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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 ...
I Like Your Lovin' (Do You Like Mine?) [a] is the second studio album by American soul group The Chi-Lites, produced and largely written by lead singer Eugene Record. The album was released in 1970 on the Brunswick label.
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)".
By 1977, Record who was lead singer and wrote most of the hits for The Chi-Lites, left to pursue a solo career. [15] The Chi-Lites continued on with Thompson, Lester and new member Doc Roberson who replaced Kensey. In 1980, Thompson and Lester were reunited with Jones, and continued touring as a trio with Lester as the lead singer.
(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 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 ...