Chaka Khan

Chaka Khan is one of the great funk-soul vocalists. The Illinois native enjoyed a string of disco-era hits in the 1970s and 1980s. However, even after her commercial star had apparently waned she continued to thrive, picking up a slew of Grammy awards over the last two decades, and last year she took the lead role in a Broadway production of The Color Purple. The effervescent Khan, now 55, remains a formidable figure, bounding on stage in a just-fitting top, a mildly manic rictus smile fixed ben...

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