Chicago is a band that started in 1967, originally their name was Chicago Transit Authority. They've sold over 100 million CDs and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016. Chicago is the so-called "rock and roll band with horns". They do have a very distinctive sound from any other band that has been a huge success. You can recognize most Chicago songs in just a few notes. They rely heavily on horns and other jazz instruments. However they also have a rock side and they mix the jazz and rock sides together for a whole new sound. It sounds awkward, but it works well. I have 71 Chicago songs on my iTunes.
This series of blogs covers 1977's "Chicago XI" all the way through 1991's "Twenty 1". It also covers any singles, at least all of those I'm aware of it, that were on greatest hits discs and other places. The most prolific CDs for this countdown were "Chicago 16" and "Chicago 17" as they have 20 of the 48 songs. "Chicago 19" has 9 songs and "Twenty 1" has 6 songs on this countdown. 32 of the 48 songs come on the CDs from 16 to 19.
According to Billboard "Chicago is second only to the Beach Boys as the most successful American rock band of all time, in terms of both albums and singles. (Thanks to allmusic.com).
This is a fairly mediocre song, I'm including it because it was one of the songs on U.S.A. for Africa's "We Are The World" CD. Besides "We Are The World", bands like Chicago, Prince, Huey Lewis and the News, The Pointer Sisters, Tina Turner and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Bands had songs on this disc. 48) "Good For Nothing":
47) "Runaround":
46) "Come In From The Night":
45) "One From The Heart":
44) "Reruns":
43) "American Dream":
42) "Sonny Think Twice":
41) "We Can Stop The Hurtin'":
40) "Explain It To My Heart":
This song shows Chicago's flexibility as a band, this song definitely has some Disco in it. As Chicago is a multi genre band, this song fits right in with their other songs. 39) "Street Player":
38) "Hold On":
37) "Bad Advice":
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