Beginnings (Chicago song)

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"Beginnings"
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Original 1969 single
Single by Chicago Transit Authority
from the album Chicago Transit Authority
B-side
Released
  • October 1969
  • June 1971 (re-release)
RecordedJanuary 27/30, 1969
Genre Pop soul, [1] Jazz rock
Length
Label Columbia
Songwriter Robert Lamm
Producer James William Guercio
Chicago Transit Authority singles chronology
"Questions 67 and 68"
(1969)
"Beginnings"
(1969)
"I’m a Man"
(1970)

Lowdown
(1971)

Beginnings/Colour My World
(1971)

Questions 67 and 68/ I'm a Man
(1971)

References

  1. Billboard Staff (October 19, 2023). "The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List". Billboard . Retrieved February 10, 2024. Soul-pop, horns, blissed-out lovey-doveyness that anticipates even clearer skies ahead: Hey, that sounds like Chicago's "Beginnings"...
  2. 1 2 Swanson, Dave (December 17, 2015). "Top 10 Chicago Songs". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Chicago Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
  4. "Billboard Singles". All Media Guide / Billboard . Retrieved March 7, 2010.
  5. 1 2 "Chicago Chart History: Adult Contemporary". Billboard. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
  6. Ruhlmann, William James (1991). Chicago Group Portrait (Box Set) (Media notes). New York City, NY: Columbia Records. p. 2. Archived from the original (CD booklet archived online) on November 12, 2017. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
  7. Lamm, Robert; Loughnane, Lee; Scheff, Jason; Pardini, Lou (Oct 24, 2013). "Exclusive Interview with Chicago!". 947WLS.com (radio and video). Interviewed by Danny Lake. Chicago, Illinois: 94.7 WLS-FM. At time 11:12-12:20. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  8. "RPM 100 Singles". RPM. Canada. September 4, 1971. Retrieved February 20, 2019 via Library and Archives Canada.
  9. "RPM MOR Playlist". RPM. Canada. July 24, 1971. Retrieved February 20, 2019 via Library and Archives Canada.
  10. 1 2 Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN   0-89820-089-X
  11. "Cash Box Top 100 Singles". Cash Box. August 28, 1971. Archived from the original on September 26, 2019. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
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  14. "Top Pop 100 Singles". Billboard. Vol. 83, no. 52. December 25, 1971. p. TA-36. Retrieved February 20, 2019 via Google books.
  15. "Top Easy Listening Singles". Billboard. Vol. 83, no. 52. December 25, 1971. p. TA-38. Retrieved February 20, 2019 via Google books.
  16. "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1971". Cashbox Magazine . Archived from the original on July 25, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
  17. "Cash Box Top 100 Chart Hits of 1971" (PDF). Cash Box. Vol. XXXIII, no. 27. December 25, 1971. p. 31. Retrieved February 20, 2019 via AmericanRadioHistory.com.