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Robert Earl "Squirrel" Lester (August 16, 1942 – January 21, 2010) [1] was the second tenor in the Chicago-based singing group The Chi-Lites. Lester was born in McComb , Mississippi . [ 1 ] He was part of the original Chi-Lites line-up when the group (then named 'The Hi-Lites') were first formed in 1960 from two Chicago groups — The ...
The Chi-Lites (/ ˈ ʃ aɪ l aɪ t s /, SHY-lytes) are an American R&B/soul vocal quartet from Chicago. Forming at Chicago's Hyde Park High School in 1959, The group's original lineup consisted of singers Robert Lester, Eugene Record, Creadel Jones, Clarence Johnson, Burt Bowen, Eddie Reed and Marshall Thompson.
Original member Robert "Squirrel" Lester died in 2010. [17] By 2011, Thompson was the last man standing from The Chi-Lites original lineup. He released the single, "Hold On To Your Dreams" on Mar-Ance Records. In 2014, while on the Soul Train Cruise, Thompson suffered a stroke after a performance with The Chi-Lites.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, United States, [1] to Booker and Bernice Record, [2] [3] Record was drawn to music through his older sister's involvement as a pianist. He learned to play the guitar and formed his first group while at high school with Robert Lester, who stayed on when they joined up with two members of another local group to form The Hi-Lites and eventually changing the name to The ...
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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)".
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: 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 ...