The soul music scene took off in the early 70s on the strength of heartfelt ballads with lush orchestration. It wasn’t that easy to stand out in that environment, considering so many artists and bands ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the Chi-Lites receive their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in a ceremony on the boulevard today, some fans might say it’s ...

Songs that speak of heartbreak often capture audiences' attention and become known as anthems of lost love. Singer Eugene Record developed a track while part of the soul group the Chi-Lites that ...

We present a remembrance of the lead singer of the Chi-Lites vocal group. Eugene Record died July 22 at age 64. His was the voice of some of the greatest and most popular music of the 1970s. Eugene ...

September marks one year since The Chi-Lites formally became part of California’s Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Chi-Lites featuring Marshall Thompson, which closes out the 2022 summer concert season ...

**** The Chi-Lites, Greatest Hits (Rhino); ***** Tyrone Davis, Greatest Hits (Rhino): These two greatest-hits compilations are good ammunition for any R&B-ain;’t-what-it-used-to-be lecture you might ...

Representatives for the family of Robert “Squirrel” Lester of the Chi-Lites are confirming that he passed away Thursday of cancer. The veteran vocalist was one of the founding members of the Chi-Lites ...

WGN Radio’s Bob Sirott is joined by Legendary singer and musician Marshall Thompson. The Illinois-native and founding member of The Chi-Lites joins the program to share some of his favorite moments of ...

It has been a rough month for fans of the Chi-Lites as two of the iconic R&B group’s performers have died. Warren Tipton was the most recent to die, and his death was announced by the group’s last ...

LOS ANGELES – SEPTEMBER 1966: Country musician Merle Haggard (L) and his band "Merle Haggard & the Strangers" pose for a September 1966 portrait in Los Angeles, California. Guitarist Roy Nichols is ...

Since some of the group's best songs didn't cross over from R&B to pop, says their label owner, "The whole world is discovering music that only 20% of the country really heard much of in the ’70s." As ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Songs that speak of heartbreak often capture audiences' attention and become known as anthems of lost love. Singer Eugene Record ...