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The band Chicago was formed in 1967, in Chicago, Illinois, initially under the name The Big Thing. Soon after, they changed it to Chicago Transit Authority, releasing their first double album in 1969, which quickly drew attention for its unique blend of rock, jazz, soul, and classical music, highlighted by a powerful horn section. Following its success, the group shortened its name to Chicago, solidifying its identity.
The classic lineup featured Robert Lamm (keyboards, vocals), Peter Cetera (bass, vocals), Terry Kath (guitar, vocals), Danny Seraphine (drums), James Pankow (trombone), Lee Loughnane (trumpet), and Walter Parazaider (saxophone, flute, clarinet).
Throughout the 1970s, Chicago became one of the most popular bands in the United States, scoring hits such as 25 or 6 to 4, Saturday in the Park, and If You Leave Me Now. After the tragic death of Terry Kath in 1978, the band went through changes but continued to achieve success, especially in the 1980s, when they reached massive popularity with romantic ballads like Hard to Say I’m Sorry and You’re the Inspiration.
Over the decades, Chicago has released more than two dozen studio albums, experimented with different lineups and styles, yet remained true to its signature: the fusion of rock with powerful horns and elaborate arrangements. The band is still active today and is regarded as one of the most enduring and successful groups in rock history.
Chicago Transit Authority (1969)
Introduction
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
BeginningsQuestions 67 and 68
Listen
Poem 58Free Form Guitar
South California Purples
I’m a Man
Prologue, August 29, 1968
Someday (August 29, 1968)
Liberation
Release: April 28, 1969
Label: Columbia Records
Producer: James William Guercio
Chicago (1970)
Movin’ In
The Road
Poem for the People
In the Country
Wake Up Sunshine
Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon (Make Me Smile, So Much to Say, So Much to Give, Anxiety’s Moment, West Virginia Fantasies, Colour My World, To Be Free, Now More Than Ever)
Fancy Colours
25 or 6 to 4
Prelude
A.M. Mourning
P.M. Mourning
Memories of Love
It Better End Soon (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Movement)
Where Do We Go From Here
Release: January 26, 1970
Label: Columbia Records
Producer: James William Guercio
Chicago III (1971)
Sing a Mean Tune Kid
Loneliness Is Just a Word
What Else Can I Say
I Don’t Want Your Money
Travel Suite (Flight 602, Motorboat to Mars, Free, Free Country, At the Sunrise, Happy ‘Cause I’m Going Home)
Mother
Lowdown
An Hour in the Shower (A Hard Risin’ Morning Without Breakfast, Off to Work, Fallin’ Out, Dreamin’ Home, Morning Blues Again)
Elegy (When All the Laughter Dies in Sorrow, Canon, Once Upon a Time…, Progress?, The Approaching Storm, Man vs. Man: The End)
Release: January 11, 1971
Label: Columbia Records
Producer: James William Guercio
Chicago at Carnegie Hall (1971)
In the Country
Fancy Colours
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? (Free Form Intro)
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
South California Purples
Questions 67 and 68
Sing a Mean Tune Kid
Beginnings
It Better End Soon
1st Movement
2nd Movement (Flute Solo)
3rd Movement (Guitar Solo)
4th Movement (Preach)
5th Movement
Introduction
Mother
Lowdown
Travel Suite:
Flight 602
Motorboat to Mars
Free
Where Do We Go from Here
I Don’t Want Your Money
Happy ‘Cause I’m Going Home
Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon:
Make Me Smile
So Much to Say, So Much to Give
Anxiety’s Moment
West Virginia Fantasies
Colour My World
To Be Free
Now More Than Ever
A Song for Richard and His Friends
25 or 6 to 4
I’m a Man
Release: October 25, 1971
Label: Columbia
Producer: James William Guercio
Chicago V (1972)
A Hit by Varèse
All Is Well
Now That You’ve Gone
Dialogue (Part I & II)
While the City Sleeps
Saturday in the Park
State of the Union
Goodbye
Alma Mater
Release: July 10, 1972
Label: Columbia Records
Producer: James William Guercio
Chicago VI (1973)
Critics’ Choice
Just You ‘n’ Me
Darlin’ Dear
Jenny
What’s This World Comin’ To
Something in This City Changes People
Hollywood
In Terms of Two
Rediscovery
Feelin’ Stronger Every Day
Release: June 25, 1973
Label: Columbia Records
Producer: James William Guercio
Chicago VII (1974)
Prelude to Aire
Aire
Devil’s Sweet
Italian from New York
Hanky Panky
Life Saver
Happy Man
(I’ve Been) Searchin’ So Long
Mongonucleosis
Song of the Evergreens
Byblos
Wishing You Were Here
Call on Me
Woman Don’t Want to Love Me
Skinny Boy
Byblos
Release: March 11, 1974
Label: Columbia
Producer: James William Guercio
Chicago VIII (1975)
Anyway You Want
Brand New Love Affair, Part I & II
Never Been in Love Before
Hideaway
Till We Meet Again
Harry Truman
Oh, Thank You Great Spirit
Long Time No See
Ain’t It Blue?
Old Days
Release: March 24, 1975
Label: Columbia Records
Producer: James William Guercio
Chicago IX: Chicago’s Greatest Hits (1975)
25 or 6 to 4
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
Colour My World
Just You ‘n’ Me
Saturday in the Park
Feelin’ Stronger Every Day
Make Me Smile
Wishing You Were Here
Call on Me
(I’ve Been) Searchin’ So Long
Beginnings
Release: November 10, 1975
Label: Columbia Records
Producer: James William Guercio
Chicago X (1976)
Once or Twice
You Are on My Mind
Skin Tight
If You Leave Me Now
Together Again
Another Rainy Day in New York City
Mama Mama
Scrapbook
Gently I’ll Wake You
You Get It Up
Hope for Love
Release: June 14, 1976
Label: Columbia Records
Producer: James William Guercio
Chicago XI (1977)
Mississippi Delta City Blues
Baby, What a Big Surprise
Till the End of Time
Policeman
Take Me Back to Chicago
Vote for Me
Takin’ It on Uptown
This Time
The Inner Struggles of a Man
Prelude (Little One)
Little One
Release: September 12, 1977
Label: Columbia Records
Producer: James William Guercio
Hot Streets (1978)
Alive Again
The Greatest Love on Earth
Little Miss Lovin’
Hot Streets
Take a Chance
Gone Long Gone
Ain’t It Time
Love Was New
No Tell Lover
Show Me The Way
Release: October 2, 1978
Label: Columbia
Producer: Phil Ramone and Chicago
Chicago 13 (1979)
Street Player
Mama Take
Must Have Been Crazy
Window Dreamin’
Paradise Alley
Aloha Mama
Reruns
Loser with a Broken Heart
Life Is What It Is
Run Away
Release: August 13, 1979
Label: Columbia Records
Producer: Phil Ramone and Chicago
Chicago XIV (1980)
Manipulation
Upon Arrival
Song for You
Where Did the Lovin’ Go
Birthday Boy
Hold On
Overnight Cafe
Thunder and Lightning
I’d Rather Be Rich
The American Dream
Release: July 21, 1980
Recording: March–May 1980
Label: Columbia Records
Producer: Tom Dowd
Greatest Hits, Volume II
Baby, What a Big Surprise
Dialogue (Part II)
No Tell Lover
Alive Again
Old Days
If You Leave Me Now
Questions 67 and 68
Happy Man
Gone Long Gone
Take Me Back to Chicago
Release: November 23, 1981
Label: Columbia Records
Producers: James William Guercio, Phil Ramone, and Chicago
Chicago 16 (1982)
What You’re Missing
Waiting for You to Decide
Bad Advice
Chains
Hard to Say I’m Sorry/Get Away
Follow Me
Sonny Think Twice
What Can I Say
Rescue You
Love Me Tomorrow
Daddy’s Favorite Fool
Release: June 7, 1982
Label: Full Moon/Warner Bros. Records
Producer: David Foster
Chicago 17 (1984)
Stay the Night
We Can Stop the Hurtin’
Hard Habit to Break
Only You
Remember the Feeling
Along Comes a Woman
You’re the Inspiration
Please Hold On
Prima Donna
Once in a Lifetime
Release: May 14, 1984
Label: Full Moon/Warner Bros.
Producer: David Foster
Chicago 18 (1986)
Niagara Falls
Forever
If She Would Have Been Faithful
25 or 6 to 4
Will You Still Love Me
Over and Over
It’s Alright
Free Flight
Nothin’s Gonna Stop Us Now
I Believe
One More Day
Release: September 29, 1986
Label: Full Moon/Warner Bros.
Producer: David Foster
Chicago 19 (1988)
Heart in Pieces
I Don’t Wanna Live Without Your Love
I Stand Up
We Can Last Forever
Come In from the Night
Look Away
What Kind of Man Would I Be?
Runaround
You’re Not Alone
Victorious
Release: June 20, 1988
Label: Full Moon/Reprise
Producers: Ron Nevison and Chas Sandford
Greatest Hits 1982–1989 (1989)
Hard to Say I’m Sorry/Get Away
Look Away
Stay the Night
Will You Still Love Me?
Love Me Tomorrow
What Kind of Man Would I Be? (Remix)
You’re the Inspiration
I Don’t Wanna Live Without Your Love
Hard Habit to Break
Along Comes a Woman
If She Would Have Been Faithful…
We Can Last Forever
Release: November 21, 1989
Label: Full Moon/Reprise
Producers: David Foster, Ron Nevison, and Chas Sandford
Chicago 21 (1991)
Explain It to My Heart
If It Were You
You Come to My Senses
Somebody, Somewhere
What Does It Take
One from the Heart
Chasin’ the Wind
God Save the Queen
Man to Woman
Only Time Can Heal the Wounded
Who Do You Love
Holdin’ On
Release: January 21, 1991
Label: Full Moon/Reprise
Producers: Ron Nevison and Humberto Gatica
Night & Day: Big Band (1995)
Chicago
Caravan
Dream a Little Dream of Me
Goody Goody
Moonlight Serenade
Night and Day
Blues in the Night
Sing, Sing, Sing
Sophisticated Lady
In the Mood
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
Take the “A” Train
String of Pearls
Release: May 23, 1995
Label: Giant Records
Producer: Bruce Fairbairn
The Heart of Chicago 1967–1997 (1997)
You’re the Inspiration
If You Leave Me Now
Make Me Smile
Hard Habit to Break
Saturday in the Park
Wishing You Were Here
The Only One
Colour My World
Look Away
Here in My Heart
Just You ‘n’ Me
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
Will You Still Love Me?
Beginnings
Hard to Say I’m Sorry/Get Away
Release: April 22, 1997
Label: Reprise
Producers: James William Guercio, David Foster, Ron Nevison, Lenny Kravitz, and James Newton Howard
The Heart of Chicago 1967–1998 Volume II (1998)
Dialogue (Part I & II)
Old Days
All Roads Lead to You
Love Me Tomorrow
Baby, What a Big Surprise
You’re Not Alone
What Kind of Man Would I Be?
No Tell Lover
Show Me a Sign
(I’ve Been) Searchin’ So Long
Call on Me
I Don’t Wanna Live Without Your Love
Feelin’ Stronger Every Day
Stay the Night
I’m a Man
25 or 6 to 4
Release: May 12, 1998
Label: Reprise
Producers: James William Guercio, David Foster, Ron Nevison, Roy Bittan, Phil Ramone, Chicago, and Chas Sandford
Chicago XXV: The Christmas Album (1998)
The Little Drummer Boy
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
The Christmas Song
O Come All Ye Faithful
Child’s Prayer
Feliz Navidad
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
Christmas Time Is Here
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
What Child Is This?
White Christmas
Silent Night
One Little Candle
Release: August 25, 1998
Label: Chicago Records
Producer: Roy Bittan
Chicago XXVI: Live in Concert (1999)
The Ballet
Make Me Smile
So Much to Say, So Much to Give
Anxiety’s Moment
West Virginia Fantasies
Colour My World
To Be Free
Now More Than Ever
(I’ve Been) Searchin’ So Long
Mongonucleosis
Hard Habit To Break
Call on Me
Feelin’ Stronger Every Day
Just You ’n’ Me
Beginnings
Hard to Say I’m Sorry/Get Away
25 or 6 to 4
Back to You
If I Should Ever Lose You
(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher
Release: October 12, 1999
Label: Chicago Records
Producers: Studio tracks: Roy Bittan and Mervyn Warren
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning (2002)
Make Me Smile
25 or 6 to 4
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
Beginnings
Questions 67 and 68
I’m a Man
Colour My World
Free
Lowdown
Saturday in the Park
Dialogue (Part I & II)
Just You ’n’ Me
Feelin’ Stronger Every Day
(I’ve Been) Searchin’ So Long
Wishing You Were Here
Call on Me
Happy Man
Another Rainy Day in New York City
If You Leave Me Now
Old Days
Baby, What a Big Surprise
Take Me Back to Chicago
Alive Again
No Tell Lover
Love Me Tomorrow
Hard to Say I’m Sorry/Get Away
Stay the Night
Hard Habit to Break
You’re the Inspiration
Along Comes a Woman
Will You Still Love Me?
If She Would Have Been Faithful…
Look Away
What Kind of Man Would I Be?
I Don’t Wanna Live Without Your Love
We Can Last Forever
You’re Not Alone
Chasin’ the Wind
Sing, Sing, Sing
Release: July 2, 2002
Label: Rhino
Producers: James William Guercio, Phil Ramone, Chicago, David Foster, Chas Sandford, Ron Nevison, Bruce Fairbairn, and David McLees
The Box (2003)
Introduction
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
Beginnings
Questions 67 and 68
Listen
South California Purples
I’m a Man
Movin’ In
Wake Up Sunshine
Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon
Make Me Smile
So Much to Say, So Much to Give
Colour My World
To Be Free
Now More Than Ever
Fancy Colours
25 or 6 to 4
Poem for the People
It Better End Soon
1st Movement
3rd Movement
4th Movement
Loneliness Is Just a Word
Travel Suite
Flight 602
Free
Mother
Lowdown
An Hour in the Shower: A Hard Risin’ Morning Without Breakfast / Off to Work / Fallin’ Out / Dreamin’ Home / Morning Blues Again
A Hit by Varèse
All Is Well
Saturday in the Park
Dialogue (Part I & II)
Just You ’n’ Me
Something in This City Changes People
In Terms of Two
Feelin’ Stronger Every Day
(I’ve Been) Searchin’ So Long
Mongonucleosis
Wishing You Were Here
Call on Me
Happy Man
Harry Truman
Old Days
Brand New Love Affair, Part I & II
Never Been in Love Before
You Are on My Mind
Mama Mama
Hope for Love
Another Rainy Day in New York City
Gently I’ll Wake You
If You Leave Me Now
Mississippi Delta City Blues
Baby, What a Big Surprise
Take Me Back to Chicago
Prelude (Little One)/Little One
Gone Long Gone
No Tell Lover
Alive Again
The Greatest Love on Earth
Little Miss Lovin’
Hot Streets
Street Player
Must Have Been Crazy
Manipulation
Thunder and Lightning
Song for You
The American Dream
Love Me Tomorrow
Chains
What You’re Missing
Hard to Say I’m Sorry/Get Away
Stay the Night
We Can Stop the Hurtin’
Hard Habit to Break
Along Comes a Woman
You’re the Inspiration
Good for Nothing
If She Would Have Been Faithful…
Forever
Will You Still Love Me?
Niagara Falls
Heart in Pieces
Look Away
What Kind of Man Would I Be?
I Don’t Wanna Live Without Your Love
We Can Last Forever
You’re Not Alone
Hearts in Trouble
Only Time Can Heal the Wounded
You Come to My Senses
God Save the Queen
Chasin’ the Wind
All the Years
Stone of Sisyphus
Bigger Than Elvis
Caravan
Here in My Heart
The Only One
All Roads Lead to You
Show Me a Sign
Release: July 22, 2003
Label: Rhino
Producers: James William Guercio, Phil Ramone, Chicago, Tom Dowd, David Foster, Ron Nevison, Chas Sandford, Bruce Fairbairn, Lenny Kravitz, James Newton Howard, and Roy Bittan
Love Songs (2005)
You’re the Inspiration
If You Leave Me Now (Live 2004)
Hard to Say I’m Sorry / Get Away
Here in My Heart
Call on Me
Colour My World
Just You ’n’ Me
After the Love Has Gone (Live 2004)
Hard Habit to Break
Look Away
Beginnings (Edit)
Happy Man
Will You Still Love Me?
No Tell Lover
I Don’t Wanna Live Without Your Love
Never Been in Love Before
What Kind of Man Would I Be?
Wishing You Were Here
Release: January 25, 2005
Label: Rhino
Producers: James William Guercio, Phil Ramone, Chicago, David Foster, Ron Nevison, Chas Sandford, Bruce Fairbairn, and James Newton Howard
Chicago XXX (2006)
Feel (Hot Single Mix)
King of Might Have Been
Caroline
Why Can’t We
Love Will Come Back
Long Lost Friend
90 Degrees and Freezing
Where Were You
Already Gone
Come to Me, Do
Lovin’ Chains
Better
Feel (reprise)
Release: March 21, 2006
Label: Rhino
Producer: Jay DeMarcus
The Best of Chicago: 40th Anniversary Edition (2007)
Questions 67 & 68
25 or 6 to 4
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
Make Me Smile
Beginnings
Colour My World
Saturday in the Park
Feelin’ Stronger Every Day
Just You ’n’ Me
(I’ve Been) Searchin’ So Long
Call on Me
Wishing You Were Here
Old Days
Another Rainy Day in New York City
If You Leave Me Now
Baby, What a Big Surprise
No Tell Lover
Hard to Say I’m Sorry
Love Me Tomorrow
Hard Habit to Break
You’re the Inspiration
Will You Still Love Me?
If She Would Have Been Faithful…
I Don’t Wanna Live Without Your Love
What Kind of Man Would I Be?
You’re Not Alone
Here in My Heart
Feel
Love Will Come Back
Release: October 2, 2007
Label: Rhino
Producers: James William Guercio, Phil Ramone, Chicago, David Foster, Ron Nevison, Chas Sandford, and Bruce Fairbairn
Chicago XXXII: Stone of Sisyphus (2008)
Stone of Sisyphus
Bigger Than Elvis
All the Years
Mah-Jong
Sleeping in the Middle of the Bed
Let’s Take a Lifetime
The Pull
Here with Me (A Candle for the Dark)
Plaid
Cry for the Lost
The Show Must Go On
Love Is Forever
Mah-Jong (demo version)
Let’s Take a Lifetime (demo version)
Stone of Sisyphus (no rhythm loop)
Release: June 17, 2008
Label: Rhino Records
Producer: Peter Wolf
Chicago XXXIII: O Christmas Three (2011)
Wonderful Christmas Time (feat. Dolly Parton)
Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree
I Saw Three Ships (feat. America)
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays
What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
I’ll Be Home for Christmas
On the Last Night of the Year
Merry Christmas Darling (feat. BeBe Winans)
Rockin’ and Rollin’ on Christmas Day (feat. Steve Cropper)
My Favorite Things
O Christmas Tree
Jingle Bells
Here Comes Santa Claus / Joy to the World
Release: October 4, 2011
Label: Chicago II Records
Producer: Phil Ramone
Chicago XXXIV: Live in ’75 (2011)
Introduction
Anyway You Want
Beginnings
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
Call on Me
Make Me Smile
So Much to Say, So Much to Give
Anxiety’s Moment
West Virginia Fantasies
Colour My World
To Be Free
Now More Than Ever
Ain’t It Blue?
Just You ‘n’ Me
(I’ve Been) Searchin’ So Long
Mongonucleosis
Old Days
25 or 6 to 4
Got to Get You into My Life
Free
I’m a Man
Dialogue
Wishing You Were Here
Feelin’ Stronger Every Day
Release: May 24, 2011
Label: Rhino Handmade
Producer: Andrew Sandoval
Chicago XXXV: The Nashville Sessions (2013)
25 or 6 to 4
Make Me Smile
Feelin’ Stronger Every Day
Beginnings
Saturday in the Park
Colour My World
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
Questions 67 and 68
Old Days
Just You N’ Me
Call on Me
Another Rainy Day in New York City
No Tell Lover
(I’ve Been) Searchin’ So Long
Alive Again
Release: April 26, 2013
Label: Chicago Records II
Producer: Chicago
Chicago XXXVI: NOW
Now
More Will Be Revealed
America
Crazy Happy
Free at Last
Love Lives On
Something’s Coming, I Know
Watching All the Colors
Nice Girl
Naked in the Garden of Allah
Another Trippy Day
Release: July 4, 2014
Label: Chicago Records II
Producers: Chicago and Hank Linderman
Chicago Christmas
(Because) It’s Christmastime
All Over the World
Bring My Baby Back
Merry Christmas, I Love You – R&B Version
What the World Needs Now Is Love
All Is Right
Sleigh Ride 2019
I’d Do It All Again (Christmas Moon)
I’m Your Santa Claus
Here We Come A Caroling
Merry Christmas, I Love You – Ballad Version
Release: October 11, 2019
Label: Rhino
Producer: Lee Loughnane
Chicago XXXVIII: Born for This Moment
Born for This Moment
If This Is Goodbye
Firecracker
Someone Needed Me the Most
Our New York Time
Safer Harbours
Crazy Idea
Make a Man Outta Me
She’s Right
“The Mermaid” Sereia Do Mar
You’ve Got to Believe
For the Love
If This Isn’t Love
House on the Hill
Release: July 15, 2022
Label: BMG
Producer: Joe Thomas
Chicago: Greatest Christmas Hits
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
All Over the World
White Christmas
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Sleigh Ride
Winter Wonderland
Here We Come A Caroling
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Merry Christmas, I Love You
Because It’s Christmastime
Wonderful Christmas Time (feat. Dolly Parton)
The Christmas Song
Christmas Time Is Here
Release: November 3, 2023
Label: Rhino
Chicago At The John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts, Washington D.C. (9/16/1971)
Tune Up & Band Introduction
Dialogue
Loneliness Is Just A Word
Poem For The People
A Hit By Varèse
Lowdown
Goodbye
Beginnings
Ballet For A Girl In Buchannon:
Make Me Smile
So Much To Say, So Much To Give
Anxiety’s Moment
West Virginia Fantasies
Colour My World
To Be Free
Now More Than Ever
Fancy Colours
It Better End Soon:
1st Movement
2nd Movement
3rd Movement
4th Movement
5th Movement
Saturday In The Park
Mother
In The Country
A Song For Richard And His Friends
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? (Free Form Intro)
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
I’m A Man
Free
25 Or 6 To 4
Release: September 27, 2024
Label: Rhino
Producers: Lee Loughnane and Tim Jessup