The Chi-Lites

Genres:	Music Videos & Concerts • Pop / Rock • R&B / Soul
Descriptive "tags":	soul • funk • smooth soul • rhythm and blues • rnb
Decades Active:	1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s
Links online:	BBC Music • Discography • Wikipedia

Biography

Formed in Chicago in 1960 and originally called the Hi-Lites, the group featured Eugene Record (23 December 1940, Chicago, Illinois, USA, d. 22 July 2005, Chicago, Illinois, USA), Robert Lester (b. 1942, McComb, Mississippi, USA), Creadel Jones (b. 1939, St. Louis, Missouri, USA) and Marshall Thompson (b. April 1941, Chicago, Illinois, USA). Imbued with the tradition of doo-wop and street corner harmony, Record and Lester came together with Clarence Johnson in the Chanteurs, who issued a single on Renee Records in 1959. The trio then teamed with Marshall Thompson and Creadel ‘Red’ Jones, refugees from another local group, the Desideros. The resultant combination was dubbed the Hi-Lites and a series of releases followed. ‘I’m So Jealous’ from late 1964 introduced the group’s new name, Marshall And The Chi-Lites, the amended prefix celebrating their ‘Windy City’ origins. Johnson left the group later that year and with the...

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