The Chi-Lites
- MatchThe Chi-Lites
- 100%The Stylistics
- 97%Blue Magic
- 84%The Delfonics
- 82%The O'Jays
- 79%Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
- 78%The Spinners
- 77%The Dells
- 76%The Dramatics
- 75%The Main Ingredient
- 75%The Manhattans
Biography
Formed in Chicago in 1960 and originally called the Hi-Lites, the group featured Eugene Record (23 December 1940, Chicago, Illinois, USA, d. 22 July 2005, Chicago, Illinois, USA), Robert Lester (b. 1942, McComb, Mississippi, USA), Creadel Jones (b. 1939, St. Louis, Missouri, USA) and Marshall Thompson (b. April 1941, Chicago, Illinois, USA). Imbued with the tradition of doo-wop and street corner harmony, Record and Lester came together with Clarence Johnson in the Chanteurs, who issued a single... Read more