{
 "id": "the-chilites-daf21090",
 "name": "The Chi‐Lites",
 "kind": "group",
 "disambiguation": null,
 "identifiers": {
  "mbid": [
   "daf21090-1c0f-46e6-bd76-9cd4d6ef7128"
  ],
  "wikidata": [
   "Q467933"
  ],
  "isni": [
   "000000012336696X"
  ],
  "discogs": [
   "17970"
  ],
  "spotify": [
   "7BFr36uI1dzJyo6tpa5Ued"
  ]
 },
 "aliases": [
  "Ch Lites",
  "Chi - Lites",
  "Chi Lites",
  "Chi-Litees",
  "Chi-Lites",
  "Chi-lites",
  "Chilites",
  "Chilits",
  "The Chi",
  "The Chi - Lites",
  "The Chi Lites",
  "The Chi lites",
  "The Chi- Lites",
  "The Chi-Liters",
  "The Chi-Lites",
  "The Chi-Lites And Friends",
  "The Chi-Lites Featuring Eugene Record",
  "The Chi-Lites Featuring Gene Record",
  "The Chi-letes",
  "The Chi-lites",
  "The ChiLites",
  "The Chiilites",
  "The Chilates",
  "The Chilites",
  "The-Chi-Lites",
  "the chi-lite",
  "シャイ・ライツ",
  "チ - ライツ",
  "チャイ・ライツ",
  "チ・ライツ",
  "芝加哥之光合唱團"
 ],
 "facts": {
  "area": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "United States",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "daf21090-1c0f-46e6-bd76-9cd4d6ef7128",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "489ce91b-6658-3307-9877-795b68554c98"
    }
   ]
  },
  "begin_date": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "1964",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "daf21090-1c0f-46e6-bd76-9cd4d6ef7128",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "precision": "year"
    }
   ]
  },
  "begin_place": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "Chicago",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "daf21090-1c0f-46e6-bd76-9cd4d6ef7128",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "29a709d8-0320-493e-8d0c-f2c386662b7f"
    }
   ]
  },
  "country": {
   "status": "multi_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "US",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "daf21090-1c0f-46e6-bd76-9cd4d6ef7128",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24"
    },
    {
     "value": "United States",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q467933",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-30",
     "ref": "Q30",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "description": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "American R&B/soul vocal group from Chicago, Illinois",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q467933",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-30"
    }
   ]
  },
  "genre": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "pop music",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q467933",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-30",
     "ref": "Q37073",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "soul",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q467933",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-30",
     "ref": "Q131272",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "has_member": {
   "status": "multi_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "Robert “Squirrel” Lester",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "daf21090-1c0f-46e6-bd76-9cd4d6ef7128",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "8a263496-98b6-4962-9a0b-2e9128da62b4"
    },
    {
     "value": "Eugene Record",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "daf21090-1c0f-46e6-bd76-9cd4d6ef7128",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "203d000c-4e59-49a6-ab96-5b4c0e807321"
    },
    {
     "value": "Marshall Thompson",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "daf21090-1c0f-46e6-bd76-9cd4d6ef7128",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "c4b1c762-8f4b-4641-b85f-193344f3a6e8"
    },
    {
     "value": "Eugene Record",
     "source": "discogs",
     "source_record": "17970",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-01",
     "ref": "discogs:180227",
     "data_quality": "Needs Vote"
    },
    {
     "value": "Clarence Johnson",
     "source": "discogs",
     "source_record": "17970",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-01",
     "ref": "discogs:270840",
     "data_quality": "Needs Vote"
    },
    {
     "value": "Marshall Thompson",
     "source": "discogs",
     "source_record": "17970",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-01",
     "ref": "discogs:281438",
     "data_quality": "Needs Vote"
    },
    {
     "value": "Danny Johnson (2)",
     "source": "discogs",
     "source_record": "17970",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-01",
     "ref": "discogs:455000",
     "data_quality": "Needs Vote"
    },
    {
     "value": "Anthony Watson (2)",
     "source": "discogs",
     "source_record": "17970",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-01",
     "ref": "discogs:480965",
     "data_quality": "Needs Vote"
    },
    {
     "value": "Creadel Jones",
     "source": "discogs",
     "source_record": "17970",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-01",
     "ref": "discogs:738046",
     "data_quality": "Needs Vote"
    },
    {
     "value": "Robert Lester",
     "source": "discogs",
     "source_record": "17970",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-01",
     "ref": "discogs:763361",
     "data_quality": "Needs Vote"
    },
    {
     "value": "Tony Diamond",
     "source": "discogs",
     "source_record": "17970",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-01",
     "ref": "discogs:1146610",
     "data_quality": "Needs Vote"
    },
    {
     "value": "Stanley Anderson",
     "source": "discogs",
     "source_record": "17970",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-01",
     "ref": "discogs:1597047",
     "data_quality": "Needs Vote"
    }
   ]
  },
  "record_label": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "Brunswick Records",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q467933",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-30",
     "ref": "Q994175",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  }
 },
 "discography": [],
 "links": [
  {
   "kind": "VIAF",
   "url": "http://viaf.org/viaf/129793594"
  },
  {
   "kind": "allmusic",
   "url": "https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000762731"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discography page",
   "url": "http://www.soulfulkindamusic.net/chilites.htm"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs",
   "url": "https://www.discogs.com/artist/17970"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs listed",
   "url": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chi-Lites"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs listed",
   "url": "http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-chi-lites-mn0000762731"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs listed",
   "url": "http://www.whosampled.com/Chi-Lites/"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs listed",
   "url": "https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108057"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs listed",
   "url": "https://myspace.com/leaderofthechilites"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs listed",
   "url": "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1202268/"
  },
  {
   "kind": "free streaming",
   "url": "https://www.deezer.com/artist/123530"
  },
  {
   "kind": "last.fm",
   "url": "https://www.last.fm/music/The+Chi-Lites"
  },
  {
   "kind": "lyrics",
   "url": "http://muzikum.eu/en/122-9153/the-chi-lites/lyrics.html"
  },
  {
   "kind": "myspace",
   "url": "https://myspace.com/leaderofthechilites"
  },
  {
   "kind": "official homepage",
   "url": "http://www.chi-lites.info/"
  },
  {
   "kind": "official homepage",
   "url": "https://www.chi-litesofficial.com/"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93114768"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108057"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13902452z"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://d-nb.info/gnd/10279137-5"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/the_chi_lites"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://www.45cat.com/artist/the-chilites"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://www.whosampled.com/Chi-Lites/"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n93114768/"
  },
  {
   "kind": "songkick",
   "url": "https://www.songkick.com/artists/8442"
  },
  {
   "kind": "streaming",
   "url": "https://tidal.com/artist/3519252"
  },
  {
   "kind": "wikidata",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q467933"
  },
  {
   "kind": "wikipedia",
   "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chi-Lites"
  }
 ],
 "citation": {
  "canonical_url": "https://musiciandictionary.com/artist/the-chilites-daf21090",
  "cite_as": "The Chi‐Lites, Musician Dictionary, https://musiciandictionary.com/artist/the-chilites-daf21090",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/): free to use with credit",
  "sources": [
   {
    "name": "musicbrainz",
    "dump": "20261024-001001",
    "date": "2026-10-24",
    "license": "CC0 1.0 (core data; supplementary fields removed)"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-28T151314",
    "date": "2026-10-28",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-29T161131",
    "date": "2026-10-29",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "discogs",
    "dump": "20261001",
    "date": "2026-10-01",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-29T182648",
    "date": "2026-10-29",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-30T103005",
    "date": "2026-10-30",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-31T103005",
    "date": "2026-10-31",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-01T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-01",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-02T113003",
    "date": "2026-11-02",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-03T113003",
    "date": "2026-11-03",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   }
  ]
 }
}