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"Wishing You Were Here" is a song written by Peter Cetera for the group 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, No.
Chicago VII is the sixth studio album by American rock band Chicago. It was released on March 11, 1974 by Columbia Records . It is notable for being their first double album of new material since 1971's Chicago III and remains their final studio release in that format.
"Wishing You Were Here" 11 1 51 51 [A] — 12 9 Kath/Cetera "Life Saver" Columbia 10049 Feb. 1975 "Harry Truman" 13 23 — — — 16 19 Lamm Chicago VIII "Till We Meet Again" Columbia 10092 April 1975 "Old Days" 5 3 80 — — 6 6 Cetera "Hideaway" Columbia 10131 Aug. 1975 "Brand New Love Affair (Part I and II)" 61 27 — — — 65 43 Kath/Cetera
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Terry Alan Kath (January 31, 1946 – January 23, 1978) was an American guitarist and singer who is best known as a founding member of the rock band Chicago.He played lead guitar and sang lead vocals on many of the band's early hit singles alongside Robert Lamm and Peter Cetera.
He called Chicago "probably the most unforgivably terrible rock 'n' roll band of the 70s" and said Group Portrait memorialized the band "in suitably monstrous fashion". He goes on to say that Chicago had some "decent" singles, already collected on two greatest-hits albums, and names " Wishing You Were Here " as the group's "most notable ...
Peter Cetera originally wrote "If You Leave Me Now" at the same time as Chicago VII's "Wishing You Were Here", and composed it on a guitar. [22] According to information on the sheet music for the song at MusicNotes, "If You Leave Me Now" is written in the key of B major, and Cetera's vocal range varies between F sharp 3 (F♯ 3) and D sharp 5 (D♯ 5).
To balance this out, a second album, The Heart of Chicago 1967–1998 Volume II was released the following year to fill in the missing gaps that were left in the first one. Rhino Records ' 2002 two-CD release The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning , with chronological sequencing, is generally considered to supersede both volumes of The ...