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The Chi-Lites' greatest fame came during the late 1960s through the early 1970s (with members Record, Jones, Lester and Thompson), scoring eleven top-ten R&B chart hits from 1969 until 1974. [1] The group also charted 21 songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Chart, [ 2 ] and had chart hits in Australia, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Canada, as ...
Chi-Lites: 89 3 1974 Toby: 181 12 1975 Half a Love — 41 1976 Happy Being Lonely — — Mercury: 1977 The Fantastic Chi-Lites — — 1980 Heavenly Body: 179 42 Chi-Sound: 1981 Love Your Way Through — — Excello: 1982 Me and You: 162 31 Chi-Sound: 1983 Bottom's Up: 98 15 Larc 1984 Steppin' Out — — Private I: 1990 Just Say You Love Me ...
A Lonely Man includes The Chi-Lites most successful single "Oh Girl", which topped both the pop and R&B charts and peaked at No. 14 on the UK Singles Chart, the eight and a half-minute epic "The Coldest Days of My Life" and a cover of Marvin Gaye's "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)".
"Oh Girl" was the Chi-Lites' first and only No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at that position in May 1972 for one week. The single also reached the top position of the Billboard R&B Singles chart the following month, remaining in that position for two weeks. [1]
The album was the third of four consecutive Chi-Lites albums to make the R&B top 5 (reaching #4), but has only a moderate critical reputation, with none of the tracks being considered as strong as the highlights on (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People or A Lonely Man.
Chi-Lites includes three of the group's most successful singles. "Stoned Out of My Mind" and "Homely Girl" both made the top 3 on the US R&B chart, while "Homely Girl" and "Too Good to Be Forgotten" both making the top 10 hit list in the UK. The latter, while never released as a single in the US, has remained one of the group's biggest hits in ...
(For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People is the third studio album by American soul group the Chi-Lites, produced and largely written by lead singer Eugene Record. The album was released in 1971 on the Brunswick label.
The Chi-Lites members. Pages in category "The Chi-Lites members" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. J.