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The sister of <a href="spotify:artist:6mQfAAqZGBzIfrmlZCeaYT">Chaka Khan</a>, vocalist Yvonne Stephens forged a new identity by combining the Swahili word for "love of my people" ("Taka") with a last name derived from her ex-husband's occupation (demolitions expert). She worked alongside <a href="spotify:artist:6mQfAAqZGBzIfrmlZCeaYT">Khan</a> locally in their hometown of Chicago until <a href="spotify:artist:6mQfAAqZGBzIfrmlZCeaYT">Chaka</a> joined <a href="spotify:artist:3MCjwjfIor5FkK3h639qkW">Rufus</a>, and Taka moved to Los Angeles. Boom was a session vocalist in the early '70s, singing with <a href="spotify:artist:4TwHRCIu3Xg9fjS3l7owkp">the Gap Band</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:6gYjIUFuKIBVJfxXnmrd5P">Carl Carlton</a>, as well as being a member of <a href="spotify:artist:2GVBp7QyHckoOg7rYkLvrA">George Clinton's Brides of Funkenstein</a>. She served as lead vocalist for <a href="spotify:artist:2tkwWmcZOQPNbbIdknfBsw">Undisputed Truth</a> in 1975, then signed as a solo singer with Ariola. Her debut LP, Taka Boom, was released in 1979, and the single "Night Dancing" became her only R&B Top 20 hit (at 20). She later switched to Mirage, and made the LP Climate for Love in 1985. "Middle of the Night" got some attention as a single, but the LP went nowhere. After moving to London in the mid-'90s, she did session work and consistent live appearances. ~ Ron Wynn, Rovi
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