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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1650481" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[ATTACH=full]11771[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]11772[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong><em>"" South California Purples .............................................""</em></strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]11773[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><h3></h3> <table style='width: 100%'><tr><th></th><td></td></tr></table><p><strong>Chicago</strong> is an American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music" target="_blank">rock</a> band formed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago" target="_blank">Chicago</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois" target="_blank">Illinois</a>, in 1967. The group was initially billed as <strong>The Big Thing</strong> before calling themselves <strong>The Chicago Transit Authority</strong> in 1968, and then shortening the name in 1969. The self-described "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_roll" target="_blank">rock and roll</a> band with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horn_(instrument)" target="_blank">horns</a>" blended elements of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_music" target="_blank">classical music</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz" target="_blank">jazz</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%26B" target="_blank">R&B</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_music" target="_blank">pop music</a>. They produced numerous top-40 hits over two decades, and continue to record and perform live.</p><p>Growing out of several Chicago-area bands in the late 1960s, the original line-up consisted of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cetera" target="_blank">Peter Cetera</a> on bass, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Kath" target="_blank">Terry Kath</a> on guitar, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lamm" target="_blank">Robert Lamm</a> on keyboards, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Loughnane" target="_blank">Lee Loughnane</a> on trumpet, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Pankow" target="_blank">James Pankow</a> on trombone, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Parazaider" target="_blank">Walter Parazaider</a> on woodwinds, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Seraphine" target="_blank">Danny Seraphine</a> on drums. Cetera, Kath, and Lamm shared lead vocal duties. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laudir_de_Oliveira" target="_blank">Laudir de Oliveira</a> joined the band as a percussionist and second drummer in 1974. Kath died in 1978, and was replaced by several guitarists in succession. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Champlin" target="_blank">Bill Champlin</a> joined in 1981, providing vocals, keyboards, and rhythm guitar. Cetera left the band in 1985 and was replaced by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Scheff" target="_blank">Jason Scheff</a>. Seraphine left in 1990, and was replaced by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tris_Imboden" target="_blank">Tris Imboden</a>. The band's lineup has been more fluid since 2000, but keyboardist Robert Lamm and the entire horn section of Loughnane, Pankow, and Parazaider have remained constant members.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]11774[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><em><strong>Chicago Transit Authority</strong></em> is the self-titled debut album by the Chicago-based <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_roll" target="_blank">rock</a> band <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_(band)" target="_blank">Chicago</a> (then known as Chicago Transit Authority). It was recorded and released in 1969. For this inaugural recording effort the group was nominated for a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award" target="_blank">Grammy Award</a> for 1969 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_New_Artist" target="_blank">Best New Artist of the Year</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Transit_Authority_(album)#cite_note-Grammy1969-4" target="_blank">[4]</a> The album was inducted into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Hall_of_Fame" target="_blank">Grammy Hall of Fame</a> in 2014.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Transit_Authority_(album)#cite_note-GHOF-5" target="_blank">[5]</a> The album stayed on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200" target="_blank"><em>Billboard</em> 200</a> for 171 weeks,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Transit_Authority_(album)#cite_note-BB200_Jun75-6" target="_blank">[6]</a> beating the previous record for a rock album's longevity of 155 weeks<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Transit_Authority_(album)#cite_note-Whitburn-7" target="_blank">[7]</a> and has been certified double <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_recording_certification" target="_blank">platinum</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" target="_blank">Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Transit_Authority_(album)#cite_note-RIAA-8" target="_blank">[8]</a></p><p></p><p>Released in April 1969, <em>Chicago Transit Authority</em> (sometimes informally referred to simply as "CTA") was not an immediate hit, eventually reaching No. 17 in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">US</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Transit_Authority_(album)#cite_note-BB200-16" target="_blank">[16]</a> and No. 9 in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" target="_blank">UK</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Transit_Authority_(album)#cite_note-UKalbums-17" target="_blank">[17]</a> While critical reaction was generally favorable, sales were slow at first and the album initially failed to produce any hit singles, with the group seen as an album-oriented collective. Meanwhile, FM radio, with its album-oriented format, helped push sales along.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Transit_Authority_(album)#cite_note-18" target="_blank">[18]</a> In 1970 and 1971, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Does_Anybody_Really_Know_What_Time_It_Is%3F" target="_blank">Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?</a>" (No. 7),<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Transit_Authority_(album)#cite_note-BBHot100-19" target="_blank">[19]</a> "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beginnings_(Chicago_song)" target="_blank">Beginnings</a>" (No. 7)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Transit_Authority_(album)#cite_note-BBHot100-19" target="_blank">[19]</a> and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Questions_67_and_68" target="_blank">Questions 67 and 68</a>" (No. 71 and No. 24 for the 1971 re-release)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Transit_Authority_(album)#cite_note-BBHot100-19" target="_blank">[19]</a> all made it into the Billboard Hot 100 belatedly. Buoyed by the success of their later albums, <em>Chicago Transit Authority</em> had stayed on the charts for 171 weeks as of June 1975,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Transit_Authority_(album)#cite_note-BB200_Jun75-6" target="_blank">[6]</a> setting the then record for a rock album's chart longevity by October 1974 at 155 weeks,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Transit_Authority_(album)#cite_note-Whitburn-7" target="_blank">[7]</a> and was certified <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_recording_certification" target="_blank">gold</a> (and later platinum and double platinum) by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" target="_blank">Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Transit_Authority_(album)#cite_note-RIAA-8" target="_blank">[8]</a></p><p></p><p>While the band toured the album, legal action was threatened by the actual <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Transit_Authority" target="_blank">Chicago Transit Authority</a>, forcing the group to truncate their name to simply <em>Chicago</em>.</p><p></p><p><em><strong>I saw this band in 1971 at the old Freedom Hall in Louisville, Ky and was blown away by their stage performance......There was 3 of us from our band that went to see them that night and we all loved the newness of their sound ....the incorporation of the horns into a rock band was refreshing and their songs were also fresh and you wanted to dance and sing along whenever you heard them on the radio.......they have been a staple in the music scene for many years , but their debut album still is my fav....South Cailfornia Purples was and still is my fav song on this album......</strong></em></p><p><em><strong></strong></em></p><p><strong><em>On a side note , one of my closest friends was a DJ back then and I used to go set with him when he was working and he told me to listen to this demo single he had received one day .....It was Chicago's song "" 25 or 6 to 4 """....It hadn't been released yet and of course it went on to be a gigantic hit......</em></strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]11775[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong><em><strong><em><strong><em>""When I'm down and out , I listen to Chicago Transit Authority on Spotify and all my cares float away...They rock my world, they really really do and still do....still do..still do..still do.............................</em></strong></em></strong></em></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1650481, member: 3916"] [ATTACH type="full" alt="musicanon.gif"]11771[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="psyc16.gif"]11772[/ATTACH] [B][I]"" South California Purples .............................................""[/I][/B] [ATTACH type="full" alt="1627405787950.png"]11773[/ATTACH] [HEADING=2][/HEADING] [TABLE] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [B]Chicago[/B] is an American [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music']rock[/URL] band formed in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago']Chicago[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois']Illinois[/URL], in 1967. The group was initially billed as [B]The Big Thing[/B] before calling themselves [B]The Chicago Transit Authority[/B] in 1968, and then shortening the name in 1969. The self-described "[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_roll']rock and roll[/URL] band with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horn_(instrument)']horns[/URL]" blended elements of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_music']classical music[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz']jazz[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%26B']R&B[/URL], and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_music']pop music[/URL]. They produced numerous top-40 hits over two decades, and continue to record and perform live. Growing out of several Chicago-area bands in the late 1960s, the original line-up consisted of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cetera']Peter Cetera[/URL] on bass, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Kath']Terry Kath[/URL] on guitar, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lamm']Robert Lamm[/URL] on keyboards, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Loughnane']Lee Loughnane[/URL] on trumpet, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Pankow']James Pankow[/URL] on trombone, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Parazaider']Walter Parazaider[/URL] on woodwinds, and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Seraphine']Danny Seraphine[/URL] on drums. Cetera, Kath, and Lamm shared lead vocal duties. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laudir_de_Oliveira']Laudir de Oliveira[/URL] joined the band as a percussionist and second drummer in 1974. Kath died in 1978, and was replaced by several guitarists in succession. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Champlin']Bill Champlin[/URL] joined in 1981, providing vocals, keyboards, and rhythm guitar. Cetera left the band in 1985 and was replaced by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Scheff']Jason Scheff[/URL]. Seraphine left in 1990, and was replaced by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tris_Imboden']Tris Imboden[/URL]. The band's lineup has been more fluid since 2000, but keyboardist Robert Lamm and the entire horn section of Loughnane, Pankow, and Parazaider have remained constant members. [ATTACH type="full" alt="1627405822936.png"]11774[/ATTACH] [I][B]Chicago Transit Authority[/B][/I] is the self-titled debut album by the Chicago-based [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_roll']rock[/URL] band [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_(band)']Chicago[/URL] (then known as Chicago Transit Authority). It was recorded and released in 1969. For this inaugural recording effort the group was nominated for a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award']Grammy Award[/URL] for 1969 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_New_Artist']Best New Artist of the Year[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Transit_Authority_(album)#cite_note-Grammy1969-4'][4][/URL] The album was inducted into the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Hall_of_Fame']Grammy Hall of Fame[/URL] in 2014.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Transit_Authority_(album)#cite_note-GHOF-5'][5][/URL] The album stayed on the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200'][I]Billboard[/I] 200[/URL] for 171 weeks,[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Transit_Authority_(album)#cite_note-BB200_Jun75-6'][6][/URL] beating the previous record for a rock album's longevity of 155 weeks[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Transit_Authority_(album)#cite_note-Whitburn-7'][7][/URL] and has been certified double [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_recording_certification']platinum[/URL] by the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America']Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Transit_Authority_(album)#cite_note-RIAA-8'][8][/URL] Released in April 1969, [I]Chicago Transit Authority[/I] (sometimes informally referred to simply as "CTA") was not an immediate hit, eventually reaching No. 17 in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']US[/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Transit_Authority_(album)#cite_note-BB200-16'][16][/URL] and No. 9 in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom']UK[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Transit_Authority_(album)#cite_note-UKalbums-17'][17][/URL] While critical reaction was generally favorable, sales were slow at first and the album initially failed to produce any hit singles, with the group seen as an album-oriented collective. Meanwhile, FM radio, with its album-oriented format, helped push sales along.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Transit_Authority_(album)#cite_note-18'][18][/URL] In 1970 and 1971, "[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Does_Anybody_Really_Know_What_Time_It_Is%3F']Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?[/URL]" (No. 7),[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Transit_Authority_(album)#cite_note-BBHot100-19'][19][/URL] "[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beginnings_(Chicago_song)']Beginnings[/URL]" (No. 7)[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Transit_Authority_(album)#cite_note-BBHot100-19'][19][/URL] and "[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Questions_67_and_68']Questions 67 and 68[/URL]" (No. 71 and No. 24 for the 1971 re-release)[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Transit_Authority_(album)#cite_note-BBHot100-19'][19][/URL] all made it into the Billboard Hot 100 belatedly. Buoyed by the success of their later albums, [I]Chicago Transit Authority[/I] had stayed on the charts for 171 weeks as of June 1975,[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Transit_Authority_(album)#cite_note-BB200_Jun75-6'][6][/URL] setting the then record for a rock album's chart longevity by October 1974 at 155 weeks,[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Transit_Authority_(album)#cite_note-Whitburn-7'][7][/URL] and was certified [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_recording_certification']gold[/URL] (and later platinum and double platinum) by the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America']Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Transit_Authority_(album)#cite_note-RIAA-8'][8][/URL] While the band toured the album, legal action was threatened by the actual [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Transit_Authority']Chicago Transit Authority[/URL], forcing the group to truncate their name to simply [I]Chicago[/I]. [I][B]I saw this band in 1971 at the old Freedom Hall in Louisville, Ky and was blown away by their stage performance......There was 3 of us from our band that went to see them that night and we all loved the newness of their sound ....the incorporation of the horns into a rock band was refreshing and their songs were also fresh and you wanted to dance and sing along whenever you heard them on the radio.......they have been a staple in the music scene for many years , but their debut album still is my fav....South Cailfornia Purples was and still is my fav song on this album...... [/B][/I] [B][I]On a side note , one of my closest friends was a DJ back then and I used to go set with him when he was working and he told me to listen to this demo single he had received one day .....It was Chicago's song "" 25 or 6 to 4 """....It hadn't been released yet and of course it went on to be a gigantic hit......[/I][/B] [ATTACH type="full" alt="psyc36.gif"]11775[/ATTACH] [B][I][B][I][B][I]""When I'm down and out , I listen to Chicago Transit Authority on Spotify and all my cares float away...They rock my world, they really really do and still do....still do..still do..still do.............................[/I][/B][/I][/B][/I][/B] [/QUOTE]
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