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Chaka Khan and her sister have both entered a drug rehabilitation program to battle their addiction to prescription drugs. In a statement released Sunday, July 10th, 2016, Khan said she has been battling with an addiction to he same medication that led to Prince's death in April.
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Rufus member David "Hawk" Wolinski was working with Minnie Riperton when he met Michael Sembello backstage at a Stevie Wonder concert in Philadelphia. They began writing songs together, and he came up with "this goofy, little stupid beginning idea" that morphed into music where the bass did not hit the same time as the drum. This gave the song an original and incredibly funky sound.
He played it for Glenn Frey, who smelled a major hit as did Quincy Jones, who wanted the song for Michael Jackson. Hawk had already promised producer Russ Titleman that he would give the song to Rufus, and declined the offer.
It was an uphill battle to get the band to record the song since it was so synth based which did not sit well with the old school instrumentalists in the band. A vote was taken and it was decided the song was to be included in their album repertoire.
When it came time to release the first single, the label did not feel that "Ain't Nobody" was strong enough as a lead single to promote the new live album. When Wolinski threatened to give the song to Michael Jackson, the label sucked it up and put it out, scoring an R&B #1 and a #22 pop hit in the spring of 1983.
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/C...er-8350725.php
Rufus member David "Hawk" Wolinski was working with Minnie Riperton when he met Michael Sembello backstage at a Stevie Wonder concert in Philadelphia. They began writing songs together, and he came up with "this goofy, little stupid beginning idea" that morphed into music where the bass did not hit the same time as the drum. This gave the song an original and incredibly funky sound.
He played it for Glenn Frey, who smelled a major hit as did Quincy Jones, who wanted the song for Michael Jackson. Hawk had already promised producer Russ Titleman that he would give the song to Rufus, and declined the offer.
It was an uphill battle to get the band to record the song since it was so synth based which did not sit well with the old school instrumentalists in the band. A vote was taken and it was decided the song was to be included in their album repertoire.
When it came time to release the first single, the label did not feel that "Ain't Nobody" was strong enough as a lead single to promote the new live album. When Wolinski threatened to give the song to Michael Jackson, the label sucked it up and put it out, scoring an R&B #1 and a #22 pop hit in the spring of 1983.