David Shaw & Winston Jones remix), Got to Be There, I Feel for You (Paul Simpson remix), I Feel for You (feat. Melle Mel), I Know You, I Live You (Tony Humphries remix), I Was Made to Love Him, I'm Every Woman, I'm Every Woman (remix version by Dancin' Danny D), I’m Every Woman, Life Is a Dance, Life Is a Dance (David Morales remix), Love Has Fallen on Me, Night Moods, Own the Night, Pass It On (A Sure Thing) (Pasa lo esta seguro), Roll Me Through the Rushes, Sleep on It, Slow Dancin', Slow Dancin' (Eric Sadler & Hank Shocklee remix), So Not Worry, Some Love, Tearin' It Up, The Message in the Middle of the Bottom, This Is My Night (Marley Marl remix), Twisted, We Can Work It Out, We Got the Love, What Cha' Gonna Do for Me, What You Did
Lew Hahn mix, recording Be Bop Medley: Hot House / East of Suez (Come On Sailor) / Epistrophy (I Wanna Play) / Yardbird Suite / Con Alma / Giant Steps, Best in the West, Clouds, Got to Be There, I Feel for You (remix), Pass It On (A Sure Thing) (Pasa lo esta seguro), Slow Dancin', So Not Worry, Tearin' It Up, Twisted, What You Did
Jimmy Douglass engineer A Woman in a Man’s World, I Was Made to Love Him, I’m Every Woman, Life Is a Dance, Love Has Fallen on Me, Roll Me Through the Rushes, Sleep on It, Some Love, The Message in the Middle of the Bottom, We Got the Love
Maggie Morrison
Robbie Buchanan arranger, bass synthesizer, electric piano, keyboard, piano, synthesizer Be Bop Medley: Hot House / East of Suez (Come On Sailor) / Epistrophy (I Wanna Play) / Yardbird Suite / Con Alma / Giant Steps, Best in the West, Got to Be There, I Feel for You, Pass It On (A Sure Thing) (Pasa lo esta seguro), Slow Dancin', So Not Worry, Tearin' It Up, Twisted

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Arif Mardin arranger, instrument arranger, producer, vocal arranger A Woman in a Man’s World, And the Melody Still Lingers On (Night in Tunisia), Be Bop Medley: Hot House / East of Suez (Come On Sailor) / Epistrophy (I Wanna Play) / Yardbird Suite / Con Alma / Giant Steps, Best in the West, Clouds, Clouds (C+C remix), Eye to Eye (Paul Simpson remix), Fate (David Shaw & Winston Jones remix), Got to Be There, I Feel for You (Paul Simpson remix), I Feel for You (feat. Melle Mel), I Know You, I Live You (Tony Humphries remix), I Was Made to Love Him, I'm Every Woman, I'm Every Woman (remix version by Dancin' Danny D), I’m Every Woman, Life Is a Dance, Life Is a Dance (David Morales remix), Love Has Fallen on Me, Night Moods, Own the Night, Pass It On (A Sure Thing) (Pasa lo esta seguro), Roll Me Through the Rushes, Sleep on It, Slow Dancin', Slow Dancin' (Eric Sadler & Hank Shocklee remix), So Not Worry, Some Love, Tearin' It Up, The Message in the Middle of the Bottom, This Is My Night (Marley Marl remix), Twisted, We Can Work It Out, We Got the Love, What Cha' Gonna Do for Me, What You Did
Lew Hahn mix, recording Be Bop Medley: Hot House / East of Suez (Come On Sailor) / Epistrophy (I Wanna Play) / Yardbird Suite / Con Alma / Giant Steps, Best in the West, Clouds, Got to Be There, I Feel for You (remix), Pass It On (A Sure Thing) (Pasa lo esta seguro), Slow Dancin', So Not Worry, Tearin' It Up, Twisted, What You Did
Jimmy Douglass engineer A Woman in a Man’s World, I Was Made to Love Him, I’m Every Woman, Life Is a Dance, Love Has Fallen on Me, Roll Me Through the Rushes, Sleep on It, Some Love, The Message in the Middle of the Bottom, We Got the Love
Robbie Buchanan arranger, bass synthesizer, electric piano, keyboard, piano, synthesizer Be Bop Medley: Hot House / East of Suez (Come On Sailor) / Epistrophy (I Wanna Play) / Yardbird Suite / Con Alma / Giant Steps, Best in the West, Got to Be There, I Feel for You, Pass It On (A Sure Thing) (Pasa lo esta seguro), Slow Dancin', So Not Worry, Tearin' It Up, Twisted
Steve Ferrone drums, handclaps Be Bop Medley: Hot House / East of Suez (Come On Sailor) / Epistrophy (I Wanna Play) / Yardbird Suite / Con Alma / Giant Steps, Best in the West, Got to Be There, I Feel for You, Pass It On (A Sure Thing) (Pasa lo esta seguro), Slow Dancin', So Not Worry, Tearin' It Up, Twisted
Michael O'Reilly engineer Be Bop Medley: Hot House / East of Suez (Come On Sailor) / Epistrophy (I Wanna Play) / Yardbird Suite / Con Alma / Giant Steps, Best in the West, Got to Be There, Pass It On (A Sure Thing) (Pasa lo esta seguro), Slow Dancin', So Not Worry, Tearin' It Up, Twisted
Will Lee (US jazz/rock bassist) vocal, bass Be Bop Medley: Hot House / East of Suez (Come On Sailor) / Epistrophy (I Wanna Play) / Yardbird Suite / Con Alma / Giant Steps, Got to Be There, I'm Every Woman, I’m Every Woman, Pass It On (A Sure Thing) (Pasa lo esta seguro), Slow Dancin', So Not Worry, Twisted
Paul Jackson, Jr. electric guitar, guitar Best in the West, Got to Be There, Slow Dancin', So Not Worry, Tearin' It Up
Hiram Bullock electric guitar, guitar Be Bop Medley: Hot House / East of Suez (Come On Sailor) / Epistrophy (I Wanna Play) / Yardbird Suite / Con Alma / Giant Steps, Pass It On (A Sure Thing) (Pasa lo esta seguro), Slow Dancin', So Not Worry, Twisted
Hamish Stuart (Scottish guitarist, bassist, singer composer & producer) vocal I'm Every Woman, I’m Every Woman, So Not Worry, Tearin' It Up
Russ Titelman producer Ain't Nobody (Hallucinogenic version), Ain't Nobody (LP remix version by Frankie Knuckles), Eye to Eye (Paul Simpson remix), One Million Kisses (David Shaw & Winston Jones remix)
Sammy Figueroa percussion Best in the West, Got to Be There, Tearin' It Up
Bob Christianson synthesizer, vocoder Be Bop Medley: Hot House / East of Suez (Come On Sailor) / Epistrophy (I Wanna Play) / Yardbird Suite / Con Alma / Giant Steps, Best in the West, Got to Be There
Eric Weissberg jew's harp, sitar, steel guitar Be Bop Medley: Hot House / East of Suez (Come On Sailor) / Epistrophy (I Wanna Play) / Yardbird Suite / Con Alma / Giant Steps, Best in the West, Got to Be There
David Gamson programming Every Little Thing, Everywhere, Never Miss the Water
Bob Power mix Every Little Thing, Everywhere, Never Miss the Water
Larry Williams (keyboard,sax,flute) instrument arranger I Know You, I Live You, We Can Work It Out, We Got Each Other
David Shaw (80s & 90s producer/remixer) remixer Fate (David Shaw & Winston Jones remix), One Million Kisses (David Shaw & Winston Jones remix)
Robert Bonfiglio harmonica Best in the West, Got to Be There
Paul Simpson (house artist/producer) remixer Eye to Eye (Paul Simpson remix), I Feel for You (Paul Simpson remix)
Frankie Knuckles producer, remixer Ain't Nobody (Hallucinogenic version), Ain't Nobody (LP remix version by Frankie Knuckles)
Joe Henderson (US jazz tenor saxophonist) tenor saxophone Be Bop Medley: Hot House / East of Suez (Come On Sailor) / Epistrophy (I Wanna Play) / Yardbird Suite / Con Alma / Giant Steps
Doug DeAngelis mix Be My Eyes, Love With No Strings
David Morales programming, remixer, keyboard, percussion Ain't Nobody (Hallucinogenic version), Life Is a Dance (David Morales remix)
Kenny Kosek fiddle Best in the West, Got to Be There
Dancin' Danny D remixer I'm Every Woman (remix version by Dancin' Danny D), I’m Every Woman (remix edit)
Winston Jones (US songwriter and house music producer) remixer Fate (David Shaw & Winston Jones remix), One Million Kisses (David Shaw & Winston Jones remix)
Jeremy Smith (Producer) recording And the Melody Still Lingers On (Night in Tunisia), We Can Work It Out
Marley Marl remixer This Is My Night (Marley Marl remix)
Anthony Jackson (US bassist) bass So Not Worry
Alvin Fields vocal Tearin' It Up
Daniel Lemelle instrument arranger Slow Dancin'
David Frank keyboard, synthesizer I Feel for You
Abdu Malahi (engineer) engineer Ain't Nobody (Hallucinogenic version)
David Tofani alto saxophone So Not Worry
Eric Sadler remixer Slow Dancin' (Eric Sadler & Hank Shocklee remix)
Grandmaster Melle Mel (Melvin Glover aka Melle Mel) performer I Feel for You (feat. Melle Mel)
Greg Phillinganes instrument arranger We Can Work It Out
Hank Shocklee remixer Slow Dancin' (Eric Sadler & Hank Shocklee remix)
Joe Mardin producer Own the Night
John Poppo engineer Ain't Nobody (Hallucinogenic version)
Lenny Underwood electric piano Tearin' It Up
Mark Stevens (US funk musician/songwriter, brother of Chaka Khan) vocal Pass It On (A Sure Thing) (Pasa lo esta seguro)
Clivillés & Cole remixer Clouds (C+C remix)
Mary J. Blige vocal Disrespectful (feat. Mary J. Blige)
Me’Shell NdegéOcello vocal, bass Never Miss the Water
Michael Brecker alto saxophone Tearin' It Up
Michael McDonald (R&B & soul singer) vocal You Belong to Me (feat. Michael McDonald)
Peter Schwartz programming, keyboard, percussion Ain't Nobody (Hallucinogenic version)
Philippe Saisse keyboard, synthesizer I Feel for You
Randy Brecker instrument arranger Tearin' It Up
Ray Gomez guitar Twisted
Reggie Griffin bass, drum machine, guitar, keyboard, synthesizer I Feel for You
Rick James vocal Slow Dancin'
Seyhun Çelik darbuka Be Bop Medley: Hot House / East of Suez (Come On Sailor) / Epistrophy (I Wanna Play) / Yardbird Suite / Con Alma / Giant Steps
Soulwax remixer I Feel You (Soulwax remix)
Stevie Wonder chromatic harmonica I Feel for You
Tom Jones (Welsh pop singer) performer We Can Work It Out (feat. Tom Jones)
Tony Humphries remixer I Know You, I Live You (Tony Humphries remix)
Tony Maiden guitar Pack'd My Bags / You Got the Love (feat. Tony Maiden)

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Maggie Morrison vocal All of Me, All of Me (alternate take), High Wire - The Aerialist, I Hear Music, I Love You Porgy, I Mean You, Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most, Take the a Train, Them There Eyes
Joel Kolltveit performer All Good, All Good (remix), All Good?, All Good? (MJ Cole remix), It's All Good
Rudy Casoni performer Dance Wit Me, Once You Get Started, Sweet Thing, Tell Me Something Good
Eric Clapton vocal Gotta Get Over, No Alibis, Pretending
Herbie Hancock performer, producer, vocal The Essence, The Essence (LTJ Bukem remix), The Essence (feat. Chaka Khan)
Rick Wakeman vocal Julia, Overture a) Part One b) Part Two c) War Games, Robot Man
Rufus performer, vocal Do You Love What You Feel, Do You Love What You Feel (feat. Chaka Khan), Sweet Thing
Peter Stember performer Groove Like That, Groove Like This (Koolkingmuthafuckindjonionzmix)
George Benson vocal Love Will Come Again, We Got the Love
De La Soul vocal All Good? (It Ain't and That's the Truth) (MJ Cole remix), All Good? (It Ain't and That's the Truth) (album version)
Ry Cooder vocal Don't Mess Up a Good Thing, Down in Hollywood
Joe Henderson vocal Summertime
Joni Mitchell vocal Dreamland, The Tenth World
塙かおる performer I'm Every Woman
Alison Melville performer Beautiful
Steve Winwood vocal Higher Love
Stephan Metzger vocal The Song Goes On
Soulive vocal Back Again
Ravetracer vocal Hot Fun in the Summertime
Peter Cetera performer Feels Like Heaven
Percy Wenrich vocal I'll Be Good to You
Patti Austin vocal Big Bad World
Necro Strike vocal Let's Stay Together
Nathaniel Chambers performer Get My Party On
Marcus Miller vocal Your Amazing Grace
Lawrence Beauregard vocal The Longer We Make Love
Jullian Gomes performer We Can Work It Out
Giorgio Moroder performer No See, No Cry (feat. Chaka Khan)
Fourplay vocal Between the Sheets
David Bowie vocal Underground
Chicago vocal Take Me Back to Chicago
Barbara Bellins performer Watch What You Say
Backstab performer (It Ain't) All Good
Average White Band performer Let's Go All the Way (feat. Chaka Kahn)
Afkvæmi Guðanna vocal I Don’t Know What It Is