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Chicago IX – Chicago's Greatest Hits
''Chicago IX: Chicago's Greatest Hits'' is the first greatest hits album, and ninth album overall, by the American band Chicago and was released in 1975 by Columbia Records in both stereo (PC 33900) and SQ quadraphonic (PCQ 33900) versions. Including all of Chicago's biggest hits to date, this set stretches from their 1969 debut, ''Chicago Transit Authority'', to 1974's ''Chicago VII''. '' Chicago VIII'' and its hits, having only come out just months earlier, were considered too recent to anthologize, while '' Chicago IIIs material was overlooked for inclusion due to its lack of top-selling singles. ''Chicago IX'' proved to be an enormous success upon its release. It reached No. 1 in the US and remained on the Billboard 200 for a total of 72 weeks. It has since been certified quintuple platinum by the RIAA, signifying sales of over five million copies. ''Chicago IX'' was reissued by Rhino Records, Chicago's current distributor. The album did not chart in the UK. Track listing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago (band)
Chicago is an American rock band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1967. Self-described as a "rock and roll band with horns," their songs often also combine elements of classical music, jazz, R&B, and pop music. Growing out of several bands from the Chicago area in the late 1960s, the original line-up consisted of Peter Cetera on bass, Terry Kath on guitar, Robert Lamm on keyboards, Lee Loughnane on trumpet, James Pankow on trombone, Walter Parazaider on woodwinds, and Danny Seraphine on drums. Cetera, Kath, and Lamm shared lead vocal duties. The group initially called themselves the Big Thing, then changed to the Chicago Transit Authority in 1968, and finally shortened the name to Chicago in 1969. Laudir de Oliveira joined the band as a percussionist and second drummer in 1974. Kath died in 1978 and was replaced by several guitarists in succession. Bill Champlin joined in 1981, providing vocals, keyboards, and rhythm guitar. Cetera left the band in 1985 and was repl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
25 Or 6 To 4
"25 or 6 to 4" is a song written by American musician Robert Lamm, one of the founding members of the band Chicago. It was recorded in August 1969 for their second album, ''Chicago'', with Peter Cetera on lead vocals, and released as a single in June 1970. Composition In a 2013 interview, Robert Lamm said he composed "25 or 6 to 4" on a 12-string guitar with only 10 strings. According to Lamm, "It didn't have the two low Es." He wrote the lyrics in one day. The band first rehearsed the song at the Whisky a Go Go. Lamm said the song is about trying to write a song in the middle of the night. The song's title is the time at which the song is set: 25 or 26 minutes before 4 a.m., phrased as, "twenty-five or wenty-ix inutesto four ’clock" (i.e. 03:35 or 03:34). Because of the unique phrasing of the song's title, "25 or 6 to 4" has been interpreted to mean everything from a quantity of illicit drugs to the name of a famous person in code. The song's opening guitar riff has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Loughnane
Lee David Loughnane (pronounced LOCK-nain; born October 21, 1946) is an American trumpeter, flugelhorn player, vocalist, and songwriter who is a founding member of the rock band Chicago. He is best known for being one-third of Chicago's brass/woodwind section alongside James Pankow and Walter Parazaider. Early life and education Lee David Loughnane was born in Elmwood Park, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago, to Philip and Juanita Loughnane. Lee is the second-oldest of five children. He began playing trumpet at age 11, using the same instrument played by his dad when he was in the Army Air Force. Lee attended St. Mel High School, an all-boys school operated by the Christian Brothers, because it had a concert band, jazz band and marching band. By the time he graduated in 1964, he knew that he wanted to be a professional musician. "There was nothing else that I wanted to do. I had no other calling." He met his future Chicago bandmates during his freshman year at DePaul Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call On Me (Chicago Song)
"Call on Me" is a song written by Lee Loughnane for the group Chicago and recorded for their album ''Chicago VII'' (1974). Peter Cetera sang lead vocals and the arrangement makes prominent use of conga drums played by Guille Garcia. Background "Call on Me" was the first Loughnane composition to be released by the band. It was written with uncredited help from Peter Cetera. Loughnane was the last original Chicago member to receive a songwriting credit. According to Cetera, though, he needed some help. "I tried to help Lee Loughnane with a song," Cetera says, "and that song turned out to be 'Call On Me.' Lee had written a song. It wasn't called, 'Call On Me,' it was called something else, and it in fact was terrible. I talked to him at the ranch one day, and he was all bent out of shape. He said that he had played the song for the guys, and they had told him in fact to get the heck out of there with the song. I said, 'Well, come on, let's have a go.' So Lee and I went and re-wrote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wishing You Were Here
"Wishing You Were Here" is a song written by Peter Cetera for the group Chicago (band), Chicago and recorded for their album ''Chicago VII'' (1974), with lead vocals by Terry Kath (uncredited on the original album package), while Cetera sang the song's bridge. The third single released from that album, it reached No. 11 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100, No. 9 on the ''Cashbox (magazine), Cash Box'' Top 100, and hit No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary (chart), Easy Listening chart. Kath and Cetera swap their usual instruments, with Kath on bass and Cetera on guitar. James William Guercio, Chicago's producer at the time, played guitar on the recording as well. Guercio appeared on stage with the band, playing acoustic guitar, when they performed the song on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, ''Chicago's New Year's Rockin' Eve 1975'' to ring in 1975. The instrumental track for the song had been recorded before Cetera realized it was too low for him to sing, so Kath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Edit
In music, a radio edit, or a "clean version," is a modification, typically truncated or censored, intended to make a song more suitable for airplay. It may be censored for profanity, vulgarities, or subject matter; or adjusted for length, instrumentation, or form. Radio edits may also be used for commercial single release radio versions, which may be denoted as the 7″ version (as opposed to the 12″ version, which is an extended version of a song). Not all "radio edit" tracks are played on the radio. Time constraints Radio edits often shorten a long song to make it more commercially viable for radio stations. The normal length for songs played on the radio is between three and five minutes. The amount of cut content differs, ranging from a few seconds to nearly half of the song. It is common for radio edits to have shortened intros and/or outros. In the intro, any kind of musical buildup is removed, or, if there is no such buildup, an extensive intro is often halved. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Make Me Smile
"Make Me Smile" is a song written by James Pankow for the rock band Chicago with the band's guitarist, Terry Kath, on lead vocals. Part 1 of Pankow's 7-part "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon" song cycle/suite, it was recorded for their second album, ''Chicago'' (often called ''Chicago II''), which was released in 1970. The song "Now More Than Ever", a separate track from the same song suite, serves as a reprise of the song and appears edited together with it on many later versions, including a single edit, on several greatest hits collections, and in many live performances. Background A radio-friendly edit of "Make Me Smile" was released as a single in March 1970, becoming the band's first Top 10 record, peaking at number nine on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. Pulled from the first movement of the "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon" suite, several changes were made in order to make the song more suitable for radio. This included a modified introduction and abbreviated guitar s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Cetera
Peter Paul Cetera Jr. ( ; born September 13, 1944) is a retired American musician best known for being a frontman, vocalist, and bassist for the American rock band Chicago from 1967 until his departure in 1985. His career as a recording artist encompasses 17 studio albums with Chicago and eight solo studio albums. As a lead singer/vocal artist he has had four number one songs on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, two during his tenure with Chicago and two during his solo career. Of those four songs he wrote or co-wrote three. As a solo artist, Cetera has scored six Top 40 singles, including two that reached number one on ''Billboards Hot 100 chart in 1986, " Glory of Love" and " The Next Time I Fall". "Glory of Love", the theme song from the film '' The Karate Kid Part II'' (1986), was co-written by Cetera, David Foster, and Diane Nini and was nominated for both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for best original song from a motion picture. In 1987, Cetera received an ASCAP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feelin' Stronger Every Day
"Feelin' Stronger Every Day" is a song written by Peter Cetera and James Pankow for the group Chicago and recorded for their album '' Chicago VI'' (1973). The first single released from that album, it reached #10 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Development The song was a collaboration between bassist Peter Cetera and trombonist James Pankow. Regarding the composition, drummer Danny Seraphine said, "Peter wrote that song about his marriage falling apart. He'd gone through a real hard time and was starting to feel stronger again." Cetera himself recalled, "I can remember the exact beginnings of that one... We were at the Akron Rubber Bowl in Akron, Ohio, an outdoor gig that was delayed a bit because of rain, and so, we got there our normal hour and a half before the gig, and we're sitting around, and we were told we're gonna hold for at least an hour, and I heard Jimmy ankowin the other room playing the actual beginning of that song... and I said, 'What is that?' and he went, 'O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturday In The Park (song)
"Saturday in the Park" is a song written by Robert Lamm and recorded by the group Chicago for their 1972 album ''Chicago V''. It was successful upon release, reaching on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and became the band's highest-charting single at the time, helping lift the album to . ''Billboard'' ranked it as the No. 76 song for 1972. The single was certified Gold by the RIAA, selling over 1,000,000 units in the U.S. alone. Background According to fellow Chicago member Walter Parazaider, Lamm was inspired to write the song during the recording of '' Chicago III'' in New York City on Saturday, July 4, 1970: However, Lamm recalls the story differently, as he told ''Billboard'' magazine: In the studio version of the song, the line "singing Italian songs" is followed by " Eh Cumpari" (the title of a song made famous by Julius La Rosa in 1953), and then Italian-sounding nonsense words, rendered in the printed lyrics as "?". Piano, guitar, and vocal sheet music arrangements h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just You 'n' Me
"Just You 'n' Me" is a song written by James Pankow for the group Chicago (band), Chicago and recorded for their fifth studio album ''Chicago VI'' (1973). The lead vocals are sung by bassist Peter Cetera. Background The second single released from that album, it was more successful than the first single, "Feelin' Stronger Every Day", reaching No. 4 on the United States, U.S. Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and No. 1 on the ''Cashbox (magazine), Cash Box'' Top 100. Walter Parazaider plays a soprano saxophone solo during the instrumental section while guitarist Terry Kath uses a wah-wah pedal and phase shifter on his guitar. "Just You 'n' Me" was written after a fight between Pankow and his future wife Karen: :"We had had a huge fight, it was a nasty lovers' quarrel, if you will. She locked herself in the bathroom and wouldn't come out...'Just You 'n' Me' poured out of me in its entirety. Usually when I write songs I come up with an idea for a chorus or a hook and fill in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Pankow
James Carter Pankow (born August 20, 1947) is an American trombone player, songwriter, and brass instrument arranger who is a founding member of the rock band Chicago. He is best known for his brass arrangements, and for being one-third of Chicago's brass/woodwind section alongside Lee Loughnane and Walter Parazaider. Early life, family and education Born in St. Louis, Missouri, of German and Irish descent, Pankow was one of nine siblings. He is the older brother of actor John Pankow, who appeared on the TV series '' Mad About You''. The family moved to Park Ridge, Illinois, when he was eight years old. Pankow was influenced by his musician father, Wayne. He started playing the trombone at St. Paul of the Cross Elementary School. His Notre Dame High School band instructor was Father George Wiskirchen, CSC. Pankow earned a full music scholarship to Quincy College, where he studied the bass trombone. After completing his first year, he returned home for the summer and forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
