12. 10. 1978. Chaka Khan – Chaka

Legendarna pjevačica Chaka Khan svoju solo karijeru započela je na današnji dan debi albumom “Chaka”. Te 1978. godine sa materijala su objavljena dva singla, prvi je bio svojevrsna himna ili manifest “I’m Every Woman”, koja je u kasnijim decenijama iznova objavljivana, remiksovana i obrađivana nebrojeno puta. Osim nje od značajnih numera na albumu se nalazi i balada “Roll Me Through the Rushes”, koja nikada nije objavljena kao singl, ali je ipak ostavila dubok trag. Tu je naravno i obrada Stevieja Wonderove “I Was Made To Love Her”. Uspjeh debi materijala natjerao je Chaku Khan da svoj drugi album objavio već 1980. godine.

1.“I’m Every Woman”Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson4:07
2.“Love Has Fallen on Me”Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Stepney4:52
3.“Roll Me Through the Rushes”David Lasley, Lana Marrano4:42
4.“Sleep on It”Andrew Kastner, Larry John McNally4:21
5.“Life Is a Dance”Gavin Christopher4:20
6.“We Got the Love” (duet with George Benson)George Benson3:27
7.“Some Love”Keith Boyd, Jr., Chaka Khan, Traude Sapik, Mark Stevens5:50
8.“A Woman in a Man’s World”Andrew Kastner, Larry John McNally3:56
9.“The Message in the Middle of the Bottom”Lalomie Washburn4:15
10.“I Was Made to Love Him”Henry Cosby, Lula Mae Hardaway, Sylvia Moy, Stevie Wonder3:2