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The Chi-Lites is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Barbara Acklin, Betty Everett, The Flamingos and The Lost Generation. Those roots explain a lot about how The Chi-Lites arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Stylistics, The Dells, The Intruders, The Spinners and The Dramatics, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Crazy in Love, MC Hammer, Tindersticks, K. Michelle and Barry Biggs, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 41 connections around The Chi-Lites, reaching back through Barbara Acklin and forward to Crazy in Love. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
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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The Chi-Lites connections
The Chi-Lites grew out of Barbara Acklin, Betty Everett, The Flamingos and The Lost Generation, shares an orbit with The Stylistics, The Dells, The Intruders and The Spinners, went on to shape Crazy in Love, MC Hammer, Tindersticks and K. Michelle. 41 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced The Chi-Lites
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- Marvin Gayeartist
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- The Whispersartist
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