Chaka Khan recorded her debut solo album after leaving Rufus, the band that had made her famous. I'm Every Woman was written for her by Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson — the songwriting team behind Ain't No Mountain High Enough — and became one of the defining anthems of 1978. Arif Mardin produced the album, giving Khan the space to demonstrate a vocal range that was without parallel in funk or soul. The album established the template for every female funk-pop crossover that followed, from Whitney Houston to Mary J. Blige.
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