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Released
  
August 10, 1983

Stompin' at the Savoy - Live (1983)
  
I Feel for You (1984)

Release date
  
10 August 1983

Label
  
Warner Bros. Records

Length
  
77:41

Artist
  
Rüfüs

Producer
  
Russ Titelman

Genre
  
Rhythm and blues

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Recorded
  
Sides A, B & C recorded live at the Savoy Theatre, New York on February 12–14, 1982

Similar
  
Rufus albums, Rhythm and blues albums

Rufus chaka khan live stompin at the savoy 1983


Stompin' at the Savoy – Live is an album by American R&B/funk band Rufus, (billed as 'Rufus and Chaka Khan'), released on the Warner Bros. Records label in 1983.

Contents

Stompin' at the Savoy was a double-record set featuring three sides of live material recorded at the Savoy Theatre in New York which sees the band reunited with Chaka Khan and performing all their biggest hits such as "Tell Me Something Good", "You Got the Love", "Sweet Thing", "At Midnight (My Love Will Lift You Up)", and "Do You Love What You Feel" as well as "What Cha' Gonna Do for Me" from Khan's 1981 solo album of the same name.

The fourth side of the album included four new studio recordings of which two were released as singles, "Ain't Nobody" and "One Million Kisses". "Ain't Nobody", written by the band's keyboardist David "Hawk" Wolinski, became Rufus' final #1 R&B hit, reached #22 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, also won them a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1984 and has since come to be regarded as one of Khan's own signature tunes - although it in fact was recorded with Rufus. Both "Ain't Nobody" and "One Million Kisses" were included on her 1989 remix compilation Life is a Dance - The Remix Project. Additionally, "Ain't Nobody" was featured in the movie Breakin' and its soundtrack.

The Stompin' at the Savoy – Live album which was a major commercial success, reaching #4 on Billboard's R&B Albums Chart as well as #50 on Pop, became Khan's final collaboration with Rufus and the band dissolved shortly after its release.

Stompin at the Savoy - Live was transferred from vinyl to CD in the early 1990s and remains in print.

Personnel

  • Chaka Khan - vocals
  • Tony Maiden - vocals, guitar
  • Kevin Murphy - keyboards
  • David "Hawk" Wolinski - keyboards
  • Bobby Watson - bass guitar
  • John Robinson - drums, percussion
  • Ernie Watts - tenor saxophone
  • Trivia

    Warner Bros. also filmed the performance for a documentary and the album was to be the soundtrack, but, for unknown reasons, decided to shelve the documentary, but still release the album.

    Production

  • Russ Titelman - record producer
  • Track 1–13 recorded at the Savoy Theatre, NY.
  • Later samples

  • "Ain't Nobody"
  • "I Know You Got Soul" by Eric B. & Rakim from the album Paid in Full
  • "Last Night" by Kid 'n Play from the album 2 Hype
  • "Beat Blaster" by Rodney O & Joe Cooley from the album Three the Hard Way
  • "Ain't Nobody Better" by Yo-Yo from the album Make Way for the Motherlode
  • "Ain't Nobdy" by LL Cool J from the soundtrack of Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
  • "Ain't Nobody" by Faith Evans from the album Faith
  • "Rollin'" by Lil' Troy from the album Sittin' Fat Down South
  • Charts

    Album

    Singles

    Songs

    1You Got the LoveChaka Khan - Rufus5:36
    2Once You Get StartedChaka Khan - Rufus5:05
    3Dance With MeChaka Khan - Rufus3:36

    References

    Stompin' at the Savoy – Live Wikipedia