The Chi-Lites

The Chi-Lites (, SHY-lyts) are an American R&B/soul vocal quartet from Chicago, Illinois, United States. Forming at Chicago's Hyde Park High School in 1959, The group's original lineup consisted of singers Robert Lester, Eugene Record, Creadel Jones, Clarence Johnson, Burt Bowen, Eddie Reed and Marshall Thompson. The Chi-Lites' greatest fame came during the late 1960s through the early 1970s (with members Record, Jones, Lester and Thompson), scoring eleven Top Ten R&B hits from 1969 until 1974. The group also charted 21 songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Chart, and had chart hits in Australia, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Canada, as well as in the U.S.

Birth and Death Data: Born Founded 1964

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1968 - 1970

Roles Represented in DAHR: Vocal group

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	120983	December 1968	Give it away	The Chi-Lites	Vocal group
Decca	120984	December 1968	What do I wish for?	The Chi-Lites	Vocal group
Decca	121067	1/14/1969	Power of my love	The Chi-Lites	Vocal group
Decca	121068	1/14/1969	To change my love	The Chi-Lites	Vocal group
Decca	121069	1/14/1969	You're no longer part of my heart	The Chi-Lites	Vocal group
Decca	121119	2/4/1969	Change my thoughts from you-2	Erma Franklin	Vocal group
Decca	121164	2/12/1969	By the time I get to Phoenix	Erma Franklin	Vocal group
Decca	121254	March 1969	I'm gonna make you love me	The Chi-Lites	Vocal group
Decca	121676	May 1969	The twelfth of never	The Chi-Lites	Vocal group
Decca	121677	May 1969	24 hours of sadness	The Chi-Lites	Vocal group
Decca	121678	May 1969	Let me be the man my Daddy was	The Chi-Lites	Vocal group
Decca	122626	April 1970	Troubles a-comin'	The Chi-Lites	Vocal group
Decca	122627	April 1970	I like your lovin' (Do you like mine?)	The Chi-Lites	Vocal group

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Chi-Lites, The," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/108057.

Chi-Lites, The. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/108057.

"Chi-Lites, The." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.