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108-909: In the early years of the building the facility was a major tour stop in the Southeast US with everyone performing there, including Count Basie & His Orchestra in 1939, Louis Armstrong in 1940 (for $ 1.20 a ticket) and 1944, Ella Fitzgerald in 1941, Duke Ellington in 1951 with Nat King Cole and Sarah Vaughan , Elvis Presley in 1956, Bill Haley & His Comets with Bo Diddley in 1956, Chuck Berry in 1956, Florida's Ray Charles in 1960, The Isley Brothers in 1960, Johnny Cash in 1963, Peter, Paul, & Mary in 1963, The Supremes in 1963, Augusta's James Brown in 1965, Macon's Otis Redding (died 1967) with Atlanta's Gladys Knight in 1965, Beach Boys in 1965, Greenwood's frat rock Swingin' Medallions in 1966, Paul Revere & The Raiders in 1967, Joan Baez in 1968, and Loretta Lynn , just to name

216-515: A rhythm section made up of Jo Jones on drums, Walter Page on bass and Basie on piano. With this band, then named The Barons of Rhythm, Basie brought the sound of the famous and highly competitive Kansas City " jam session " to club audiences, coupling extended improvised solos with riff -based accompaniments from the band. The group's first venue was the Reno Club in Kansas City, later moving to

324-607: A tenor to complement baritones Lamm and Kath, and a bass player because Lamm's use of organ bass pedals did not provide "adequate bass sound", local tenor and bassist Peter Cetera was invited to join the Big Thing in late 1967. While gaining some success as a cover band, the group began working on original songs. In June 1968, at manager James William Guercio 's request, the Big Thing moved to Los Angeles , California , where they signed with Columbia Records and changed their name to Chicago Transit Authority. While performing on

432-570: A " rock and roll band with horns ," their songs often also combine elements of classical music , jazz , R&B , and pop music . Growing out of several bands from the Chicago area in the late 1960s, the original line-up consisted of Peter Cetera on bass, Terry Kath on guitar, Robert Lamm on keyboards, Lee Loughnane on trumpet, James Pankow on trombone, Walter Parazaider on woodwinds , and Danny Seraphine on drums. Cetera, Kath, and Lamm shared lead vocal duties. Laudir de Oliveira joined

540-401: A 30-pound bar.) At the 4th Annual American Music Awards , a fan-voted awards show, held January 31, 1977, Chicago won the award for Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group , the group's first of two American Music Awards they have received. The group's 1977 release, Chicago XI , includes Cetera's ballad " Baby, What a Big Surprise ", a No. 4 U.S. hit which became the group's last top 10 hit of

648-561: A Grammy Award, for Album of the Year . At the 13th Annual American Music Awards , held January 27, 1986, Chicago won the award for Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group for the second time. It is the last American Music Award the band has received. Concurrently with Chicago's existing career, vocalist Peter Cetera had begun a solo career. He proposed an arrangement with the band where they would take hiatuses after tours to let him focus on solo work (mirroring that of Phil Collins and Genesis ), but

756-593: A brief disbandment at the beginning of the 1950s, the band survived long past the big band era itself and the death of Basie in 1984. It continues under the direction of trumpeter Scotty Barnhart . Originally including such musicians as Buck Clayton and Lester Young in the line-up, the band in the 1950s and 1960s made use of the work of the arrangers Neal Hefti and Sammy Nestico with featured musicians such as Thad Jones and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis . Count Basie arrived in Kansas City , Missouri in 1927, playing on

864-487: A contributing factor to their disillusionment with him as a producer. They felt he had taken advantage of them financially. Then on January 23 of that same year, Kath died of an accidental, self-inflicted gunshot wound from a gun he thought was unloaded. Doc Severinsen , who was the bandleader for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson at the time and a friend of the group, visited them after Kath's funeral and encouraged them to continue. According to writer Jim Jerome,

972-720: A few. Through the 1970s and 1980s the building was a major part of the success and growth of professional wrestling in the US. Pink Floyd played there in 1972, Bruce Springsteen played there in 1978, The Jacksons performed there in 1979, Bob Seger played there in 1984, Blue Öyster Cult in 1979, The Clash in 1984, Athens' R.E.M. in 1986, the Beastie Boys in 1987, Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1989, Blues Traveler played there in 1992 and 1997, The Smashing Pumpkins (3 times: in 1994, 2000, and 2007), Phish in 1994 ( Trey Anastasio has returned twice with his solo band in 2001 and 2005), Toad

1080-529: A film about an Arizona motorcycle policeman. Released in 1973, the film stars Robert Blake and features Cetera, Kath, Loughnane, and Parazaider in supporting roles. The group also appears prominently on the film's soundtrack . Chicago made its "television variety debut" in February 1973 when they were the only rock musicians invited to appear on a television special honoring Duke Ellington , Duke Ellington... We Love You Madly , which aired on CBS . They performed

1188-505: A live boxed set entitled Chicago at Carnegie Hall , their twelfth album Hot Streets , and the Arabic-numbered Chicago 13 . While the live album itself did not bear a number, the four discs within the set were numbered Volumes I through IV. In 1971, the band released Chicago at Carnegie Hall Volumes I, II, III, and IV , a quadruple LP, consisting of live performances, mostly of music from their first three albums, from

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1296-742: A new album, starting with "Somethin' Comin', I Know" in August, "America" in September, "Crazy Happy" in December 2013, and "Naked in the Garden of Allah" in January 2014. The album, titled Chicago XXXVI: Now , was released on July 4, 2014. The group's debut album, Chicago Transit Authority , released in 1969, was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2014. On January 25 and 28, 2014 Chicago performed two concerts with

1404-407: A new producer ( David Foster ), a new label ( Warner Bros. Records ), and the addition of keyboardist, guitarist, and singer Bill Champlin ( Sons of Champlin ). Percussionist Laudir de Oliveira and Marty Grebb departed from the band. During Foster's stewardship, less of an emphasis was placed on the band's horn-based sound, being replaced by lush power ballads , which became Chicago's style during

1512-579: A regular basis at the Whisky a Go Go nightclub in West Hollywood , the band got exposure to more famous musical artists of the time, subsequently opening for Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix . Group biographer William James Ruhlmann recorded Walt Parazaider as saying that Jimi Hendrix once told him: " 'Jeez, your horn players are like one set of lungs and your guitar player is better than me. ' " Their first record (April 1969), Chicago Transit Authority ,

1620-476: A special honor when the legendary jam band Widespread Panic from Athens celebrated their 25th Anniversary Celebration, they picked the Township Auditorium as one of their favorite places to play. Widespread Panic played there in 2013, 2015, and 2016. Also the king of blues music BB King played one of his final shows at the building before he died in 2015. Author Pat Conroy from Beaufort also spoke at

1728-635: A two-disc compilation, The Very Best of Chicago: Only The Beginning , which spanned the band's career. The compilation made the Top 40 and sold over 2 million copies in the U.S. Rhino also began releasing remastered versions of all of the band's Columbia-era albums. The following year, the band released their most comprehensive compilation to date in the form of a box set, simply titled The Box . In October 2003, Rhino reissued Chicago XXV: The Christmas Album , along with six new recordings, as What's It Gonna Be, Santa? . The American cable music channel VH1 featured

1836-487: A week-long run at Carnegie Hall . Chicago was the first rock act to sell out a week at Carnegie Hall and the live recording was made to chronicle that milestone. Along with the four vinyl discs, the packaging contained some strident political messaging about how "We [youth] can change The System", including wall posters and voter registration information. The album went gold "out of the box" and on to multi-platinum status. William James Ruhlmann says Chicago at Carnegie Hall

1944-485: Is a double album, a rarity for a band's initial studio release. The album made it to No. 17 on the Billboard 200 album chart, sold over one million copies by 1970, and was awarded a platinum disc . The album included a number of pop-rock songs – " Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? ", " Beginnings ", " Questions 67 and 68 ", and " I'm a Man " – which were later released as singles. For this inaugural recording effort

2052-407: Is considered to be Santana's "breakthrough" gig. A year later, when he needed to replace headliner Joe Cocker, and then Cocker's intended replacement, Jimi Hendrix, Graham booked Chicago to perform at Tanglewood , which has been called a "pinnacle" performance by Concert Vault. After the release of their first album, the band's name was shortened to Chicago to avoid legal action being threatened by

2160-560: Is currently under the direction of trumpeter Scotty Barnhart . For recordings by Count Basie without his big band, see Count Basie discography . Chicago (band) Chicago is an American rock band formed in Chicago , Illinois in 1967. The group began calling themselves the Chicago Transit Authority (after the city's mass transit agency) in 1968, then shortened the name to its current one in 1969. Self-described as

2268-452: Is one of the longest-running and most successful rock groups, and one of the world's best-selling groups of all time , having sold more than 100 million records. In 1971, Chicago was the first rock act to sell out Carnegie Hall for a week. Chicago is also considered a pioneer in rock music marketing, featuring a recognizable logo on album covers, and sequentially naming their albums using roman numerals. In terms of chart success, Chicago

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2376-529: Is one of the most successful American bands in Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Billboard history (second only to the Beach Boys ), and are one of the most successful popular music acts of all time. To date, Chicago has sold over 40 million units in the U.S., with 23 gold , 18 platinum , and eight multi-platinum albums. They had five consecutive number-one albums on

2484-539: Is still a band member. In 2021, he revealed he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease . In September 2008, Billboard ranked Chicago at number thirteen in a list of the top 100 artists of all time for Hot 100 singles chart success, and ranked them at number fifteen on that same list in October 2015. Billboard also ranked Chicago ninth on the list of the 100 greatest artists of all time in terms of Billboard 200 album chart success in October 2015. Chicago

2592-462: The 17 tour to add percussion and high harmony vocals. By 1985, the band was embracing the newest medium, the music video channel MTV , by releasing music videos for four songs. They featured a track titled "Good for Nothing" on the 1985 global activist album, We Are the World . As contributors to the album, along with all other artists who were on the album, the band received its last nomination for

2700-553: The Billboard 200, 20 top-ten singles on the Billboard Hot 100, and in 1974 the group had seven albums, its entire catalog at the time, on the Billboard 200 simultaneously. The group has received ten Grammy Award nominations, winning one for the song " If You Leave Me Now ". The group's first album, Chicago Transit Authority , released in 1969, was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2014. The original line-up of Chicago

2808-568: The Billboard 200, was certified both gold and platinum by the RIAA the same year of its release and two times multi-platinum since, and was also nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year . 1976 was the first year that albums were certified platinum by the RIAA. In honor of the group's platinum album achievement, Columbia Records that year awarded the group a 25-pound bar of pure platinum, made by Cartier . ( Billboard magazine reported it as

2916-746: The Chicago Symphony Orchestra . In February 2015, Chicago released a two-disc live album, Chicago at Symphony Hall , of their performances with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. In 2015, Chicago was listed among the nominees for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame . The original lineup – Cetera, Kath, Lamm, Loughnane, Pankow, Parazaider, and Seraphine – was inducted at the 31st annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on April 8, 2016, along with N.W.A ., Deep Purple , Steve Miller , and Cheap Trick . In February 2016, it

3024-536: The Grand Terrace in Chicago . When music critic and record producer John Hammond heard the band on a 1936 radio broadcast, he sought them out and offered Basie the chance to expand the group to the standard 13-piece big band line-up. He also offered to transfer the group to New York City in order to play at venues such as the Roseland Ballroom . Basie agreed, hoping that with this new band, he could retain

3132-679: The MGM Grand Las Vegas in March, May and October 2006. In July 2006, the band made a series of U.S. appearances with Huey Lewis and the News . On October 2, 2007, Rhino Records released the two-disc The Best of Chicago: 40th Anniversary Edition ( Chicago XXXI ), a new greatest hits compilation spanning their entire forty years, similar to The Very Best of: Only the Beginning , released five years earlier. In 2008, Stone of Sisyphus – once known as

3240-661: The Theater Owners Booking Association (TOBA) circuit. After playing with Walter Page 's Blue Devils, in 1929 he joined rival band leader Bennie Moten 's band. Upon Moten's death in 1935, Basie left the group to start his own band, taking many of his colleagues from the Moten band with him. This nine-piece group was known for its legendary soloists including, Joe Keyes and Oran 'Hot Lips' Page on trumpet, Buster Smith and Earle Warren on alto saxophone, Lester Young on tenor saxophone, Dan Minor on trombone, and

3348-525: The actual mass-transit company of the same name . In 1970, less than a year after its first album, the band released a second album, titled Chicago (retroactively known as Chicago II ), which is another double-LP. The album's centerpiece track is a seven-part, 13-minute suite composed by Pankow called " Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon ". The suite yielded two top ten hits: " Make Me Smile " (No. 9 U.S.) and " Colour My World ", both sung by Kath. Among

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3456-440: The 1976 Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus , at the 19th Annual Grammy Awards held on February 19, 1977. The single was certified gold by the RIAA the same year of its release. The song almost did not make the cut for the album. "If You Leave Me Now" was recorded at the last minute. The success of the song, according to William James Ruhlmann, foreshadowed a later reliance on ballads. The album reached No. 3 on

3564-519: The 1979 album Chicago 13 , and is also featured in a promotional video on the DVD included in the Rhino Records Chicago box set from 2003. Again produced by Ramone, it was the group's first studio album not to contain a Top 40 hit. Dacus departed from the band following the conclusion of the concert tour in support of Chicago 13 , in 1980. Chicago XIV (1980), produced by Tom Dowd , relegated

3672-466: The 1980s. The new sound brought more singles success to the band. For the 1982 album Chicago 16 , the band worked with composers from outside the group for the first time, and Foster brought in studio musicians for some tracks (including the core members of Toto ), and used new technology (such as synthesizers) to "update" and streamline the sound, further pushing back the horn section, and in some cases not even using them at all. The band did return to

3780-560: The 1991 album Twenty 1 with a fragment of band's logo, which yielded an eleven-week stretch on the Billboard 200, a peak at No. 66, and the song "Chasin' the Wind" which peaked at No. 39. Twenty 1 would be their last released album of original music for fifteen years. The band was recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on July 23, 1992. In 1993, Chicago wrote and recorded their 22nd album Stone of Sisyphus . This album

3888-531: The Adult Contemporary charts, including the single "Restless Heart". Cetera's former position was filled by bassist and singer-songwriter Jason Scheff , son of Elvis Presley 's bassist Jerry Scheff . Guitarist Chris Pinnick also left the group in 1985, prior to the recording of the band's next album. For the final Foster-produced album, Chicago 18 , the band filled Pinnick's spot with several session guitarists, none of whom became band members. The album

3996-506: The Assistant Executive Director. Staff also includes Bo Abernethy Box Office Manager, Tresha Clark Marketing Manager, Julian Fajardo Event Manager and Melanie Sims as Business Manager. Count Basie %26 His Orchestra The Count Basie Orchestra is a 16- to 18-piece big band , one of the most prominent jazz performing groups of the swing era , founded by Count Basie in 1935 and recording regularly from 1936. Despite

4104-638: The Basie Orchestra's catalog, including "April in Paris" and the band's early hit " One O'Clock Jump ". The Basie band still collaborated with high-profile singers such as Ray Charles in Ray Sings, Basie Swings (2006), and with Allyn Ferguson on the album Swing Shift (1999). After Basie's death the band played under the direction of some of the players he had hired, including Thad Jones , Frank Foster, Grover Mitchell , Bill Hughes , and Dennis Mackrel . The band

4212-544: The Basie band: Neal Hefti , Quincy Jones and Sammy Nestico . Michael G. Nastos wrote of the recording with Eckstine: "When the Count Basie Orchestra consented to team up with vocalist Billy Eckstine, choruses of angels must have shouted hallelujah. The combination of Basie's sweet jazz and Eckstine's low-down blues sensibilities meshed well on this one-shot deal, a program mostly of downtrodden songs perfectly suited for

4320-538: The Doobie Brothers held another joint tour. That same year, Hester left the group shortly before the tour, and was succeeded at first by percussionist Daniel de los Reyes , then by Daniel's brother and former long-term Santana member, Walfredo Reyes Jr. In 2013, Lamm, Loughnane, Pankow, and Parazaider appeared in the HBO film Clear History as the band Chicago. In late 2013, the band began releasing singles for

4428-518: The Ellington composition, "Jump for Joy". In July 1973, the group starred in a half-hour television special produced by Dick Clark , Chicago in the Rockies , which aired in prime time on ABC . The show was filmed on location at Caribou Ranch , the 3,000-acre ranch-turned-recording studio located outside of Boulder, Colorado , owned by Chicago's producer, James William Guercio. The only musical guest on

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4536-480: The Exceptions. The album peaked at No. 71 on the Billboard 200, and failed to reach gold certification by the RIAA. Believing the band to no longer be commercially viable, Columbia Records dropped them from its roster in 1981 and released a second greatest hits volume (counted as Chicago XV in the album chronology) later that year to fulfill its contractual obligation. In late 1981, the band had new management,

4644-560: The Executives, and the Missing Links. Parazaider had met Pankow and Loughnane when they were all students at DePaul University . Lamm, a student at Roosevelt University , was recruited from his group, Bobby Charles and the Wanderers. The group of six called themselves the Big Thing, and like most other groups playing in Chicago nightclubs, played Top 40 hits. Realizing the need for both

4752-564: The Hot 100 chart. The song ultimately was named as the " Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Song of the Year" for 1989. The album also yielded two more top 10 hits, " I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love " and " You're Not Alone ", both with Champlin singing lead vocals, and the Scheff-sung No. 55 single, "We Can Last Forever", in addition to including the original version of a top 5 single titled " What Kind of Man Would I Be? ". The latter, also sung by Scheff,

4860-868: The Stone Age in 2014, Skrillex in 2014, Amos Lee , Alison Krauss , Greensboro's Daughtry , Charlotte's Avett Brothers in 2015, Rob Thomas (raised in Lake City, SC ) in 2015, John Mellencamp in 2015, Raleigh's Ryan Adams in 2009 and 2017, Modest Mouse in 2018, Upstate SC band Needtobreathe in 2019, Chicago in 2019, a rap concert with Ja Rule , DMX , and Juvenile ; the Atlanta rapper Future , Atlanta rap group Migos in 2017, and Common in 2019; and comedians Dave Chappelle in 2004 and 2020, Jerry Seinfeld in 2005, Gabriel Iglesias in 2012, Steve Martin with Martin Short in 2021 and 2023, and Bill Maher in 2023. Also as

4968-446: The Top 10. According to Jeff Giles, "Although Chicago quickly soldiered on [after Kath's death], releasing their Hot Streets album with new guitarist Donnie Dacus that October, it was impossible not to notice the loss of momentum." The release also marked a move somewhat away from the jazz-rock direction favored by Kath and towards more pop songs and ballads. Dacus stayed with the band through

5076-402: The Top 15; Pankow wrote it "originally as a love song but ultimately as recognition of Kath's guiding spirit shining down from above". The 1978 album Hot Streets was produced by Phil Ramone . It was Chicago's first album with a title rather than a number; and was the band's first LP to have a picture of the band (shot by photographer Norman Seeff ) featured prominently on the cover (with

5184-655: The Township two years before he died in 2016. Zedd 's October 2015 concert (on the True Colors Tour ) was cancelled due to the flooding of Columbia. Breaking Benjamin 's 2018 concert was also cancelled. Shinedown 's 2020 concert was cancelled due to COVID-19. Nelly 's 2021 concert was cancelled. There were no concerts at The Township (due to COVID-19) from Jerry Seinfeld on March 7, 2020, until The Isley Brothers concert on September 10, 2021. Earth, Wind & Fire performed there on October 9. Atlanta's Collective Soul played at

5292-584: The Township were James Brown, Swingin' Medallions, Rob Thomas, Jeezy, Band of Horses, and Needtobreathe. https://www.setlist.fm/search?page=5&query=Township+Auditorium&venue=73d626c9 Pink Floyd 1972 tour: Dark Side of the Moon Tour Springsteen 1978 tour: Darkness Tour The Jacksons 1979 tour: Destiny World Tour Rise Against 2012 tour: Endgame Tour The facility is owned and operated by Richland County , with currently Aundrai Holloman serving as Executive Director and Andrew Horne serving as

5400-706: The Township with Better Than Ezra and Tonic on October 7, 2021. Jeezy and Monica performed there in November 2021. KC & the Sunshine Band and Aaron Lewis of Staind performed there in April 2022. Charlotte-born George Clinton (funk musician) gave an interview there in June 2022, and R&B group Jodeci from Charlotte performed there in 2022. Ziggy Marley performed a tribute to his father in August 2022. Incubus performed there in 2023. South Carolina musicians that played at

5508-828: The Wet Sprocket in 1995, Virginia's Dave Matthews in 1997 and 1999, Live in 1999, Godsmack in 2004 and '24, Alicia Keys in 2005, Train in 2006, and Switchfoot in 2007. In 2010, Tony Bennett performed at the reopening of the Township. Although the building always had popularity, since the renovation the building has had more major shows come through like Jason Isbell , Cake in 2012, Rise Against with Florida's A Day to Remember in 2012, John Legend , Charlotte's K-Ci & JoJo and Anthony Hamilton , Mary J. Blige , Bob Dylan (6 times), ZZ Top , Pretty Lights , Stone Temple Pilots with Chester Bennington (died 2017) in 2013, Charleston's Band Of Horses in 2013, Willie Nelson , Merle Haggard , Jack White in 2014, Queens of

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5616-462: The aborted Chicago XXII , now listed officially as Chicago XXXII – was released with an expanded format. Drew Hester , who was the percussionist and drummer for the Foo Fighters , joined the band in January 2009 to temporarily fill in for an ill Imboden, and continued with the band as a percussionist upon Imboden's return later in the year. In August 2009, Champlin was fired from the band. He

5724-496: The album was the Lamm-composed " Dialogue (Part I & II) ", which featured a musical "debate" between a political activist (sung by Kath) and a blasé college student (sung by Cetera). It peaked at No. 24 on the Hot 100 chart. Other albums and singles followed in each of the succeeding years. 1973's Chicago VI was the first of several albums to include Brazilian jazz percussionist Laudir de Oliveira and saw Cetera emerge as

5832-505: The alto saxophonist Coughey Roberts. In March 1937 the guitarist Freddie Green arrived, replacing Claude Williams and completing what became one of the most respected rhythm sections in big band history. Billie Holiday also sang with the band during this period, although she never recorded with them for contractual reasons. Hits such as " One O'Clock Jump " and " Jumpin' at the Woodside " (from 1937 and 1938, respectively) helped to gain

5940-404: The arena has a seating capacity of about 20,000, this would require a minimum of five sold-out shows there. Chicago was one of at least eleven other acts that were eligible for the award, and weeks later, at its October 28, 1977, Madison Square Garden concert, Chicago was one of the first acts to receive the award for drawing over 180,000 people to the venue in nine sold-out appearances there over

6048-449: The band and the man." This new band became known as "The New Testament" or "The Second Testament". With albums such as The Atomic Mr. Basie (1958), April in Paris (1957) and Basie Plays Hefti (1958), the new Count Basie Orchestra sound became identifiable. The sound of the band was now that of a tight ensemble: heavier and more full bodied, contrasting with the riff-based band of the late 1930s and early 1940s. Whereas previously

6156-495: The band as a percussionist and second drummer in 1974. Kath died in 1978 and was replaced by several guitarists in succession. Bill Champlin joined in 1981, providing vocals, keyboards, and rhythm guitar. Cetera left the band in 1985 and was replaced by Jason Scheff . Seraphine left in 1990 and was replaced by Tris Imboden . Although the band's lineup has been more fluid since 2009, Lamm, Loughnane, and Pankow have remained constant members. Parazaider "officially retired" in 2017, but

6264-501: The band declined. Cetera ultimately left Chicago in the summer of 1985. He soon topped the charts with " Glory of Love " (the theme song of the film The Karate Kid Part II ), and with " The Next Time I Fall " (a duet with Amy Grant ). Two more songs reached the top ten: a 1988 solo hit called " One Good Woman " (No. 4 U.S.), and a 1989 duet with Cher called " After All " (No. 6 U.S.). In 1992, Cetera released his fourth studio album, World Falling Down , which earned him three hits on

6372-473: The band in an episode of its Behind the Music series, "Chicago: Behind the Music", season 1, episode 133. The episode first aired on October 15, 2000. In 2004, 2005, and 2009, Chicago toured with Earth, Wind & Fire. On March 21, 2006, their first all-new studio album since Twenty 1 arrived with Chicago XXX . It was produced by Jay DeMarcus , bassist/vocalist with the country trio Rascal Flatts , who

6480-473: The band in time for the Chicago 18 tour. For the 1988 release Chicago 19 , the band had replaced producer Foster with co-producers Ron Nevison , who had recently produced two albums for Heart , and Chas Sanford, who had worked with Rod Stewart and Stevie Nicks . They topped the charts again with the Diane Warren -composed single " Look Away ". It was the third and last Chicago single to reach No. 1 on

6588-434: The band to handle the album's guitar work. The album featured guest appearances by Paul Shaffer of Late Show with David Letterman fame, Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry , and The Gipsy Kings . Parazaider cited the group's participation in the 1973 television special honoring Duke Ellington, Duke Ellington... We Love You Madly , as key in their decision to record this album. After this big band album, Chicago acquired

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6696-485: The band with him. Replacements such as Sonny Payne , drummed much louder and raised the dynamic of the band to a "harder, more clamorous brass sound." The ban on instrumental recordings of 1942–1944 adversely affected the finances of the Count Basie Orchestra, as it did for all big bands in the United States. Despite taking on soloists from the next generation such as Wardell Gray , Basie was forced to temporarily disband

6804-711: The band's management was negotiating with the label regarding a licensing of the extensive Chicago back catalog, and when those talks stalled, the label apparently retaliated by scrapping the project. The album eventually saw an expanded release on Rhino Records in June 2008, and made it to No. 122 on the album charts. After finishing their 1994 tour, and after signing with the Warner Bros. Records imprint label Giant Records , they released their 1995 album Night & Day: Big Band , consisting of covers of songs originally recorded by Sarah Vaughan , Glenn Miller , and Duke Ellington . Guitarist Bruce Gaitsch stepped in and joined

6912-454: The band, for Record of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals . The album included two other singles: " Stay the Night " (No. 16), another composition by Cetera and Foster; and " Along Comes a Woman " (No. 14), written by Cetera and Mark Goldenberg. Peter's brother, Kenny Cetera, who had provided background vocals on the Chicago 17 album, was brought into the group for

7020-488: The band, now known as the Count Basie Orchestra, national and international fame. These tunes were known as "head-arrangements"; not scored in individual parts but made up of riffs memorized by the band's members. Although some of the band's players, such as trombonist Eddie Durham , contributed their own written arrangements at this time, the "head-arrangements" captured the imagination of the audience in New York and communicated

7128-572: The band, such as Eddie Durham and Buck Clayton , to professional arrangers from outside the group, who could bring their own character to the band with each new piece. External arranger Andy Gibson brought the band's harmonic style closer to the music of Duke Ellington, with arrangements from 1940 such as "I Never Knew" and "Louisiana" introducing increased chromaticism to the band's music. Tab Smith contributed important arrangements at this time, such as "Harvard Blues", and others including Buster Harding and veteran arranger Jimmy Mundy also expanded

7236-559: The charts with the Cetera-sung ballad " Hard to Say I'm Sorry/Get Away ", which is featured in the soundtrack of the Daryl Hannah film Summer Lovers . Co-written by Cetera and David Foster, "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" was the group's second single to reach No. 1 on the Hot 100 chart and gave them a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal . Chicago 16 reached both gold and platinum status during

7344-407: The decade. Chicago XI performed well commercially, peaking at No. 6 on the Billboard 200, and reaching platinum status during the year of its release. On October 17, 1977, during the intermission of an Emerson, Lake & Palmer concert, Madison Square Garden announced its new Gold Ticket Award , to be given to performers who had brought the venue over 100,000 in unit ticket sales. Because

7452-444: The emphasis had been on providing space for exemplary soloists such as Lester Young and Buck Clayton , now the focus had shifted to the arrangements, despite the presence of soloists such as trumpeter Thad Jones and saxophonist Frank Foster . This orchestral style continues as the typical sound of the band up to the present day, which has been criticized by some musicologists. In his book The Swing Era , Gunther Schuller described

7560-477: The freedom and spirit of the Kansas City style of his nine-piece group. The band, which now included Buck Clayton on trumpet and the famous blues "shouter" Jimmy Rushing , demonstrated this style in their first recordings with the Decca label in January 1937: in pieces such as "Roseland Shuffle", the soloists are at the foreground, with the ensemble effects and riffs playing a strictly functional backing role. This

7668-450: The group as "perfected neo-classicism ...a most glorious dead end." However, jazz critic Martin Williams offers a differing view. In his book Jazz Heritage , Williams wrote the following about a 1959 recording: " . . . obviously this Basie orchestra is an ensemble whose virtues center on discipline, precision, and collective power." In his book The Jazz Tradition , Williams wrote: "Since

7776-661: The group for a short period in 1948, before dispersing again for two years in 1950. For these two years, Basie led a reduced band of between six and nine people, featuring performers such as Buddy Rich , Serge Chaloff and Buddy DeFranco . Basie reformed the jazz orchestra in 1952 for a series of tours, not only in the United States, but also in Europe in 1954 and Japan in 1963. The band released new recordings, some featuring guest singers such as Joe Williams , Frank Sinatra , Ella Fitzgerald and Billy Eckstine . All relied on contributions from arrangers, some of whom are now synonymous with

7884-568: The group was nominated for a Grammy Award for 1969 Best New Artist of the Year . According to Cetera, the band was booked to perform at Woodstock in 1969, but promoter Bill Graham , with whom they had a contract, exercised his right to reschedule them to play at the Fillmore West on a date of his choosing, and he scheduled them for the Woodstock dates. Santana , which Graham also managed, took Chicago's place at Woodstock, and that performance

7992-400: The group's repertoire. Thelma Carpenter replaced Helen Humes as the new female vocalist, notably recording " I Didn't Know About You " for Columbia Records . But the many new arrangements led to a gradual change in the band's sound, distancing the group musically from its Kansas City roots . Rather than the music being built around the soloists with memorised head arrangements and riffs,

8100-513: The group's sound at this time became more focused on ensemble playing; closer to the East Coast big band sound. This can be attributed to the increasing reliance on arrangers to influence the band with their music. It suggested that Basie's ideal of a big band-sized group with the flexibility and spirit of his original Kansas City eight-piece was not to last. During the World War II years, some of

8208-472: The horn section to the background on a number of tracks, and the album's two singles failed to make the Top 40. Chris Pinnick joined the band to play guitar and remained through 1985, and the band were also augmented by saxophone player Marty Grebb on the subsequent tour. Marty Grebb had formerly been with the Buckinghams , and before that had been Cetera's bandmate in a local Chicago area cover band called

8316-452: The jazz-rock pieces. In 1972, the band released its first single-disc release, Chicago V , which reached No. 1 on both the Billboard pop and jazz album charts. It features " Saturday in the Park ", written by Robert Lamm, which mixes everyday life and political yearning in a more subtle way. It peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1972. The second single released from

8424-400: The key members of the band left: the drummer Jo Jones and tenor saxophone player Lester Young were both conscripted in 1944, leading to the hiring of drummers such as Buddy Rich and extra tenor saxophonists, including Illinois Jacquet , Paul Gonsalves and Lucky Thompson . The musicologist Gunther Schuller has said that when Jo Jones left, he took some of the smooth, relaxed style of

8532-527: The main lead singer. According to William James Ruhlmann, de Oliveira was a "sideman" on Chicago VI and became an official member of the group in 1974. Chicago VI featured two top ten singles, " Just You 'n' Me ", written by Pankow, and " Feelin' Stronger Every Day ", written by Pankow and Cetera. Chicago VII was the band's double-disc 1974 release. Three singles were released from this album: " (I've Been) Searchin' So Long ", written by Pankow, and " Call On Me ", written by Loughnane, which both made it into

8640-402: The mid-'fifties, the Count Basie Orchestra has been a superb precision ensemble, and perhaps the greatest brass ensemble of the century. And that fact adds an irony to a distinguished career, for it was not always such." The Count Basie Orchestra continued releasing recordings and albums after Basie's death in 1984. For example, Basie is Back (2006) features new recordings of classic tunes from

8748-446: The other tracks on the album: Lamm's dynamic but cryptic " 25 or 6 to 4 " (Chicago's first Top 5 hit), which is a reference to a songwriter trying to write at 25 or 26 minutes before 4 o'clock in the morning, and was sung by Cetera with Terry Kath on guitar; the lengthy war-protest song "It Better End Soon"; and, at the end, Cetera's 1969 Moon landing -inspired " Where Do We Go from Here? " The double-LP album's inner cover includes

8856-399: The parting of the band from the record label. The band was dismayed by the failure of the label. Upset with the shelving of the album, Dawayne Bailey voiced his objections and his annual contract was not renewed by the band in late 1994. And in the years that followed there were many debates and conjecture about the events surrounding the recordings. It was also suggested some years later that

8964-485: The playlist, the entire lyrics to "It Better End Soon", and two declarations: "This endeavor should be experienced sequentially", and, "With this album, we dedicate ourselves, our futures and our energies to the people of the revolution. And the revolution in all of its forms." The album was a commercial success, rising to number four on the Billboard 200, and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 1970, and platinum in 1991. The band

9072-472: The political allegory " Harry Truman " (No. 13, Top 100 chart) and the nostalgic Pankow-composed " Old Days " (No. 5, Top 100 chart). That summer also saw a joint tour across America with the Beach Boys, with the two acts performing separately, then coming together for a finale. Chicago VI , VII , and VIII all made it to No. 1 on the Billboard 200, all were certified gold the years they were released, and all have since been certified platinum. Chicago VI

9180-592: The rights to their Columbia recordings and reissued them on their own imprint. In early 1995, Keith Howland , who had been a studio musician and stage hand based in Los Angeles, was recruited as Chicago's new permanent guitarist. In 1998, Chicago released Chicago XXV: The Christmas Album and a live album in 1999, Chicago XXVI on their own imprint. In 2002, the band licensed their entire recorded output to Rhino Records , after having recorded it at Columbia Records and Warner Bros. Records. In 2002, Rhino released

9288-526: The season nine finale of American Idol . On July 24, 2011, the band performed at Red Rocks in Colorado, accompanied by the Colorado Symphony Orchestra . With Chicago XXXIII: O Christmas Three , the band re-teamed with producer Ramone (he had previously released the new tracks for the expanded Christmas re-release What's It Gonna Be, Santa? ) to record a new Christmas album. Dolly Parton

9396-456: The show was Al Green , who was rated the number-one male vocalist of 1972, and whom Rolling Stone magazine named "Rock and Roll Star of the Year". That special was followed by a second hour-long special the next year, Chicago ... Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch , which aired in prime time on ABC in August 1974. Chicago ... Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch was again shot on location at Caribou Ranch and

9504-405: The spirit of the band's members. In 1938, Helen Humes joined the group, replacing Billie Holiday as the female singer. She sang mostly pop ballads, including "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" and "Blame it on My Last Affair", acting as a gentle contrast to the blues style of Jimmy Rushing . The band became increasingly dependent on arrangers to provide its music. These varied from players within

9612-407: The top ten; and the Beach Boys -infused " Wishing You Were Here ", written by Cetera, which peaked at number eleven. Writing for Billboard magazine, Joel Whitburn reported in October 1974 that the group had seven albums, its entire catalog at the time, on the Billboard 200 simultaneously, placing them seventh in a list of artists in that category. Their 1975 release, Chicago VIII , featured

9720-443: The ubiquitous logo downsized). These two moves were seen by many as indications that the band had changed following Kath's death. To a degree, the band returned to the old naming scheme on its subsequent releases, although most titles now bore Arabic numerals rather than Roman numerals. Hot Streets , the band's 12th album, peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard charts ; it was Chicago's first release since their debut to fail to make

9828-457: The visit "snapped them back" and helped them make the decision to carry on. After auditioning over 30 potential replacements for Kath, Chicago decided upon guitarist and singer-songwriter Donnie Dacus . While filming for the musical Hair , he joined the band in April 1978 just in time to record the Hot Streets album. Its energetic lead-off single, " Alive Again ", brought Chicago back to

9936-566: The year of its release, and went to No. 9 on the Billboard 200 album chart. 1984's Chicago 17 became the biggest selling album in the band's history, certified by the RIAA in 1997 as six times multi-platinum. The album produced two more Top Ten (both No. 3) singles, " You're the Inspiration ", written by Cetera and David Foster, and " Hard Habit to Break ", written by  Steve Kipner  and John Lewis Parker. The single, "Hard Habit to Break", brought two more Grammy Award nominations for

10044-553: The years. Cashbox reviewer Ken Terry said of the 1977 Madison Square Garden concert, "Chicago ultimately presents itself in the best light with AM-oriented, good-time music. Its fans are not looking for complicated, introverted songs; they want music to drive to, dance to and work to." Besides recording and touring, during the busy 1970s, Chicago also made time for a movie appearance and several television appearances of note. In 1972, Guercio produced and directed Electra Glide in Blue ,

10152-411: Was "perhaps" the best-selling box set by a rock act and held that record for 15 years. In recognition of setting Carnegie Hall records and the ensuing four-LP live recordings, the group was awarded a Billboard 1972 Trendsetter Award. Drummer Danny Seraphine attributes the fact that none of Chicago's first four albums were issued on single LPs to the productive creativity of this period and the length of

10260-478: Was a fresh big band sound for New York, contrasting the complex jazz writing of Duke Ellington and Sy Oliver and highlighting the difference in styles that had emerged between the east and west coasts. Following the first recording session, the band's line up was reshuffled, with some of players being replaced on the request of Hammond as part of a strengthening of the band. Trumpeters Ed Lewis and Bobby Moore replaced Keyes and Smith, and Earle Warren replaced

10368-502: Was a guest artist on the album, which was released in October 2011. In the meantime, Rhino released Chicago XXXIV: Live in '75 , a two-disc set containing two hours of previously unreleased performances recorded June 24–26, 1975 at the Capital Centre in Largo, Maryland , featuring the original members of Chicago performing some of their greatest hits up to that point. In 2012, Chicago and

10476-481: Was a long-time fan of Chicago and had cited the group as an influence on him as a musician in a previous fan letter to Jason Scheff. It also marked the first time the band's music was available as a digital download. The album peaked at No. 41 in the U.S., spawning two minor adult contemporary hits: "Feel" and "Love Will Come Back". Two songs from this album, "Feel" and "Caroline", were performed live during Chicago's fall 2005 tour. Chicago made multi-week appearances at

10584-526: Was again produced by Dick Clark. Singer Anne Murray and country music star Charlie Rich were guests on the show. Clark produced a third television special starring Chicago, Chicago's New Year's Rockin' Eve 1975 , which aired on ABC on December 31, 1974. Musical guests on the 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 -hour-long show included the Beach Boys , the Doobie Brothers , Olivia Newton-John , and Herbie Hancock . It

10692-490: Was announced that original drummer Danny Seraphine would join the current lineup of Chicago for the first time in over 25 years for the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. Peter Cetera chose not to attend. Terry Kath's daughter Michelle accepted her father's award. Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire embarked on another tour together in 2015 and 2016. In July 2016, Chicago performed on ABC's Greatest Hits . On September 23, 2016,

10800-421: Was certified gold by the RIAA in February 1971, and platinum in November 1986. The band released LPs at a rate of at least one album per year from their third album in 1971 on through the 1970s. During this period, the group's album titles primarily consisted of the band's name followed by a Roman numeral , indicating the album's sequence in their canon. The exceptions to this scheme were the band's fourth album,

10908-491: Was certified two times multi-platinum in 1986. Chicago IX: Chicago's Greatest Hits was released in 1975 and became the band's fifth consecutive No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 . 1976's Chicago X features Cetera's ballad " If You Leave Me Now ", which held the top spot in the U.S. charts for two weeks and the UK charts for three weeks. It was the group's first No. 1 single, and won Chicago their only Grammy Award to date,

11016-643: Was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016. In 2017, Cetera, Lamm, and Pankow were elected to the Songwriters Hall of Fame . Chicago received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award on October 16, 2020. The group now known as Chicago began on February 15, 1967, at a meeting involving saxophonist Walter Parazaider , guitarist Terry Kath , drummer Danny Seraphine , trombonist James Pankow , trumpet player Lee Loughnane , and keyboardist/singer Robert Lamm . Kath, Parazaider, and Seraphine had played together previously in two other groups—Jimmy Ford and

11124-524: Was nominated for two Grammy Awards as a result of this album, Album of the Year and Best Contemporary Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus . Chicago III , another double LP, was released in 1971 and charted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. Two singles were released from it: " Free " from Lamm's "Travel Suite", which charted at No. 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 ; and " Lowdown ", written by Cetera and Seraphine, which made it to No. 35. The album

11232-666: Was released on September 29, 1986, and included the No. 3 single " Will You Still Love Me? ", and top 20 single " If She Would Have Been Faithful... ", in addition to an updated version of " 25 or 6 to 4 " with a video that got airplay on MTV. The video won an award for Best Cinematography for Bobby Byrne at the American Video Awards . Soon after the album was recorded, the band hired guitarist Dawayne Bailey , formerly of Bob Seger 's Silver Bullet Band. Bailey and Scheff had previously played in bands together, so Scheff introduced Bailey to

11340-514: Was remixed for inclusion on the band's forthcoming greatest hits record (and 20th album), Greatest Hits 1982–1989 , and it was this version that became a hit. The beginning of the 1990s brought yet another departure. Original drummer Danny Seraphine was dismissed from the band in May 1990. Seraphine was succeeded by Tris Imboden , a longtime drummer with Kenny Loggins and former session drummer with Peter Cetera . Imboden made his first appearance on

11448-472: Was replaced by Grammy-nominated keyboardist Lou Pardini , who had worked with Stevie Wonder and Santana . In 2010 (just as they had already done in 1999 and 2008), Chicago toured with the Doobie Brothers (and would do so again in 2017). A 2011 performance in Chicago became a video for the HDNet cable channel that featured the Doobie Brothers joining Chicago for three encore tunes. The band also appeared on

11556-715: Was the third Rockin' Eve Clark had produced, and it competed with Guy Lombardo 's traditional New Year's Eve television show which aired on a different network and was in its 45th consecutive year of broadcast. Clark hoped the Rockin' Eve format would become an "annual TV custom". The year 1978 began with a split with Guercio. Chicago had recorded its last five studio albums Chicago VI , VII , VIII , X , and XI, and had made two television specials at Guercio's Caribou Ranch. In later years, band members cited Guercio's purchase of Caribou Ranch, more particularly their realization that Guercio had enough money to purchase Caribou Ranch, as

11664-409: Was to have marked their return to their traditional composition of the 1970s, emphasizing major horn accompaniment. However, following a reorganization of the record company, the new executives at Reprise Records (now part of the newly formed Warner Music Group ) rejected the completed album. It remained unpublished for fifteen years, aside from bootleg tapes and Internet files. This contributed to

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