Whitney Houston was not a soul singer, but neither is Chaka, per se. When she was at her best, she approached almost everything she did with the full throttled, knock-’em-sock ‘em aggression of a WWF wrestler, not too concerned about displaying “soul” or anything else. She was not afraid to go overboard on a lyric and sound imperfect as long as she sang the fuck out of whatever was assigned to her. For the “I’m Every Woman” sessions, legend has it that Chaka showed up super late and super high, but made up for lost time by learning the lyrics quickly and knocking the lead vocals out in one or two takes. Once the takes were done, she refused to do more because she was already ready to move on to whatever was next on her To Do List. It is this manic energy that makes Khan’s the definitive version of this classic.