The Chi-Lites Step Out Of The Shadows
Phil Symes, Disc and Music Echo, 8 January 1972
THANK heaven for the Chi-Lites. This four-man Chicago-based outfit has brought back to soul music two elements missing from it for too long good old fashioned romantic lyrics and melody.
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