Chi-lites

Chi-lites -jedna z bardziej znanych grup wokalnych wczesnych lat 70-tych nawiązująca do brzmienia ery doo-woop w amerykańskiej muzyce rozrywkowej. Zespół tworzyli eks członkowie dwóch grup The Desideros i The Chaunters.Nowy ansambl przyjął nazwę Hi-lites,a w jego skład wchodzili:Eugene Record,Robert Lester,Marshall Thompson,Cradel Jones i Clarence Johnson.
Pod tą nazwą wydali jeden singiel dla firmy Jamesa Sheltona,Daran.W tym czasie od grupy odchodzi Johnson.Następną płytkę "I' m so jealous" nagrywają dla filii wytwórni Mercury-Blue Rock.Wraz z nią następuje zmiana nazwy zespołu na Chi-lites.Dwa następne single wydane w 1965r nie przynoszą sukcesów na listach bestsellerów,stąd powrót do wytwórni Sheltona i lokalny hit "Pretty girl".
W tym czasie nawiązują kontakt z producentem Carlem Davisem,który zaczynał karierę w wytwórni Roosvelt i Wabash.Spodobały mu się kompozycje Eugena i załatwił im kontrakt nagraniowy w Dakar Records. Debiutancki singiel dla nowej wytwórni "Price of love" był początkiem ich prawdziwej kariery.
W końcu 1968 roku przenoszą się do Brunswick Rec i tam nagrywają pierwszy wielki przebój-"Give it away".Ich nagrania regularnie wchodzą na listy przebojów,co jest zasługą talentu kompozytorskiego Eugena i stabilności składu grupy,odkurzającej perfekcyjnie styl doo woop,dominujący w czarnej muzyce lat 50-tych w Ameryce.
Ich największe przeboje przynoszą wczesne lata 70-te w postaci "Have you seen her","Oh girl" czy "Give more power to the people".W 1976r zespół przeżywa trudne chwile,gdy ich macierzysta wytwórnia zostaje osądzona za malwersacje finansowe.Od zespołu do Warner Brothers odchodzi Eugene realizujący dla niej nagrania solowe.Marshall Thompson reorganizuje zespół,zostając jego liderem, i załatwiając kontrakt nagraniowy z Mercury.Ostatnim nagraniem Chi-lites ,które trafiło na listy przebojów był wydany w 1984 roku dla Chi-Sound Rec singiel "Gimme Whatcha got".

Single
Tytuł	Wykonawca	Data wydania	UK	US	Wytwórnia [US]	Komentarz
Give it away/What Do I Wish For	Chi-lites	03.1969	-	88[6]	Brunswick 55 398	[written by Carl Davis, Eugene Record][produced by Carl Davis, Eugene Record][10[9].R&B Chart]
Let me be the man my daddy was/The Twelfth Of Never	Chi-lites	08.1969	-	A:94[3];B:122[2]	Brunswick 55 414	[written by Eugene Record, Barbara Acklin][produced by Carl Davis, Eugene Record][A:15[6].R&B Chart][B:47[2].R&B Chart]
24 Hours Of Sadness/You're No Longer Part Of My Heart	Chi-lites	02.1970	-	119[2]	Brunswick 55 426	[written by Carl Davis, Eugene Record][produced by Carl Davis, Eugene Record][30[5].R&B Chart]
I like your lovin' [Do you like mine]/You're No Longer Part Of My Heart	Chi-lites	08.1970	-	72[6]	Brunswick 55438	[written by Eugene Record, Sandy Wilburn][produced by Carl Davis, Eugene Record][11[14].R&B Chart]
Are You My Woman? (Tell Me So)/Troubles A' Comin'	Chi-lites	11.1970	-	72[7]	Brunswick 55442	[written by Eugene Record][8[12].R&B Chart]
[For god' s sake] Give more power to the people/Trouble's A-Comin'	Chi-lites	04.1971	32[6]	26[11]	Brunswick 55450	[written by Eugene Record][produced by Eugene Record][4[12].R&B Chart]
We are neighbors/What Do I Wish For	Chi-lites	07.1971	-	70[5]	Brunswick 55455	[written by Eugene Acklin][produced by Eugene Record][17[7].R&B Chart]
I want to pay you back/Love Uprising	Chi-lites	11.1971	-	95[3]	Brunswick 55458	[written by Eugene Record][produced by Eugene Record][35[9].R&B Chart]
Have you seen her/Yes I'm Ready (If I Don't Get To Go)	Chi-lites	10.1971	3[12]	3[14]	Brunswick 55462	[written by Eugene Record, Barbara Acklin][produced by Eugene Record][1[2][12].R&B Chart]
Oh girl/Being In Love	Chi-lites	04.1972	14[9]	1[1][15]	Brunswick 55471	[written by Eugene Record][produced by Eugene Record][1[2][15].R&B Chart]
The Coldest Days Of My Life (Part 1)/The Coldest Days Of My Life (Part 2)	Chi-lites	07.1972	-	47[9]	Brunswick 55478	[written by Eugene Record, Carl Davis][produced by Eugene Record][8[10].R&B Chart]
A lonely man/The Man And The Woman (The Boy And The Girl)	Chi-lites	09.1972	-	57[5]	Brunswick 55483	[written by Eugene Record, Edward Haycraft][produced by Eugene Record][25[8].R&B Chart]
We need order/Living In The Footsteps Of Another Man	Chi-lites	12.1972	-	61[6]	Brunswick 55489	[written by Eugene Record, Quinton Joseph][produced by Eugene Record][13[9].R&B Chart]
A letter to myself/Sally	Chi-lites	02.1973	-	33[11]	Brunswick 55491	[written by Eugene Record, Sandra Drayton][produced by Eugene Record][3[11].R&B Chart]
My heart just keeps on breakin'/Just Two Teenage Kids (Still In Love)	Chi-lites	06.1973	-	92[4]	Brunswick 55496	[written by Eugene Record, Stan McKenney][produced by Eugene Record][46[2].R&B Chart]
Stoned out of my mind/Someone Elses Arms	Chi-lites	08.1973	-	30[13]	Brunswick 55500	[written by Eugene Record, Barbara Acklin][produced by Eugene Record][2[16].R&B Chart]
I found sunshine/Marriage License	Chi-lites	11.1973	35[5]	47[10]	Brunswick 55503	[written by Eugene Record][produced by Eugene Record][17[14].R&B Chart]
Homely girl/I Never Had It So Good (And Felt So Bad)	Chi-lites	02.1974	5[13]	54[8]	Brunswick 55505	[written by Eugene Record, Stan McKenney][produced by Eugene Record][3[17].R&B Chart]
There Will Never Be Any Peace (Until God Is Seated At The Conference Table)/Too Good To Be Forgotten	Chi-lites	06.1974	-	63[7]	Brunswick 55512	[written by Eugene Record][produced by Eugene Record][8[14].R&B Chart]
You got to be the one	Chi-lites	08.1974	-	83[3]	Brunswick 55514	[written by Eugene Record, Marshall Arrington][produced by Eugene Record][15[11].R&B Chart]
Too good to be forgotten/There Will Never Be Any Peace (Until God Is Seated At The Conference Table)	Chi-lites	11.1974	10[11]	-	Brunswick BR 13	[written by Eugene Record, Acklin][produced by Eugene Record]
Toby/That's How Long	Chi-lites	03.1975	-	78[7]	Brunswick 55515	[written by Eugene Record, Barbara Acklin][produced by Eugene Record][7[17].R&B Chart]
It' s time for love/Here I Am	Chi-lites	11.1975	5[10]	94[3]	Brunswick 55520	[written by Eugene Record][produced by Eugene Record][A:27[10].R&B Chart][B:87[11].R&B Chart]
Have you seen her	Chi-lites	06.1975	5[9]	-	Brunswick BR 20 [UK]	-
Don't Burn No Bridges	Chi-lites	11.1975	-	-	Brunswick 55522	[written by Romaine Anderson][produced by Carl Davis, Sonny Sanders][91[4].R&B Chart]
The Devil Is Doing His Work/I'm Not A Gambler	Chi-lites	01.1976	-	-	Brunswick 55525	[written by Eugene Record, Quinton Joseph][produced by Eugene Record, Quinton Joseph][32[8].R&B Chart]
You Don't Have To Go	Chi-lites	06.1976	-	-	Brunswick 55528	[written by Eugene Record, Barbara Acklin][produced by Eugene Record][50[13].R&B Chart]
You don' t have to go	Chi-lites	08.1976	3[11]	-	Brunswick BR 34	[written by Record, Acklin][produced by Eugene Record]
Happy Being Lonely/Love Can Be Hazardous	Chi-lites	09.1976	-	-	Mercury 73844	[written by K. Hirsch, K. Wakefield][produced by Marshall Thompson, Tom Tom 84][30[15].R&B Chart]
Vanishing Love/I Turn Away	Chi-lites	03.1977	-	-	Mercury 73886	[written by S. Dees][produced by Marshall Thompson][A:95[3].R&B Chart][B:95[2].R&B Chart]
My First Mistake/Stop Still	Chi-lites	07.1977	-	-	Mercury 73934	[written by Phil Hurtt][produced by Richard Rome][63[6].R&B Chart]
If I Had A Girl/I've Got Love On My Mind	Chi-lites	10.1977	-	-	Mercury 73954	[written by Phil Hurtt][produced by Richard Rome][87[5].R&B Chart]
Heavenly Body/Strung Out	Chi-lites	11.1980	-	-	Chi-Sound 2472	[written by C. Davis, E. Record][produced by Eugene Record, Carl Davis][36[15].R&B Chart]
Me And You/Tell Me Where It Hurts	Chi-lites	10.1981	-	-	Chi-Sound 2503	[written by Eugene Record, Carl Davis][produced by Eugene Record, Carl Davis][70[6].R&B Chart]
Hot On A Thing (Called Love)/ Whole Lot Of Good Good Lovin'	Chi-lites	01.1982	-	-	Chi-Sound 2600	[written by Eugene Record][produced by Eugene Record, Carl Davis][15[17].R&B Chart]
Bottom's Up	Chi-lites	03.1983	-	-	LARC 81015	[written by L. Simon, Jr., M. Sanders, K. Carney][produced by Eugene Record][7[18].R&B Chart]
Bad Motor Scooter/I Just Wanna Hold You	Chi-lites	06.1983	-	-	LARC 81023	[written by Eugene Record][produced by Eugene Record][28[13].R&B Chart]
Changing for you/Bottoms Up	Chi-lites	08.1983	61[5]	-	R&B RBS 215 [UK]	[written by L. Simon Jnr , A. Reynolds, F. Reynolds, A. Calvard, E. Davis][produced by Eugene Record]
Stop What You're Doin'/Little Girl	Chi-lites	03.1984	-	-	Private I 04365	[written by A. Bayyan, A. Bayyan, J. Clardy, B. Harris, H. Harris][produced by Eugene Record][33[11].R&B Chart]
Gimme Whatcha Got/Let Today Come Back Tomorrow	Chi-lites	06.1984	-	-	Private I 04484	[written by E. Record, L. P. Record][produced by Eugene Record][41[10].R&B Chart]
Help Wanted (Heroes Are in Short Supply)	Chi-lites	10.1997	-	-	Copper Sun 4000	[95[2].R&B Chart]
Hold on to Your Dreams	Chi-lites	05.1998	-	-	Copper Sun 4011	[93[4].R&B Chart]

Albumy
Tytuł	Wykonawca	Data wydania	UK	US	Wytwórnia [US]	Komentarz
Give it away	Chi-lites	09.1969	-	180[3]	Brunswick 754 152	[produced by Carl Davis, Eugene Record, Gerald Sims]
[For god' s sake] Give more power to the people	Chi-lites	08.1971	-	12[32]	Brunswick 754 170	[produced by Eugene Record]
A lonely man	Chi-lites	04.1972	-	5[36]	Brunswick 754 179	[produced by Eugene Record]
Greatest hits	Chi-lites	10.1972	-	55[24]	Brunswick 754 184	[produced by Eugene Record]
A letter to myself	Chi-lites	03.1973	-	50[13]	Brunswick 754 188	[produced by Eugene Record]
The Chi-lites	Chi-lites	09.1973	-	89[14]	Brunswick 754 197	[produced by Eugene Record]
Toby	Chi-lites	07.1974	-	181[5]	Brunswick 754 200	[produced by Eugene Record]
Heavenly body	Chi-lites	11.1980	-	179[6]	Chi-Sound 619
Me and you	Chi-lites	04.1982	-	162[7]	Chi-Sound 635
Bottom' s up	Chi-lites	06.1983	-	98[12]	Larc 8103