Stompin' at the Savoy - Live

Infobox Album |
Name = Stompin' at the Savoy - Live
Type = Live Album
Artist = Rufus


Released = August 10, 1983
Recorded = —
Genre = Rhythm and blues
Length = 77:41
Label = Warner Bros. Records
Producer = Russ Titelman
Reviews = Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:h9ftxqy5ld6e]
Last album = "Seal in Red"
(1983)
This album = "Stompin' at the Savoy - Live"
(1983)
Next album =
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = Chaka Khan
Type = Live album
Last album = "The Very Best of Rufus featuring Chaka Khan"
(1982)
This album = "Stompin' at the Savoy - Live"
(1983)
Next album = "I Feel for You"
(1984)

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

"Stompin' at the Savoy" was a double-record set featuring three sides of live material recorded at the Savoy Theater in New York which sees the band reuinted 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 number one 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 Chaka 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".

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.

Track listing

#"You Got the Love" (Khan, Parker) - 5:36
#"Once You Get Started" (Christopher) - 5:05
#"Dance Wit' Me" (Christopher) - 3:36
#"Sweet Thing" (Maiden) - 3:28
#"Tell Me Something Good" (Wonder) - 3:39
#"You're Welcome, Stop on By" (Thomas, Womack) - 5:41
#"Pack'd My Bags" (Khan, Maiden) - 4:31
#"I'm a Woman (I'm a Backbone)" (Washburn) - 4:06
#"At Midnight (My Love Will Lift You Up)" (Maiden, Washburn) - 3:39
#"Ain't That Peculiar" (Moore, Robinson, Rogers, Tarplin) - 3:29
#"Stay" (Calhoun, Khan) - 5:50
#"What Cha' Gonna Do for Me" (Doheny, Stuart) - 4:24
#"Do You Love What You Feel" (Wolinski) - 6:50
#"Ain't Nobody" - Studio recording - (Wolinski) - 4:41
#"One Million Kisses" - Studio recording - (Murphy, Osborne) - 4:10
#"Try a Little Understanding" - Studio recording - (Khan, Maiden) - 4:42
#"Don't Go to Strangers" - Studio recording - (Evans, Kentz, Mann) - 4:14

Personnel

* Chaka Khan - vocals
* Tony Maiden - vocals guitar
* Kevin Murphy - keyboards
* David 'Hawk' Wolinski - keyboards
* Bobby Watson - bass guitar
* John Robinson - drums, percussion

Production

* Russ Titelman - record producer
* Track 1-13 recorded at The Savoy Theatre, NY.