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Released
  
January 17, 1978

Length
  
40:32

Street Player (with Chaka Khan) (1978)
  
Numbers (1979)

Release date
  
17 January 1978

Recorded
  
1977

Producer
  
Rufus, Roy Halee

Artist
  
Rüfüs

Label
  
ABC Records

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Studio
  
Dawnbreaker Recording Studios (San Fernando, California)

Genres
  
Funk, Soul music, Rhythm and blues

Similar
  
Rufus albums, Funk albums

Rufus chaka khan destiny


Street Player is the gold-selling sixth studio album by funk band Rufus (billed as Rufus & Chaka Khan), released on the ABC Records label in 1978. Street Player was the band's third album to top Billboard's R&B Albums chart and also reached #14 on Pop. The album includes the singles "Stay" (US R&B #3, US Pop #48) and "Blue Love" (US R&B #34).

Contents

Chaka khan love songs of street player and ask rufus albums


History

In 1978, Rufus and Chaka Khan was still a top-selling band. Their last four releases had gone platinum and the group continued to sell out in arenas as a top headlining act with fiery Khan leading the way. By this point, Khan's stardom outside the group had grown and it led to the group drifting apart. While Khan opted to stay a member of the group, other members were uncomfortable that Khan was now offered solo contracts.

After the release of this record, Khan would sign a solo deal with Warner Bros. Records. Khan would later have a hit with her debut album, which featured the hit, "I'm Every Woman". Due to their popularity and the strong cohesiveness of the songs, Street Player became their fifth consecutive platinum album. While Khan went on to a solo career, Rufus cut Numbers, in 1979, without her. Khan, however, didn't leave the group, returning for their Quincy Jones-produced Masterjam later that year.

Also after the departure of original drummer Andre Fischer, Richard "Moon" Calhoun took over on this album on drums. This would be his only album with the group. Additionally, the jazz/rock band Chicago featured a version of the title track on their 1979 album Chicago 13, with Peter Cetera on lead vocals. The song was co-written by Chicago's drummer at that time, Danny Seraphine. The track "Stay" was later covered by Erykah Badu on her 1997 album Live.

Track listing

The listing of tracks on the back of the album ( Canadian distribution { GRT of Canada Ltd. } ) is in the following order :

| Destiny | Stranger To Love | Street Player | Stay | Best Of Your Heart | Finale | Take Time | Blue Love | Turn | Change Your Ways

The listing on the album labels ( side 1 & 2 ) is as on the main listing

Personnel

  • Chaka Khan – lead vocals, background vocals
  • Tony Maiden – guitar, percussion, lead vocals, background vocals
  • Kevin Murphy – keyboards
  • Bobby Watson – bass, percussion
  • David "Hawk" Wolinski – keyboards, background vocals
  • Richard "Moon" Calhoun – drums, percussion, background vocals
  • Seawind – horns
  • Jerry Hey – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Kim Hutchcroft – saxophone, flute
  • William Reichenbach – trombone
  • Larry Williams – saxophone, flute, piccolo
  • Helen Lowe – additional background vocals
  • Everett Bryson, Jr. – percussion

    • Production

  • Rufus, Roy Halee – producers
  • Roy Halee, George Belle – engineers
  • Clare Fischer – string arrangements & conductor
  • Seawind, Rufus – horn arrangements
  • Brian Gardner – audio mastering

    • Charts

    Album

    Singles

    Songs

    1Street PlayerChaka Khan - Rufus4:55
    2StayChaka Khan - Rufus5:43
    3TurnChaka Khan - Rufus4:45

    References

    Street Player Wikipedia
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