CHICAGO
Considered one of the longest running and most successful pop/rock ‘n’ roll groups in history, Chicago is the highest charting American band in Billboard Magazine’s list of Top 100 artists of all time, coming in at #13.
Their impressive record sales top the 100 million mark and include 21 Top 10 singles, five consecutive No. 1 albums, 11 No. 1 singles and five gold singles. Twenty-five of their 36 albums have been certified platinum, and the band has a total of 47 gold and platinum awards.
Among the band’s many hit singles are “25 or 6 to 4,” “Saturday in the Park,” “Call on Me,” “Hard to Say I’m Sorry,” “ You’re The Inspiration,” “Will You Still Love Me?” and “Look Away.” The band earned the 1976 Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group for the hit single “If You Leave Me Now.”
The line-up includes original band members Robert Lamm on keyboards and vocals, Lee Loughnane on trumpet and vocals, James Pankow on trombone, and Walt Parazaider on woodwinds, as well as Jason Scheff on bass and vocals, Tris Imboden on drums, Keith Howland on guitar and vocals, Lou Pardini on keyboards and vocals, and Wally Reyes Jr. on percussion.
In 2014, Chicago’s album “The Chicago Transit Authority” was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Later that year, the band released its most recent album, “Now,” which features 11 new songs the band recorded while on the road during the 2013 American tour. MUST BE 21 TO ENTER.