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Chicago is an American rock band formed in Chicago in 1967. The group began calling themselves the Chicago Transit Authority (after the city's mass transit agency) in 1968, then shortened the name in 1969. Self-described as a "rock and roll band with horns," their songs often also combine elements of classical music, jazz, R&B, and pop music.
Chicago is an American rock band formed in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois. They have recorded 38 albums, sold over 100,000,000 records and are one of the longest-running and best-selling music groups of all time.
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Chicago is an American rock band formed in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois. They have recorded 38 albums, sold over 100,000,000 records and are one of the longest-running and best-selling music groups of all time.
- Dave Swanson
- "25 or 6 to 4" From: "Chicago" (1970) Though they were perhaps best known for that horn section (and, alas, in later years would turn to bland balladry), what many tend to forget is Chicago was one hell of a rock and roll band.
- "Beginnings" From: "Chicago Transist Authority" (1969) Originally found as the closing track on side one of their debut LP, "Beginnings" was an eight-minute tour de force.
- "Make Me Smile" From: "Chicago" (1970) Originally "Make Me Smile" was simply one section in the complex, multi-part suite called "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon" which took up all of side two of Chicago's second album.
- "Dialogue Parts 1 & 2" From: "Chicago V" (1972) One of the more interesting tracks on the band's fifth album, this plays out like an actual conversation between Peter Cetera and Terry Kath as they exchange lines on the lead vocal.
In 1967, Chicago musicians Walter Parazaider, Terry Kath, Danny Seraphine, Lee Loughnane, James Pankow, Robert Lamm, and Peter Cetera formed a group with one dream, to integrate all the musical diversity from their beloved city and weave a new sound, a rock ‘n’ roll band with horns.
Sep 23, 2022 · As the new documentary on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group puts it, Chicago is “The Last Band On-Stage,” marking its 55th anniversary since its founding in the city of the same name...
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Chicago stands as one of America’s most successful rock bands of any epoch in terms of both sales and longevity. The statistics are simply staggering: Over a forty-six-year recording career, the band has issued thirty-six albums, sold well over a hundred million records, and released twenty Top Ten pop and twenty-two Top Ten adult ...
