Artist:The Chi-Lites
Song:Oh Girl
Album:Music From The Motion Picture Crooklyn
The Chi-Lites were one of the smoothest R & B groups of the 70s from Chicago of course. They were led by singer songwriter Eugene Record. They started out as the Doo wop group The Chanteurs in 1959. They became The Hi-Lites and changed the name to Chi-Lites as a tribute to their home town. They signed with Brunswick Records in 1968 and had several chart hits including Oh Girl featuring Cy Touff's harmonica. The song went huge after The Chi-Lites appeared on The Flip Wilson Show. That video clip is included. Things were going great until Brunswick started having finiancial problems in 1974. The group left Brunswick for Warner Bros. without the Chi-Lites name. The records were issued under Eugene Record's name. They eventually got the name back and Record started his own label Chi-Sound. Eugene Record continued to record R & B and gospel albums occasionally until his death on Jul. 22, 2005 at age 64. This soundtrack for Crooklyn has a lot of classic 70s R & B and is pretty good for that type of CD. The 2001 comp 20 Greatest Hits is also worth getting. The Chi-Lites were a very talented group and their music is still fondly remembered today.
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