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Chaka Khan’s Tiny Desk appearance has created a frenzy on social media
Chaka Khan proved why she’s one in all music’s most famous icons during her live appearance on NPR’s Tiny Desk.
The 71-year-old singer took to the stage where she sang a few of her biggest hits on Tuesday in honor of Black Music Month, including “I’m Every Woman” and “Tell Me Something Good.” Fans couldn’t get enough of Khan’s performance, gushing over the outstanding set on social media.
“CHAKA KHAN’S LITTLE DESK IS ALIVE!!! This just isn’t a drill!!” actor and content creator KevOnStage he wrote on X (Twitter).
“Chaka Khan is truly one of the best singers of our time” – Scottie Beam, media personality commented on X. “Watching her sing is one of my favorite moments in the past… because it looks like it takes no effort at all. People are literally fainting trying to keep up with Chaka on stage.”
“Chaka Khan’s performance on Tiny Desk was phenomenal! The way she still sings in the original key of songs she recorded 40-50 years ago never ceases to amaze me! Chaka is the best!” he wrote one other fan on social media.
Khan’s performance is one in all several upcoming appearances by Black female artists on the Tiny Desk in June. NPR is planning a total of nine concert events.
“This Black Music Month, Tiny Desk Gives the Ladies Flowers” – NPR – wrote within the statement on your website. “We are presenting nine Tiny Desk concerts by Black female artists, from veterans who paved the way for what we hear in Black music today to those who are forging their own paths.”
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In a recent interview with IndependentKhan revealed that fellow music legend Stevie Wonder wrote one in all her band Rufus’ signature songs, “Tell Me Something Good,” within the Seventies. Wonder originally offered Khan his unrecorded song “Come and Get This Stuff”, but she turned it down.
“I don’t think he’s heard anything like that at all,” she replied when asked how often Wonder heard negative feedback. “But that is not what I used to be fascinated by. I just tell the reality on a regular basis and there is nothing I can do about it.
“Sometimes it upsets people,” she added. “But damn it, if the truth upsets you, I can’t help it.”
“Stevie asked, ‘What’s your birth sign?’ Aries. “Oh, I have a song for you…” And then he started playing this “wakka-wakka” thing on the keyboard and – bam! – that was it,” Khan recalls, referring to the band’s 1974 single, which peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 People.