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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
HONORING THE BAND CHICAGO FOR ITS INDUCTION INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME
WHEREAS, on April 8, 2016, the band Chicago will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; and
WHEREAS, in 1967, Chicago and Chicago-area musicians Walter Parazaider (saxophonist), Danny Seraphine (drummer), Lee Loughnane (trumpeter), James Pankow (trombonist), Robert Lamm (keyboardist), Peter Cetera (bassist), and the late Terry Kath (guitarist), formed a group with one dream: to integrate all the musical diversity from their beloved city and weave a new sound-a rock 'n' roll band with horns; and
WHEREAS, after playing locally and then in Los Angeles, the band, The Chicago Transit Authority (later shortened to Chicago), recorded its first album in 1969. They had amassed so much material by then they decided to make a statement by debuting with a double album; and
WHEREAS, although AM radio was nowhere near ready for their music and the length of their songs, the album was an underground hit, embraced by FM radio and college students; and
WHEREAS, the album Chicago II drew for inspiration classical music on the one hand and the volatile political situation unfolding in their city and around the country on the other; and
WHEREAS, to get a single from Chicago II playable on AM radio, the label (Columbia) excerpted two songs, "Make Me Smile" and "Colour My World," from Pankow's 13-minute suite, "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon," and released them as the two sides of a single. The single reached the Top 10 while Chicago II immediately went gold; and
WHEREAS, after their second hit, "25 or 6 to 4," they decided to try to re-stimulate interest in their first album, and released "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?," which became their third Top 10 hit in a row by the start of 1971; and
WHEREAS, the year 1975 marked an early commercial peak in Chicago's career, a year during which the band scored its fourth straight Number 1 al...
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