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Chicago soul is a style of soul music that arose during the 1960s in Chicago. Along with Detroit , the home of Motown , and Memphis , with its hard-edged, gritty performers (see Memphis soul ), Chicago and the Chicago soul style helped spur the album-oriented soul revolution of the early 1970s.
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]
Chicago's music scene has been well known for its blues music for many years. "Chicago Blues" uses a variety of instruments in a way which heavily influenced early rock and roll music, including instruments like electrically amplified guitar, drums, piano, bass guitar and sometimes the saxophone or harmonica, which are generally used in Delta blues, which originated in Mississippi.
Rock band From Chicago [28] The Smashing Pumpkins: 1988: present: Rock band Founded in Chicago Smith Westerns: 2007: present: Garage/indie rock band Founded in Chicago The Staple Singers: 1948: 1994: R&B singing group Founded in Chicago TRS-80: 1997: present: Electronic Founded in Chicago Twin Peaks: 2012: present: Rock band Founded in Chicago ...
Along with other 1960s–1970s rockers, [7] Rogers was a disciple of rhythm and blues and what became known as "the Chicago Sound". [7] While the 'British Invasion' was overtaking American rock music, the Mauds were different from other area bands, according to Bob Stroud's biography, because of the inspiration they found in soul music.
Chicago was a focal point for the folk music boom of the 1960s and early 1970s. A center of activity was the Old Town School of Folk Music which opened in the late 1950s and helped launch the careers of many folk musicians associated with the city, including John Prine , Steve Goodman (d.1984), and Bonnie Koloc .
Chicago (1970) Chicago III (1971) Chicago at Carnegie Hall (1971) Chicago V (1972) Chicago VI (1973) Chicago VII (1974) Mid-1974 – January 1978 Robert Lamm – keyboards, vocals; Terry Kath – guitar, vocals; Peter Cetera – bass, vocals; Danny Seraphine – drums; Walter Parazaider – woodwind, backing vocals; Lee Loughnane – trumpet ...
Chicago is an American rock band formed in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois. The self-described "rock and roll band with horns" began as a politically charged, sometimes experimental, rock band and later moved to a predominantly softer sound, generating several hit ballads. The group had a steady stream of hits throughout the 1970s and 1980s.