4:40Skip Chavis - A Legendary Cincinnati Musician Goes Home
The Contours, James Brown, Rufus Thomas, The Chi-Lites, Little Anthony, Delbert McClinton, Tower of Power, Hank Ballard
Rare studio footage of The Chi-Lites, curated from across the internet. Browse 1 clip below.
Studio footage is the holy grail for music fans. Watching an artist build a song from scratch — layering tracks, debating arrangements, experimenting with sounds — is as close as you can get to witnessing the creative act itself. These clips pull back the curtain on recordings that millions of people know by heart, showing the work, the accidents, and the decisions that made them what they are.
The Chi-Lites is an American R&B/soul vocal quartet from Chicago. 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.
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