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Chicago performing live in 2005. Chicago is an American rock band from Chicago, Illinois. Formed in February 1967, the group was originally known as The Big Thing and later Chicago Transit Authority, before becoming Chicago in 1969.
Calvin James Howard (October 4, 1978 – April 14, 2012), [1] better known as Viro the Virus, was an underground hip hop artist based in New Jersey and Philadelphia.Despite only some commercial success, Viro became well known on the underground hip hop circuit, with his most notable appearance being on the track "Starlight" [2] from the Snowgoons album Black Snow.
Chicago's music has long been a staple of marching bands in the U.S. "25 or 6 to 4" was named as the number one marching band song by Kevin Coffey of the Omaha World-Herald, [250] and as performed by the Jackson State University marching band, ranked number seven of the "Top 20 Cover Songs of 2018 by HBCU Bands". [251]
It is featured in the chorus of Dave Loggins’ 1979 song “If I Had My Wish Tonight,” which was a Top 40 hit for David Lasley in 1982. The first half is featured in the chorus of Madonna's 1983 song Lucky Star. It is partially quoted in the song "Take Me Away" on Blue Öyster Cult's 1983 album The Revölution by Night.
Chicago (retroactively known as Chicago II) is the second studio album by the American rock band Chicago, released on January 26, 1970, by Columbia Records. Like their debut album, Chicago Transit Authority , it is a double album.
It should only contain pages that are Chicago (band) songs or lists of Chicago (band) songs, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about Chicago (band) songs in general should be placed in relevant topic categories .
According to Billboard, Chicago was the leading US singles charting group during the 1970s. They have sold over 40 million units in the US, with 23 gold , 18 platinum , and 8 multi-platinum albums. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Over the course of their career they have had five number-one albums and 21 top-ten singles.
The song was not released as a single until two tracks from the band's second album, "Make Me Smile" and "25 or 6 to 4", had become hits. It became the band's third straight Top 10 single, peaking at No. 7 in the U.S. [3] and No. 2 in Canada. [4] Because the song straddled years in its chart run, it is not ranked on the major U.S. year-end charts.