Chicago was formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1967, they go to Los Angeles the next year. The band was originally called Chicago Transit Authority but the government agency wanted to sue them because of that so they shorten it to Chicago only. The original line up was Peter Cetera, vocals and bass, Terry Kath, guitar and vocals, Robert Lam, organ and vocals, Danny Seraphine, drums, Walter Parazaider, saxophone, James Pankow, trombone, and Lee Loughanane, trumpet. At the beginning they sing with Columbia Records, then in 1969 they released their first album called Chicago Transit Auhtority, this album was double platinum very fast and have four hit singles. Between 1970 and 1977, a line of 11 albums followed, each one reach the Top 10. In the 70's Chicago was a concert attraction playing is sold out stadiums around the whole world.In 1978 Terry Kath died so they hired the new guitarist Donnie Dacus this begin the transformation of the band when they played in the Caesar's Palace and it semed like they were just parodying themselves, this transformation make the band fall when they also abandoned the mix of pop, rock and jazz in their album Chicago 13. In 1982 Dacus was replaced by Bill Champlin and the band return to their singular sound in the album Chicago 16. Peter Cetera left Chicago in 1985and the band replaced him with Jason Scheff, but few people noticed this. Chicago continued recording and making tours.
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