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Chicago is a rock band formed in 1967 in UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}}, Illinois, first as The Big Thing and later as the Chicago Transit Authority (until [[UsefulNotes/ChicagoL the eponymous bus and train operator]] [[MediaNotes/{{Trademark}} took exception to this example of fandom]] and the group changed its name to something less likely to get them sued).

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Chicago is a rock band formed in 1967 in UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}}, Illinois, first as The Big Thing and later as the Chicago Transit Authority (until [[UsefulNotes/ChicagoL the eponymous bus and train operator]] [[MediaNotes/{{Trademark}} took exception to this example of fandom]] and the group changed its name to something less likely to get them sued).
sued). The group enjoyed two periods of major success, one as an ambitious, politically-oriented jazz-rock and jazz fusion group (albeit gradually evolving towards R&B and soul-based pop-rock) during the early-mid '70s and another as a slick, radio-ready AOR and adult contemporary act during the '80s.
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Chicago is a rock band formed in 1967 in UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}}, Illinois, first as The Big Thing and later as the Chicago Transit Authority (until [[UsefulNotes/ChicagoL the eponymous bus and train operator]] [[UsefulNotes/{{Trademark}} took exception to this example of fandom]] and the group changed its name to something less likely to get them sued).

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Chicago is a rock band formed in 1967 in UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}}, Illinois, first as The Big Thing and later as the Chicago Transit Authority (until [[UsefulNotes/ChicagoL the eponymous bus and train operator]] [[UsefulNotes/{{Trademark}} [[MediaNotes/{{Trademark}} took exception to this example of fandom]] and the group changed its name to something less likely to get them sued).



They have won a total of five [[UsefulNotes/GrammyAward Grammy Awards]] out of 19 nominations: three in 1977 connected to ''Chicago X'' and "If You Leave Me Now", and two in 1985 for "Hard Habit to Break" from ''Chicago 17''. Their first album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2014, and the band was granted the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020. They were inducted into the UsefulNotes/RockAndRollHallOfFame in 2016.

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They have won a total of five [[UsefulNotes/GrammyAward [[MediaNotes/GrammyAward Grammy Awards]] out of 19 nominations: three in 1977 connected to ''Chicago X'' and "If You Leave Me Now", and two in 1985 for "Hard Habit to Break" from ''Chicago 17''. Their first album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2014, and the band was granted the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020. They were inducted into the UsefulNotes/RockAndRollHallOfFame MediaNotes/RockAndRollHallOfFame in 2016.

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