The Chicago Transit Authority is the debut studio album by the American rock band Chicago, and the only album released under their original name, Chicago Transit Authority. The double album was released on April 28, 1969, and became a sleeper hit, reaching number 17 on the Billboard 200 by 1971. The Chicago Transit Authority spawned several successful singles, including “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?”, “Questions 67 and 68” and “Beginnings”. The album stayed on the Billboard chart for 171 weeks, beating the previous record for a rock album’s longevity of 155 weeks (set by the Beatles’ White Album), and has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). For this inaugural recording effort, the group was nominated for a Grammy Award for 1969 Best New Artist of the Year. The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2014. In 2025, the album was deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry. Chicago was formed in early 1967, first as the Big Thing, then as Chicago Transit Authority when producer James William Guercio took them on in 1968. Their trademark was fusing brass and jazz with a soulful rock and roll feel that Guercio believed would prove successful, and he lobbied his label to sign the band.
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I’m A Man
25 Or 6 To 4 – live
Colour My World
Make me smile
Introduction
Beginnings
Lowdown
Question 67 & 68
Listen
Someday
Saturday in the Park
South California Purples
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
Poem For The People
Feeling Stronger Every Day
Dialogue
Wishing You Were Here
Transit Authority 1969 Full Album
Chicago II 1970 Full album
Chicago – V 1972 Full Album
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