The soul music scene took off in the early 70s on the strength of heartfelt ballads with lush orchestration. It wasn’t that easy to stand out in that environment, considering so many artists and bands ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Songs that speak of heartbreak often capture audiences' attention and become known as anthems of lost love. Singer Eugene Record ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the Chi-Lites receive their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in a ceremony on the boulevard today, some fans might say it’s ...

We present a remembrance of the lead singer of the Chi-Lites vocal group. Eugene Record died July 22 at age 64. His was the voice of some of the greatest and most popular music of the 1970s. Eugene ...

A star along the Hollywood Walk of Fame will be devoted to 1970s Chicago band The Chi-Lites next week. On Sept. 30 at 11:30 a.m., Marshall Thompson, founder of The Chi-Lites and last surviving member ...

Chi-Lites singer and songwriter Eugene Record passed away Friday after an extended bout with cancer. He was sixty-four. Author of the 1972 Number One hit, “Oh Girl,” Record was the architect of the ...

Before anyone knew who he was, Marshall Thompson would sneak into Chicago’s Regal Theater only to be thrown out time and time again. But he persisted, and finally landed a job as the the theater’s ...

Since some of the group's best songs didn't cross over from R&B to pop, says their label owner, "The whole world is discovering music that only 20% of the country really heard much of in the ’70s." As ...