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1149:Chicago XXX
1100:Chicago XIV
1086:Hot Streets
1058:Chicago VII
1037:Chicago III
1003:Jeff Coffey
993:Lou Pardini
988:Drew Hester
916:Eric Baines
899:Ramon Yslas
893:Neil Donell
858:Robert Lamm
729:Ted Perlman
679:– trumpet,
671:Robert Lamm
574:Robert Lamm
408:and 1972's
1669:Categories
1445:Call on Me
1368:Beginnings
1336:Love Songs
1128:Chicago 19
1121:Chicago 18
1114:Chicago 17
1107:Chicago 16
1093:Chicago 13
1079:Chicago XI
1051:Chicago VI
933:Terry Kath
910:Loren Gold
794:References
731:– engineer
714:Production
681:flugelhorn
570:Beginnings
541:Call on Me
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418:Background
237:chronology
223:Roy Bittan
139:Live album
66:newspapers
1592:Look Away
1072:Chicago X
1044:Chicago V
750:John Kosh
642:Personnel
619:Features
162:July 1999
96:July 2009
1466:Old Days
1135:Twenty 1
701:clarinet
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576:) – 5:51
547:) – 4:33
396:American
353:AllMusic
215:Producer
159:Recorded
151:Released
141: by
1649:Members
1403:Lowdown
1353:Singles
1329:The Box
1030:Chicago
846:Chicago
647:Chicago
606:Tonio K
400:Chicago
319:(2011)
310:(1999)
301:(1972)
284:Chicago
270:(2002)
261:(1999)
252:(1998)
235:Chicago
144:Chicago
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344:Source
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398:band
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168:Genre
87:JSTOR
73:books
1396:Free
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226:and
175:Rock
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