Hit Parade: Killing Me Softly Part 1
b'The early \\u201970s was a great time for R&B queens on the charts: Roberta Flack. Dionne Warwick. Patti LaBelle. Chaka Khan. They had come through the \\u201960s\\u2014Dionne as a smooth pop-and-B star, Patti as a girl-group frontwoman, Roberta as a cabaret pianist\\u2014and found themselves in a new decade with limitless possibilities. Flack turned folk songs into chart-topping, Grammy-winning R&B. Warwick shifted from Brill Building pop to Philly soul. LaBelle threw her insane voice at rock, funk, and glam. And a relative newcomer, Rufus frontwoman Chaka Khan, followed in their footsteps, commanding the band and converting to disco, then electro. By the \\u201980s, all four women were ready for a major chart victory lap.\\n\\nJoin host Chris Molanphy as he traces four parallel careers that expanded the definition of soul from the \\u201960s through the \\u201980s and beyond. These soul sisters, flow sisters, bold sisters\\u2026killed us softly, walked on by and were, finally, every woman.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'