14 hours ago April 29, 2026Scott Goldfine

Jam Fans Forum 12: Top 20 Chaka Khan Songs of All Time

Featured in Jam Fans Forum Episode 12: This is the show in which expert panelists provide their top picks in various funk and soul music categories. This time around, we dive into the deep end of the pool with one of the greatest vocalists of all time, my personal favorite female singer – the spectacular and singular Chaka Khan! We span her entire career, with and without her fantastic band Rufus, taking on the unenviable task of selecting her 5 all-time best studio performances to derive a definitive top 20. While the goal is objectivity, as with all the Jam Fan shows, some subjectivity is inevitable. That’s what makes this so much darn fun!

Joining host Scott “DR GX” Goldfine are three esteemed Jam Fans: music & culture journalist and liner notes master, A. Scott Galloway; radio personality, music historian, TV One Unsung contributor, author and actor, Marcus Chapman; and soul & funk music historian and producer of the Soul School Television series Calvin Lincoln. Thanks to all of them for keeping the funk alive!

Panelists’ Picks Ground Rules:
– Pick 5 best studio-recorded Chaka Khan songs with or without Rufus
– Panelists reveal their picks one at a time, explain why and allow others to react.
– Picks are not shared ahead of time, so everyone experiences the reveals together.
– Panelists compile alternates in case someone else names the same pick first. Thus, we will end up with 20 picks in total!
– Picks may be shared in random or non-chronological order.
– Picks may be based more on personal preference than historical context.

Go to https://wp.me/p77e8T-3N3 to listen to and buy this episode’s 20 top Chaka Khan songs of all time.

RECORDED JANUARY 2026

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Scott Goldfine

As a fervid lifelong music & film enthusiast / student, I grew up in and around the Los Angeles entertainment industry. I have worked and held many positions in various media realms, since 1998 serving as Editor-in-Chief and now Associate Publisher for Security Sales & Integration, a trade publication serving the electronic security industry. I love several genres of music & film. The former includes funk (Parliament-Funkadelic, Prince, Ohio Players, etc.); blues (Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy, Eric Gales, etc.); rock (Jack White, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Neil Young, etc.); hard rock (AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, etc.); jazz (Herbie Hancock, Bob James, Crusaders, etc.); R&B (Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, Gil Scott-Heron, etc.); and more. I was a club disc jockey and ran a mobile DJ company (Musical Moods) for more than 15 years, which is where the name Dr. GX originates (Doctor Good Times). Fave film genres include horror (Dawn of the Dead, Evil Dead, Nightmare on Elm Street, etc.); science fiction (Aliens, Terminator, 2001, etc.); action (Warriors, Road Warrior, Die Hard); westerns (Outlaw Josey Wales, Showdown at OK Corral; Wild Bunch, etc.); suspense (Jaws, Inception, Silence of the Lambs, etc.); drama (Apocalypse Now, Goodfellas, Pulp Fiction, etc.); and comedies (Life of Brian, Superbad, Ruthless People, etc.). I have attended many hundreds of concerts and movies (in theaters or screenings). I may as well also throw in a few favorite TV shows to give an even broader taste of my sensibilities. A handful would be Breaking Bad, Walking Dead, Lost, Justified, Fargo, Seinfeld, Sopranos, South Park, Brooklyn Nine Nine, Key & Peele, Monty Python, Inside Amy Schumer, Louie, Modern Family, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Last Man on Earth, Bob Newhart Show, All in the Family and The Office. Fave authors are Stephen King, Clive Barker and Michael Crichton. I am also a big sports fan and lifelong supporter of the Dallas Cowboys (NFL), Los Angeles Lakers (NBA) and Pittsburgh Pirates (MLB). Also enjoy my family of course, electronics/computers/AV gear, and animals, nature and outdoor activities. Graduate of Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica College and California State University Northridge (Radio-TV-Film, Psychology minor). Also studied at UCLA for kinesiology/psychology and earned post-grad Certificate in Accounting from Santa Monica College. Present main occupation is as Associate Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Security Sales & Integration (SSI), which I joined in 1998. I am responsible for overseeing all editorial content in print. online, electronic, in-person and any other media or products for the electronic security industry's leading business-to-business trade publication. SSI is part of Framingham, Mass.-based Emerald Expositions.