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Ben Rogerson

“Michael and Quincy tried to steal it”: Drummer John ‘JR’ Robinson on the Chaka Khan hit that could have ended up on Thriller

Chaka Khan and Michael Jackson.

There are plenty of examples of famous songs that could easily have ended up being sung by a different artist, but in the case of Ain’t Nobody, a 1983 hit for Rufus and Chaka Khan, there’s a bit of a twist.

Drummer John ‘JR’ Robinson, who played on the record, has confirmed that Quincy Jones also had his eye on the song for Michael Jackson, but shares that, even if it had gone the way of the King of Pop, he may still have ended up being involved.

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