The Chi-Lites

Not in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Eligible since: 1995

First Recording: 1969

Previously Considered? No  what's this?

The Chi-Lites
HALL OF FAME INDICATORS
🔲Rolling Stone 500 Albums
🔲Rolling Stone 500 Songs
🔲Rolling Stone Cover
🔲Saturday Night Live
🔲Major Festival Headliner
🔲Songwriters Hall of Fame
🔲“Big Four” Grammys
500 Songs That Shaped Rock & Roll
R&B Hall of Fame

Essential Songs (?)WikipediaYouTube
Have You Seen Her (1971)
Oh Girl (1972)

The Chi-Lites @ Wikipedia

Will The Chi-Lites be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
"Musical excellence is the essential qualification for induction."
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*********************** The CHI-LITES get a STAR !! ***********************
The legendary CHI-LITES are among those celebrities scheduled to be honored with a
STAR on The HOLLYWOOD WALK of FAME in 2021.
The group's four original members, EUGENE RECORD, MARSHALL THOMPSON,
CREADEL "RED" JONES, and ROBERT "SQUIRREL" LESTER , will all be honored. with deceased members RECORD, JONES, and LESTER, to be awarded posthumously.
Only MARSHALL THOMPSON, the Chi-Lites last living member , will be there in person to accept on behalf of the group.
As of 2021, The Chi-Lites are among a host of 70's R&B groups and artists that have been totally IGNORED by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as that era and genre of music has been completely BYPASSED by the Hall of Fame in favor of 80's Rap and Hip-Hop artists. Such 70's R&B acts have included THE COMMODORES, THE SPINNERS, THE DRAMATICS, THE STYLISTICS, HAROLD MELVIN &THE BLUE NOTES, THE DELFONICS, THE MANHATTANS, THE POINTER SISTERS, BARRY WHITE, PATTI LaBELLE & THE BLUEBELLES/La BELLE, LOU RAWLS, RICK JAMES & THE STONE CITY BAND, KOOL & THE GANG, THE WHISPERS,THE MAIN INGREDIENT, and numerous others...

Posted by Bill G. on Tuesday, 03/30/2021 @ 20:17pm


The CHI-LITES have charted 21 times on the Billboard Hot 100, and no less than 41 times on the Billboard R&B Charts , with hits such as GIVE MORE POWER TO THE PEOPLE, HAVE YOU SEEN HER, STONED OUT OF MY MIND, THE COLDEST DAYS OF MY LIFE, ARE YOU MY WOMAN, OH GIRL, GIVE IT AWAY, 24 HOURS OF SADNESS, TOBY, I LIKE YOUR LOVIN (DO YOU LIKE MINE, WE ARE NEIGHBORS, and numerous other hits.

Posted by Bill G. on Tuesday, 03/30/2021 @ 20:26pm


How can legendary groups such as THE CHI-LITES and SPINNERS be good enough to be honored with HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME STARS...but NOT good enough to be INDUCTED into the ROCK and ROLL HALL of FAME ?
Learn MORE about THE CHI-LITESat THIS LINK:
https://youtu.be/xEW3cnKqr3A

Posted by Bill G. on Tuesday, 03/30/2021 @ 20:32pm


Bill, great to see The Chi-Lites get some recognition. Hope you are staying safe out there!

Posted by Paul in KY on Wednesday, 03/31/2021 @ 06:27am


"Bill, great to see The Chi-Lites get some recognition. Hope you are staying safe out there!"
- Paul from KY.

Many Thanks, Paul !! Good to hear from you !!

Posted by Bill G. on Thursday, 04/1/2021 @ 04:21am


************ THE CHI-LITES ************
UNSUNG DOCUMENTARY: https://youtu.be/pLz1FObuNlk

GENE RECORD, MARSHALL THOMPSON, CREADEL "RED" JONES, and ROBERT LESTER
* 21 CHART HITS on The Billboard Hot 100.
*41 CHART HITS on The Billboard R&B Chart, (including 11 Top Tens and 2 # 1's
Charted International hits in The United States, The UK, Ireland, Canada, & Australia.

********** INDUCTIONS **********
Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame-YES.
Vocal Group Hall of Fame- YES
Hollywood Walk of Fame - YES
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame- NO.
********** WHY ? **********
RHYTHM and BLUES GROUPS are NOT BEING INDUCTED !!

Posted by Bill G on Tuesday, 06/7/2022 @ 20:39pm


I agree 100% with everything said

Posted by James Hawthorne on Thursday, 10/20/2022 @ 00:42am


Under your "HALL OF FAME INDICATORS" Chart,
You should add "VOCAL GROUP HALL of FAME" where applicable, (which it IS in The CHI-LITES' case, as they ARE A VOCAL GROUP) and the HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME.
The CHI-LITES have achieved BOTH…and should be so CREDITED.

Posted by Bill G on Thursday, 06/15/2023 @ 22:58pm


The spinners finally got inducted but the stylistics are long overdue!

Posted by Terry on Monday, 07/3/2023 @ 19:12pm


They have some popular hits and good songs, but their albums are so homogenous that it's hard to tell the difference between them. I don't support them getting into the rock hall

Posted by power on Friday, 12/1/2023 @ 11:36am


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