Destiny Chaka Khan

• 1 Love Of A Lifetime 04:22
• 2 Earth To Mickey 05:41
• 3 Watching The World 04:45
• 4 The Other Side Of The World 03:41
• 5 My Destiny 04:40
• 6 I Can't Be Loved 04:30
• 7 It's You 04:20
• 8 So Close 04:19
• 9 Tight Fit 04:40
• 10 Who's It Gonna Be 04:39
• 11 Coltrane Dreams 01:40
• Total Runtime 47:17

Info for Destiny

Destiny is the sixth studio album by American R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan, released on Warner Bros. Records in 1986. Destiny was Khan's follow-up to the platinum-selling I Feel for You and was as high tech as its predecessor—symptomatically and characteristically for its period with more producers and sound engineers credited in the liner notes than musicians—but was musically more geared towards rock and pop than soul and R&B, most prominently on tracks such as 'So Close', the self-penned title track 'My Destiny', 'Who's It Gonna Be' and 'Watching the World' featuring Phil Collins on drums and backing vocals.

The album spun off five single releases, the first being 'Love of a Lifetime', co-written, co-produced and featuring backing vocals by Green Gartside of British band Scritti Politti (US Pop #53, US R&B #21, UK #52). The second single 'Tight Fit' was a midtempo R&B ballad, just like 'Eye to Eye' from I Feel for You produced by Russ Titelman, which reached #28 on the US R&B chart. The satirical 'Earth to Mickey' (When are you going to land?), featuring Khan both singing and rapping (and keyboardist Reggie Griffin rapping in the role of 'Mickey'), was released as the third single in early 1987 and only just made the Top 100 of the R&B chart, peaking at #93. The dramatic ballad 'The Other Side of the World', written by Mike Rutherford of Genesis and B. A. Robertson and which had first been released as part of the White Nights soundtrack album in late 1985, reached #81. The fifth single 'Watching the World' never charted. The album itself fared slightly better, reaching #25 on Billboard's R&B albums chart, but stalling at #67 on Pop and #77 in the UK. Destiny however gave Khan another Grammy nomination in 1987 for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female. The track 'My Destiny' was used as the theme song for Richard Pryor's motion picture Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling.

Chaka Khan, lead vocals, backing vocals
Marcus Miller, bass
Fred Maher, drums
Nick Moroch, guitar
David Lebolt, additional keyboards, synthesizer programming
David Gamson, synthesizer, programming
Jason Miles, additional synthesizer programming
Michael Colina, additional synthesizer programming
Robert Gay, alto saxophone
Scott Gilman, tenor saxophone
Matthew Cornish, trumpet
Arif Mardin, special effects editing
Reggie Griffin, Mickey's rap, synthesizer, keyboards, guitar, backing vocals, saxophone, guitar
Pino Palladino, bass
David Rosenberg, drums, drum sounds
Phil Collins, drums, backing vocals
Dan Huff, guitar
Joe Mardin, musical conductor, keyboards, synthesizer, programming
Michael Brecker, tenor saxophone
Tom Malone, trombone
John Faddis, trumpet
Marvin Stamm, trumpet
Michael Mossman, trumpet
Randy Brecker, trumpet
Robbie Buchanan, synthesizer
Anthony Jackson, bass
Steve Ferrone, drums
Randy Fredrix, guitar
Philippe Saisse, keyboards and programming
Gene Orloff, concertmaster for strings
Paul Pesco, guitar
Tony Patler, keyboards, synthesizer bass
Reb Beach, guitar
Beau Hill, synthesizer bass and keyboards
Jimmy Bralower, drum programming
Bob Riley, drum programming
Thomas Oldakowski, drum programming
Sam Rivers, tenor sax solo
Cengiz Yaltkaya, keyboards
John Mahoney, Synclavier programming
Cindy Mizelle, backing vocals
Mark Stevens, backing vocals
Sandra St. Victor, backing vocals
Green Gartside, backing vocals

Produced by Arif Mardin, David Gamson, Joe Mardin, Robbie Buchanan, Chaka Khan, Philippe Saisse, Beau Hill, Reggie Griffin, Russ Titelman, Cengiz Yaltkaya


Digitally remastered

Chaka Khan
is a true Renaissance Woman. A singer, songwriter, producer, visual artist, author, actor, philanthropist, entrepreneur, activist and mother, Chaka is an international music icon who has influenced multiple generations of artists and continues to do so. From the moment she burst onto the music scene in the 1970s as the 18-year-old lead singer of the multiracial band Rufus, her powerful voice and show-stopping stage presence set her apart from any other singer, and during her 40-year career, she has developed a vast international fan base and performed on six continents.

Chaka is a ten-time GRAMMY® Award winner (with 22 GRAMMY® nominations) who has the rare ability to sing in eight music genres, including R&B, jazz, pop, rock, gospel, country, classical and dance music. She has released 22 albums and racked up ten #1 Billboard magazine charted songs, eight RIAA certified gold singles and eleven RIAA certified gold and platinum albums. Chaka’s recorded music has produced over 2,000 catalogue song placements.

She is also the recipient of numerous awards for her extraordinary achievements in music and entertainment. Last year, the City of Chicago honored her with a Street Naming of “Chaka Khan Way” and declared Sunday, July 28, 2013, “Chaka Khan Day” in Chicago, her hometown. The weekend-long celebration included a free outdoor concert in Millennium Park. Earlier in the year she was awarded a BET Honors and was the recipient of the Trumpet Award (Legend Award); honored by the Howard Theatre Restoration, Inc., at its 2nd Annual Gala and Benefit Concert; inducted into the Apollo Legends Hall of Fame at its Annual Spring Gala; inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame; honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and with the United Negro College Fund’s An Evening of Stars Tribute. She also received the Soul Train Legend Award (2009), the BET Lifetime Achievement Award (2006), the GRAMMY® Honors Award from the NARAS Chicago Chapter (2006) and the World Music Lifetime Achievement Award (2003). In 2004, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music from the Berklee School of Music in Boston, MA.

In 1999, she established the Chaka Khan Foundation, which includes a variety of programs and initiatives that assist women and children at risk. In July, 2012, she received the McDonald Corporation’s 365Black Award, honoring her for her leadership of the Chaka Khan Foundation. Besides being a successful musician and a devoted philanthropist, she is also a successful entrepreneur. In 2004, she launched a line of gourmet chocolates, Chakalates, which was sold in 20 Neiman Marcus stores around the country. In February 2013, she re-launched her signature brand of chocolates nationally and internationally, and also introduced the Khana Sutra candle, the first product in a fragrance line for men, women and the home.

Chaka Khan was born Yvette Stevens in 1953. She grew up in Chicago, Illinois, the eldest of five siblings. As teenagers, she and her sister Bonnie formed a singing group, The Crystalettes, with two friends from school, and Chaka later sang with several local groups before she became the lead singer for the band Ask Rufus, which would become Rufus. With Chaka the group immediately began turning out hit after hit, and it was the beginning of a legendary music career.

Living for a time in London and Germany, she currently resides in Los Angeles. She has two children, Indira Milini and Damien. Her life and career are chronicled in her autobiography, Through the Fire, which was published by Rodale Books in 2003 and is currently being updated for re-release and adapted into a screenplay.

The year 2013-2014 marks Chaka’s 40th anniversary in music and entertainment. In March, a documentary series on her, “Being,” premiered on the Centric Channel. In May she performed in the UK at the 50th Southport Weekender event and three sold-out shows at London's famous Ronnie Scott's Jazz club with Incognito as her backing band. This past June found her at the Bonnaroo Festival in Tennessee, featured in a Super Jam with The Derek Trucks Band, Anthony Hamilton, Taj Mahal, Ben Folds, and Susan Tedeschi, and over the summer she also headlined opening night at the Toronto Jazz Festival, performed on The Wendy Williams Show and at Wendy’s private birthday party, and was named Grand Marshal for Chicago's Bud Billiken Parade, the largest and oldest African American parade. While in Chicago she performed at a benefit concert in Chicago for the Red Pump Project, which raises HIV/AIDS awareness among young girls and women. While in the city Governor Pat Quinn designated August 9th as Chaka Khan Day in the state of Illinois. The year-long celebration will include the release of her first songbook for piano, vocal and guitar, The Chaka Khan Songbook. Chaka is currently at work on a series of mixed media visual works with a planned gallery exhibition in 2015, as well as a new CD, also set for release in 2015.

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