Chicago girl group the Starlets split up after their last hit was credited to Patti LaBelle’s Blue Belles
Category: The Secret History of Chicago Music
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Roscoe Mitchell
The AACM cofounder continues to push jazz into the future
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Fawn
Despite playing with stars, a botched deal with RCA limited the band’s exposure
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Betty Everett
“Shoop Shoop” singer had hits prior to her most famous song
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: The Late Results
Horns-driven garage band had multiple seminary students
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: The Ship
Downstate folkers met at U of I, evolved to electric
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Secret History of Chicago Music: Ultima Thule
These 70s rockers reunited in 2007 as the Willing
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Bernice Williams
Local doo-wop queen co-penned “Duke of Earl”
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Willie Buck
Mississippi-born guitarist still plays at local clubs
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Secret History of Chicago Music: Papa Charlie Jackson
Papa Charlie Jackson was a groundbreaking blues artist recorded with legends
