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Digitally remastered and expanded edition. After a hugely successful run fronting the multi-racial funk group Rufus, Chaka Khan redirected that success into a solo career. 1981's Gold certified What ChaÆ Gonna Do For Me (R&B #3/Pop #17/Jazz #35) builds upon the jazz leanings of its predecessor. The title track (R&B #1/Pop #53) launched the album with Chaka's breeziest vocals to date. Second single æWe Can Work it OutÆ (R&B#34/DANCE #22) reconstitutes the Beatles as a call to the dance floor whilst "Any Old Sundayö (R&B #68) is the gentlest groove on the album. æI Know You, I Live YouÆ failed to chart as the albumÆs final US single but became a dance floor classic. Similarly, the instrumental solo to æFateÆ would be sampled in Stardust's massive dance hit æMusic Sounds Better with YouÆ. Elsewhere, æAnd The Melody Still Lingers OnÆ, ChakaÆs adaptation of Dizzy Gillespie's æNight in TunisiaÆ, acts as a tribute to the forbearers of jazz with Herbie Hancock contributing a synth solo as well as a Charlie Parker saxophone solo lifted from his own version of the song from 1946. It's this relationship with history that would inform much of Chaka's best work. Two recordings from the album session final make the cut on this BBR edition of What ChaÆ Gonna Do For Me. æLoverÆs TouchÆ and æOnly OnceÆ originally appeared only as single b sides from the album. For the first time, they now sit alongside the rest of the sessions.