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- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Nov 5, 2020
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Girl group the Lovelites hit big but never became stars outside Chicago
They had their biggest success with “How Can I Tell My Mom and Dad,” which came out when they were so young they could barely tour.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Oct 23, 2020
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The Artistics belong in the top tier of Chicago soul and R&B
They could match the quality of the Impressions and the Chi-Lites, but not their chart success.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Nov 19, 2019
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Pieces of Peace cut most of their brilliant soul-funk for other people’s records
The only album this Chicago band made at sessions of their own didn’t come out till 35 years after they broke up.
- Music, Music Feature Oct 23, 2019
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Summoning the ghosts of Record Row
For two decades, a short stretch of Michigan Avenue hosted a concentration of creative entrepreneurship whose influence on Black popular music is still felt today.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Jul 16, 2019
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Barbara Acklin missed soul stardom by a hair
She's best known for the 1968 hit "Love Makes a Woman," but she also had a productive songwriting duo with Eugene Record of the Chi-Lites.
- Music, Music Feature Apr 19, 2018
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Entertainment lawyer Jay B. Ross fought for the people who made the music he loved
An expert negotiator, he went to bat for stars as big as James Brown and Muddy Waters, but he also clawed back royalties for countless forgotten artists who’d never gotten their due.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Jul 3, 2017
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Session drummer Morris Jennings played on Electric Mud, the Superfly soundtrack, and scores of other records
As a house drummer for Chess Records in the late 60s, Morris Jennings kicked off a five-decade career that never brought him into the spotlight himself.
- Music, Pitchfork Jul 1, 2016
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Brian Wilson, Pet Sounds, and the categorical denial of the sensitive black genius
Fellow Pitchfork attractions Sufjan Stevens and FKA Twigs illustrate the racial coding that’s helped Wilson secure his crown.
- Music, Music Feature Nov 10, 2011
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Who is Dancin' Man?
Perry Kanlan has shared stages with James Brown and the Jackson Five, and he's a familiar face to generations of south-side clubgoers. How did he get there?
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Jun 2, 2011
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Betty Everett
"Shoop Shoop" singer had hits prior to her most famous song
