Chicago (Chicago Transit Authority) music catalogue

239 items

Chicago (1967-present, USA) - Group of enthusiastic horn players and other musicians specializing in jazz fusion mixed with soft and pop rock and originating from - and this is obvious - Chicago, Illinois. More

Chicago (1967-present, USA) - Group of enthusiastic wind players and other musicians, initially specializing in jazz fusion mixed heavy rock, from the mid-seventies more soft pop, ballads and coming from - and that is obvious - Chicago, Illinois.

About the band name:
Perhaps because of the rather sizable line-up , the band was first called Big Thing , but when a record deal with CBS was signed and - very unusually - a double album was immediately placed on the roll, the Chicago Transit Authority (abbreviated CTA ), the official name of Chicago's public transportation company (see logo). Apparently unfamiliar with the concept of free publicity , the Authority ordered the band to choose another name; then it became Chicago for short.

Band name statement taken from [It's] The Game of the Name (Weesp, 2013), with permission from the author.

Hits in the Netherlands: