Living To Music December 2012

Join in if you can, alone or with friends, this Sunday at 9pm with Greg Wilson's Living To Music worldwide communal listening experience. This month's selected album is Rufusized by Rufus and Chaka Khan (1974).

http://www.gregwilson.co.uk/2012/11/living-to-music-rufus-featuring-chaka-khan-rufusized/

Life Is A Dance

Chaka Khan

Singer Chaka Khan first found fame with funk group Rufus in 1973.  Over her long career she has successfully lent her powerful voice to pop, jazz, R&B and soul, but in 1989 she had a go at house music too.  Or rather, she allowed an array of producers to remix 11 of her hits into extended club versions to make a double album of floorfillers.

I bought Life Is A Dance at a car boot sale last autumn for £1:

Chaka Khan - Life Is A Dance - The Remix Project (1989)

My top tracks (Spotify links below) are the legendary Frankie Knuckles' remix of Ain't Nobody and radio and club DJ Tony Humphries' mix of I Know You, I Live You.

The album reached no.1 in the UK and every single track reached no.1 in the US dance play chart.

Chaka Khan – Ain't Nobody - Remix

Chaka Khan – I Know You, I Live You - Remix Album Version



Break it again

Back in September I posted about a track from Breakdance - The Movie; a cheesy but fab 80s film.  A couple of weeks ago I picked up the full soundtrack LP for £1:

Breakdance - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1984)

The original post with the lead single and movie info is here.  It's a great soundtrack and as you can see from the album cover, the female lead is once again rocking the leotard/legwarmers combo.

Top tracks:  Chaka Khan – Ain't Nobody  (Spotify)