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Thompson married three times and has fifteen children. In 1961, Thompson married Jeweletta Thomas. Thompson second marriage was to Constance Strong in 1976. In 1997, Strong died in a car accident while traveling back from a performance with The Chi-Lites. Since 2001, Thompson has been married Tara Thompson who sings with the current Chi-Lites ...
Marshall Thompson and Squirrel Lester, along with more recent addition Frank Reed and the group's first female member, wife Tara Thompson, continued as the Chi-Lites, recording and touring over the last two decades with other soul groups such as the Stylistics and Ray, Goodman & Brown. In 2005 the group released the single "Mother Love".
He was included in the Chi-Lites line-up, along with group leader Marshall Thompson, lead vocalist Frank Reed, and backing vocalist, Tara Thompson. An inductee at the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, Lester was 67 years old at the time of his death. [1] He died at Roseland Hospital in Chicago after a long battle with liver cancer.
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 coming not a moment too soon, given that the classic R&B band ...
The album was the third of four consecutive Chi-Lites albums to make the R&B top 5 (reaching #4), but has only a moderate critical reputation, with none of the tracks being considered as strong as the highlights on (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People or A Lonely Man.
After meeting Chi-Lites' founder Marshall Thompson, Watson joined the group as lead vocalist in the late 1980s. He would leave the Chi-Lites twice during the nineties, with his predecessor Frank Reed returning in his absence.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, United States, [1] to Booker and Bernice Record, [2] [3] Record was drawn to music through his older sister's involvement as a pianist. He learned to play the guitar and formed his first group while at high school with Robert Lester, who stayed on when they joined up with two members of another local group to form The Hi-Lites and eventually changing the name to The ...
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