Stompin' at the Savoy – Live
Stompin' at the Savoy - Live | ||||
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Warner Bros. | ||||
Producer | Russ Titelman | |||
Rufus chronology | ||||
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Chaka Khan chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Record Mirror | [2] |
Stompin' at the Savoy – Live is an album by
Stompin' at the Savoy was a double-record set featuring three sides of live material recorded at
The fourth side of the album included four new studio recordings of which two were released as singles, "
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. Quincy Jones wrote the liner notes for the album.
Stompin at the Savoy - Live was transferred from vinyl to CD in the early 1990s and remains in print.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "You Got the Love" | Chaka Khan, Ray Parker Jr. | 5:36 |
2. | "Once You Get Started" | Gavin Christopher | 5:05 |
3. | "Dance Wit Me" | Gavin Christopher | 3:36 |
4. | "Sweet Thing" | Chaka Khan, Tony Maiden | 3:28 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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5. | "Tell Me Something Good" | Stevie Wonder | 3:39 |
6. | "Stop on By" | Truman Thomas, Bobby Womack | 5:41 |
7. | "Pack'd My Bags" | Chaka Khan, Tony Maiden | 4:31 |
8. | "I'm a Woman (I'm a Backbone)" | Lalomie Washburn | 4:06 |
9. | "At Midnight (My Love Will Lift You Up)" | Tony Maiden, Lalomie Washburn | 3:39 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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10. | " Marvin Tarplin | 3:29 | |
11. | "Stay" | Raymond Calhoun, Chaka Khan | 5:50 |
12. | "What Cha' Gonna Do for Me" | Ned Doheny, Hamish Stuart | 4:24 |
13. | "Do You Love What You Feel" | David Wolinski | 6:50 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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14. | "Ain't Nobody" (Studio recording) | David Wolinski | 4:41 |
15. | "One Million Kisses" (Studio recording) | Kevin Murphy, Jeffrey Osborne | 4:10 |
16. | "Try a Little Understanding" (Studio recording) | Chaka Khan, Tony Maiden | 4:42 |
17. | "Don't Go to Strangers" (Studio recording) | Redd Evans, Arthur Kent, David Mann | 4:14 |
Personnel
- vocals
- Rufus
- Tony Maiden - vocals, guitar
- Kevin Murphy - keyboards
- David "Hawk" Wolinski - keyboards
- John Robinson - drums, percussion
- Bobby Watson - bass guitar
- Additional Musicians live
- Lenny Castro - percussion
- David Williams - rhythm guitar
- Stephanie Spruill - additional tambourine
- Background Vocals
- Stephanie Spruill
- Lee Maiden
- Julia Tillman
- Horn Section
- Jerry Hey - trumpet
- Ernie Watts - tenor saxophone, flute and all saxophone solos
- Larry Williams - alto saxophone, flute
- Gary Herbig - tenor saxophone, flute
- Additional Musicians studio
- Joe Sample - piano on "Don't go to Strangers"
- James Newton Howard - additional synthesizer
- Paulinho da Costa - percussion
- Greg Phillinganes - synthesizer bass on "Try a Little Understanding"
Horn arrangements: Jerry Hey
String and horn arrangement on "Don't Go To Strangers" by Ralph Burns
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
- Mark Linett- engineer
- 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 Cooleyfrom the album Three the Hard Way
- "Ain't Nobody Better" by Yo-Yo from the album Make Way for the Motherlode
- "Ain't Nobody" 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
Chart (1983) | Peak [3] |
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U.S. Billboard Top LPs | 50 |
U.S. Billboard Top Black LPs | 4 |
Singles
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||
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US [3] |
US R&B [3] |
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1983 | "Ain't Nobody" | 22 | 1 | 6 |
1984 | "One Million Kisses" | 102 | 37 | 67 |
References
- AllMusic
- ^ Gardener, Mike (September 3, 1983). "Rufus and Chaka Khan 'Stompin At The Savoy'". Vol. 30, no. 36. Record Mirror. p. 20.
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