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    • Chaka Khan - BERLIN, GERMANY - OCTOBER 26: (EDITORS NOTE: NO ONLINE AND MOBILE APP USAGE IN GERMANY, AUSTRIA, SWITZERLAND) (EXCLUSIVE ACCESS) (PREMIUM RATES APPLY) Chaka Khan backstage at the GQ Men of the Year Award at Komische Oper on October 26, 2012 in Berlin, Germany.
    • Chaka Khan - LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 01: Recording artist Chaka Khan attends the BET Awards '12 at The Shrine Auditorium on July 1, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.
    • Chaka Khan - LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 29: Singer Chaka Khan attends day 1 of 2012 BET Awards Celebrity Gifting Suite held at The Shrine Auditorium on June 29, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.
    • Chaka Khan - LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 29: Singer Chaka Khan attends day 1 of the 2012 BET Awards Radio Room held at The Shrine Auditorium on June 29, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.
    • Chaka Khan - LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 23: Singer Chaka Khan arrives at Fox's 'American Idol 2012' Finale Results Show at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on May 23, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.
    • Chaka Khan - LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 23: (L-R) Singers Skylar Laine, Elise Testone, Hollie Cavanagh, Chaka Khan, Erika Van Pelt, Jessica Sanchez, and Shannon Magrane perform onstage during Fox's 'American Idol 2012' results show at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on May 23, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.
    • Chaka Khan - NEW YORK, NY - MAY 21: Chaka Khan attends the 40th Annual Fifi awards at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center on May 21, 2012 in New York City.
    • Chaka Khan - NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 30: Chaka Khan attends International Jazz Day, New York, United Nations Sunset Concert, UNESCO, Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz on April 30, 2012 in New York City.
    • Chaka Khan - MIAMI, FL - APRIL 01: Singer, Chaka Khan, and Rev. Al Sharpton attend a rally in honor of Trayvon Martin at the Bayfront Amphitheater on April 1, 2012 in Miami, Florida. Martin was killed by George Michael Zimmerman who was on neighborhood watch patrol in the gated community of The Retreat at Twin Lakes, Florida.
    • Chaka Khan - NEWARK, NJ - FEBRUARY 18: Recording artist Chaka Khan attends Whitney Houston's funeral on February 18, 2012 in Newark, New Jersey. Whitney Houston was found dead in her hotel room at The Beverly Hilton hotel on February 11, 2012.
    • Chaka Khan - NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 08: Singer Chaka Khan, actress Minka Kelly and Gloria Estefan prepare backstage at The Heart Truth's Red Dress Collection 2012 Fashion Show at Hammerstein Ballroom on February 8, 2012 in New York City.
    • Chaka Khan - NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 08: Aisha Tyler, Chaka Khan, Cindi Leive, Christie Brinkley, Debbie Phelps, Elisabeth Rohm, Giselle Blondet, Gloria Estefan, Idina Menzel, Jeanette Torres-Alvarez, Jenna Elfman, Jennifer Nettles, LaLa Anthony, Linda Evans, Minka Kelly, Patti Stanger, Rebecca Romijn, and Rose McGowan pose on the runway at The Heart Truth's Red Dress Collection 2012 Fashion Show at Hammerstein Ballroom on February 8, 2012 in New York City.
    • Chaka Khan - NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 08: Singer Chaka Khan walks on the runway wearing a Chris March design at The Heart Truth's Red Dress Collection 2012 Fashion Show at Hammerstein Ballroom on February 8, 2012 in New York City.
    • Chaka Khan - NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 08: Singer Chaka Khan attends the Heart Truth's Red Dress Collection 2012 Fashion Show at Hammerstein Ballroom on February 8, 2012 in New York City.
    • Chaka Khan - US ingers Kathy Sledge (2ndL) ans Sister Sledge, Grace Jones (C) and Chaka Khan (2ndR) perform as models present lingerie creations during the Spring-Summer 2012 Etam Lingerie Collection Show on January 23, 2012 in Paris.
    • Chaka Khan - PARIS, FRANCE - JANUARY 23: Grace Jones, Gloria Gaynor, Chaka Khan, the Pointer Sisters and Sister Pledge perform during the Etam Spring / Summer 2012 Collection Launch at Les Beaux-Arts de Paris on January 23, 2012 in Paris, France.
    • Chaka Khan - NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 18: Chaka Khan and 50 Cent attend VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul at Hammerstein Ballroom on December 18, 2011 in New York City.
    • Chaka Khan - NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 18: Chaka Khan, Mavis Staples and Erykah Badu perform onstage during VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul at Hammerstein Ballroom on December 18, 2011 in New York City.
    • Chaka Khan - LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 11: Recording artist Chaka Khan attends the CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute at The Shrine Auditorium on December 11, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.
    • Chaka Khan - Quincy Jones (C) gestures while posing with Chaka Khan (L) during red carpet arrivals at an event and performance to launch the Andrea Bocelli Foundation on December 9, 2011 in Beverly Hills, California. Andrea Bocelli is the world's highest selling solo classical musician and the foundation aims to help those with disabilities and affected by poverty.
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    Biography

    Best known in the mainstream for her superb 1984 cover of Prince's "I Feel for You," R&B; singer Chaka Khan enjoyed solo success as well as popularity as a member of the group Rufus. Born Yvette Marie Stevens in Great Lakes, IL, on March 23, 1953, she was raised on Chicago's South Side, and at the age of 11 formed her first group, the Crystalettes. While still in high school, she joined the ...more
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