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Chicago's Early Years

Chicago's formation and early success, including their self-titled debut album and hit songs like 'Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?'

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Jan 31, 2026
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Which Chicago founding members sang which of the band’s biggest hits and who sings them live now?

’s catalog of “biggest hits” grew from multiple founding members’ songwriting and singing: wrote and sang many uptempo anthems, supplied many of the band’s soft-rock ballad leads, handled gritty rock ...

Jan 17, 2026
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chicago the band robert lamm

Robert Lamm is a founding member, principal songwriter and keyboardist-vocalist of Chicago, credited with defining much of the band’s early identity as a “rock band with horns” and penning many of its...