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1. www.thisisdig.com › feature › im-every-woman-chakaI’m Every Woman: The Story Behind Chaka Khan’s ... - Dig!

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   Mar 22, 2024 · Whitney Houston did sing backup for Chaka Khan before finding her own fame, but this was on the 1980 album Naughty, not I’m Every Woman. “I had been working with Cissy [Houston] for quite a while as a background singer and one day we were in the studio, and she said, ‘You know, I have a daughter who can sing,’” Chaka Khan said in 2021.

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3. abcnews.go.com › Entertainment › whitney-houstonsWhitney Houston's close friends Chaka Khan, Brandy reflect on ...

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   Aug 9, 2021 · In 1978, at the age of 15, Whitney Houston was invited to sing background for the R&B singer Yvette Marie Stevens, better known as Chaka Khan. Singer Whitney Houston and her mother Cissy Houston ...

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   Emily "Cissy" Houston (née Drinkard; born September 30, 1933) is an American soul and gospel singer. After a successful career singing backup for such artists as Roy Hamilton, Dionne Warwick, Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, and Chaka Khan, Houston embarked on a solo career, winning two Grammy Awards for her work.

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   Who is Cissy Houston?

   • Lee (who would later become the mother of singers Marie Dionne Warwick and Delia Juanita (Dee Dee) Warrick, later joined the group along with Anne Drinkard Moss and Marie Drinkard Epps, and the group was renamed The Drinkard Singers. It was while performing on Drinkard Singers that Cissy Houston made her television debut on TV Gospel Time.

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   Did Whitney Houston sing with Cissy Houston & Aretha Franklin?

   • Whitney Houston, her daughter and backup singer, increasingly sang solos with Cissy's band. They would collaborate on "Ain't No Way" (originally a Cissy Houston and Aretha Franklin vehicle), on which Cissy sang "Cissy" and Whitney sang "Aretha".

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   Why did Chaka Khan sing 'I'm Every Woman' in 2022?

   • “It took me a long time to feel some sort of comfort in singing something like I’m Every Woman,” Chaka Khan said in 2022, looking back at the song that shot her to stardom. “I was taking it literally, which was wrong! I was reading it from an insecure place.”

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   Was Chaka Khan a member of Rufus?

   • "I'm Every Woman" was Chaka Khan's first single as a solo artist, appearing on her debut album, Chaka, in 1978. She was well known for her work in the band Rufus, who had hits with "Tell Me Something Good" and " Sweet Thing ," and was still technically a member of the group when she made the album.

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6. www.songfacts.com › facts › chaka-khanI'm Every Woman by Chaka Khan - Songfacts

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   Whitney's mother, Cissy Houston, sang backing vocals on Chaka Khan's original version. Whitney's version appears on the soundtrack to the movie The Bodyguard , where she stars as a singer under the protection of Kevin Costner.

7. jenniferhudsonshow.com › 2022/11/04 › chaka-khanChaka Khan Talks Meeting Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin ...

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   Nov 4, 2022 · Chaka revealed that she met Whitney when she was 14 because her mother Cissy Houston and Luther Vandross sang background for her in the ’80s. One day in the studio, Chaka said Cissy came up to her and said, “I got a daughter that could sing.”. Chaka then replied, “Bring her down,” and the two started working together.

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   The video also features cameo appearances by Houston's mother Cissy Houston as well as by Chaka Khan, Valerie Simpson, Martha Wash and labelmate TLC. The song won Houston a NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Music Video, and received a Grammy Award nomination in 1994 for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.

10. www.nytimes.com › whitney-houston-black-womenWhitney Houston’s Enduring Legacy: Lifting Up Other Black ...

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    Feb 8, 2023 · Yet there alongside her we find the funk powerhouse Chaka Khan, who first recorded the song in 1978; the song’s co-composer Valerie Simpson; Houston’s mother and mentor, Cissy Houston; a...