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According to Billboard chart statistics, Chicago is second only to the Beach Boys as the most successful American rock band of all time, in terms of both albums and singles. Judged by album sales, as certified by the R.I.A.A., the band does not rank quite so high, but it is still among the Top Ten best-selling U.S. groups ever. If such statements of fact surprise, that's because Chicago has been singularly underrated since the beginning of its long career, both because of its musical ambitions (to the musicians, rock is only one of ... Read More... at allmusic.com

 


DChristensen

C'mon...Billy Joel, James Taylor, Simon and Garfunkle, Joni Mitchell, The Bee Gees, Martha and the Vandellas, Gladys Knight and the Pips, The Shirelles, Al Green....hmmmm. (Brenda Lee for GOD Sake?)

Not Chicago? Not Blood Sweat and Tears?

Where do you have go for lasting recognition once you have touched the "third rail" of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: JAZZ/POP/FUSION?

Guess we just wait for Bobby Lamb and David Clayton Thomas to keel over, so the other band members can hobble up and in their names, pick up the "Sorry we missed you along the way, but you guys used horns" award from the RRHOF. What a load.


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• Review posted on 05/13/2007
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