This day (June 4, 1961), in Detroit, Michigan, is born Eldra Patrick a.k.a. El DeBarge, an American R&B/pop singer& songwriter.

Chaka Khan's 'Hello Happiness' is her twelfth album (her first in 12 years) produced by Dave ‘Switch’ Taylor & Sarah Ruba and released on February 15, 2019 by Island

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Its sound is based on an intricate knowledge of her back catalogue – the vivid funk she recorded with Rufus 40 years ago

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it is the soundtrack to the dancefloor as a place to break free, where swinging hips and funky feet are enough to wave the blues away Daily Mail

It’s short — just seven tracks — but still incorporates a dazzling array of styles... it’s also modern enough to avoid

Chaka Khan - Hello Happiness

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Released on October 12, 1978, "Chaka" is the debut solo album by Chaka Khan. >>

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Kanye West's 'The Life of Pablo' is his seventh studio album released on February 14, 2016 by Good.

Funkadelic's 'First Ya Gotta Shake the Gate' is an album released on December 23, 2014, 33 years after their last official album, by The C Kunspyruhzy.

Stevie Wonder's 'A Time to Love' is his twenty third (and his first in ten years) studio album released on October 18, 2005 by Motown.

Mariah Carey -'s 'Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel' feat. 'Obsessed' is her twelfth studio album released on September 25, 2009 by Island Records.

Quincy Jones's 'Back on the Block' is a studio album released on August 8, 1989 by Qwest and featuring many famous artists : Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Joe Zawinul, Ice-T, Big Daddy Kane, Sarah Vaughan, Dizzy Gillespie, George Benson, Luther Vandross, Dionne Warwick, Barry White, Chaka Khan, Take 6, Bobby McFerrin, Al Jarreau, Al B. Sure!, James Ingram, El DeBarge, Ray Charles and more.

Beyoncé's 'Dangerously in Love' feat. "Crazy in Love" is her debut studio album released on June 24, 2003 by Columbia.

This day (June 15, 1996), in Beverly Hills, California, died Ella Fitzgerald, an American jazz and song vocalist, also known as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella, who had a vocal range spanning three octaves and was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing and intonation, and a horn-like improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing.

Sydney Youngblood, Craig Mack, A Tribe Called Quest, The Pharcyde, Public Enemy, Incognito, Sounds Of Blackness, Yvette Michele, Shinehead, Quincy Jones, Barry White, James Ingram, Al B. Sure, El Debarge, Cypress Hill, Innocence

James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Betty Wright, Nina Simone, Carla Thomas, Nat King Cole, The Jackson 5, El DeBarge, Mary J. Blige, Ray Charles, Billy Preston, Syreeta, Alicia Keys

Barbara Dickson, A Flock Of Seagulls, El Debarge, Thomas Dolby, The Mighty Wah, Hanoi Rocks, Killing Joke, Darts, Holly Johnson, Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, War Baby, Tigertailz

Michael McDonald, Billy Preston, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Sharon Jones, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Sheila E, Prince, Earth, Wind, Fire, Candi Staton, Joss Stone, Alicia Keys, Luther Vandross, Beyonce, El DeBarge, Faith Evans, Brandy

Tina Turner, Bruce Springsteen, Bryan Ferry, The Police, The Rolling Stones, Sting, Queen, Deniece Williams, El Debarge, Talking Heads, Elton John, Whitney Houston

Sam Brown, The Controllers, Loose Ends, The Jacksons, The Whispers, El DeBarge, Sinéad O'Connor, Depeche Mode, Alyson Williams, Jody Watley, Keith Sweat, Katrina And The Waves

This day (April 3, 1990), in Hidden Hills, California, died Sarah Lois Vaughan a.k.a. Sarah Vaughan, an American singer, nicknamed 'Sailor Sassy' and 'The Divine One'

This day (March 23, 1953), in Chicago, Illinois, is born Yvette Marie Stevens a.k.a. Chaka Khan, an American singer.

This day (March 22, 1943), in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is born George Benson, an American guitarist and singer.

This day (March 14, 1933), in Seattle, Washington, is born Quincy Delightt Jones a.k.a. Quincy Jones, an American record producer, conductor, arranger, film composer, ..

This day (March 11, 1950), in Manhattan, New York, is born Robert 'Bobby' McFerrin, a virtuoso American vocalist.

GZA's 'Liquid Swords' is his second solo studio album featuring Wu-Tang Clan members among ather guests, produced by RZA and released on November 7, 1995 by Geffen

'Fourplay' is their eponymous debut album (featuring Harvey Mason, Lee Ritenour, Nathan East & Bob James) released on September 17, 1991 by Warner Bros. Records.

This day (June 10, 2004), in Beverly Hills, California, died Ray Charles, an American singer and musician.

Tank, Halsey, Cavetown, Rex Orange County, Craig David, PJ Morton, Adrian Quesada, Ile, Mr Eazi, Nonso Amadi, Majid Jordan, Eddie Benjamin, Alessia Cara, Seddy Hendrinx, Sebastián Yatra

Reva Rice, Greg Ellis, Keith Sweat, Chico Debarge, Naomi, Cherrelle, Skin, Alias, Usher, Frankie Miller, Chris Braide, Edwyn Collins, James Taylor Quartet

Colonel Abrams, Ready For The World, Herbie Hancock, Chico DeBarge, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Sabrina, The Pasadenas, Yazz, Samantha Fox, Jermaine Jackson, Pia Zadora, David Bowie & Mick Jagger, D Mob

The Notorious B.I.G.'s 'Ready to Die' is his debut studio album produced by Sean 'Puffy' Combs among others and released on September 13, 1994, by Bad Boy / Arista Records

This day (September 12, 2022), in Chicago, Illinois, died Ramsey Lewis, an American jazz composer and pianist.

Lipps Inc., Diana Ross, Pebbles, Alexander O'Neal, Mai Tai, Bananarama, DeBarge, Crown Heights Affair, Living in a Box, Carol Hitchcock, Fuzzbox, Nick Lowe

Black, Force M.D.'S, Billy Field, J. Geils Band, Tracie Spencer, The Adventures, Debarge, Jon Anderson, Danny Wilson, George Harrison, The Belle Stars, Prince & The Revolution