Tag: Chi-Lites

Thursday 9/16/21 12pm ET: Feature Artist: Chi-Lites

The Chi-Lites are an American R&B/soul vocal quartet from Chicago, Illinois, United States.

The group’s greatest fame came during the early 1970s. They scored eleven Top Ten R&B hits from 1969 to 1974. They also charted 21 songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Chart, and had chart hits in Australia, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Canada, as well as in the U.S.

Marshall Thompson – 1959–present (born August 24, 1942, Chicago)
Tara Thompson – 1998–present (born June 29, 1971, Chicago)
Fred Simon – 2010–present (born May 29, 1951, Chicago)
Mack Miller – 2014–present (born May 1, 1955, Chicago)
Warren Tipton – 2018–present (born June 12, 1958, Gary, Indiana)

Robert “Squirrel” Lester – 1959–2010 (born August 16, 1942, McComb, Mississippi; died January 21, 2010, Chicago)
Eugene Record – 1959–1973, 1980–1988 (born December 23, 1940, Chicago; died July 22, 2005, Chicago)
Creadel “Red” Jones – 1959–1973, 1980–1982 (born September 26, 1940, St. Louis, Missouri; died August 25, 1994 Glendale, California)
Clarence Johnson – 1959–1964
Stanley Anderson – 1973
Willie Kinsey – 1973
David “Doc” Roberson – 1973
David Scott – 1976–1980
Danny Johnson – 1976–1977
Vandy Hampton – 1976–1980
Frank Reed – 1988, 1990–1993, 1996–1998, 2001–2014 (born September 16, 1954, Omaha, Nebraska; died February 26, 2014)[16]
Anthony Reynard Watson – 1988–1990, 1993–1996, 1998–2002 (born Mobile, Alabama)
Marzette Griffin- 2015–2018 Chicago, IL

Monday 10pm: LP Lounge with Willie B (Debut Season 2)

The Best of Bread is a multi-platinum compilation album by the band Bread released in 1973 by Elektra Records. The original album contains 12 songs that were first released between 1969 and 1972.

In addition to the usual 2 channel stereo version the album was also released by Elektra in a 4 channel quadraphonic version in 1973. The quadraphonic version was released on LP record, 8-track tape and reel to reel tape. The quadraphonic LP was encoded using the Quadradisc system.

The 2001 CD re-issue by Rhino has eight additional tracks including several from the 1974 album The Best of Bread, Volume 2, along with the November 1976 single Lost Without Your Love.

In 2015 Audio Fidelity released the 12 song album on the Super Audio CD format. This edition contains both stereo and quadraphonic mixes.

Side one
“Make It with You” – 3:15
“Everything I Own” – 3:06
“Diary” – 3:05
“Baby I’m-a Want You” – 2:25
“It Don’t Matter to Me” – 2:41
“If” – 2:33
“Mother Freedom” – 2:55
“Down on My Knees” (Gates, James Griffin) – 2:44
“Too Much Love” (Griffin, Robb Royer) – 2:45
“Let Your Love Go”- 2:25
“Look What You’ve Done” (Griffin, Royer) – 3:10
“Truckin'” (Griffin, Royer) – 2:31

Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by American soul group The Chi-Lites. The album was released in 1972 on the Brunswick label.

1. “Oh Girl” 3:48
2. “I Wanna Pay You Back” 2:56
3. “I Like Your Lovin’ (Do You Like Mine)” 3:36
4. “Give It Away” 2:50
5. “Let Me Be the Man My Daddy Was” 3:33
6. “Love Uprising” 2:32
7. “The Coldest Days of My Life (Part I)” 4:27
8. “The Coldest Days of My Life (Part II)” 4:15
9. “Have You Seen Her” 5:10
10. “(For God’s Sake) Give More Power to the People” 3:50
11. “Are You My Woman” 3:06
12. “We Are Neighbors” 3:39
13. “Living in the Footsteps of Another Man” 2:57
14. “I’m Ready If I Don’t Get To Go” 4:21
15. “24 Hours Of Sadness” 2:11
16. “A Lonely Man” 6:23

 

Great Soul Performances with Bobby Jay 7p ET #gsp

bobby-cynthiaOn “Great Soul Performances” this evening we’ll hear from Sister Sledge, a new recording from my dear friend Lloyd Price, the Isley Brothers, Queen Latifah, Bloodstone, the Intruders, the Ch-Lites, Rodney Franklin, the Temptations, Crown Heights Affair and much more. Please join me at 7PM ET, 6PM CT, 5PM MT & 4PM PT. (This will be preceded in all time zones by an encore performance of “Great Soul Performances, the 80’s”) So join me later today for great music and fun on RadioMaxMusic.com.