Q:Facts: - website: http://www.chi-lites.info - years active: 1959 -- present - past members: robert red '' jones * clarence johnson * stanley anderson willie squirrel kensey doc roberson david scott danny johnson diane womack-foreman samotta lester acklin vandy hampton frank reed anthony watson original members -lrb- * * -rrb- eugene record * creadel '' - origin: chicago , illinois , u.s. - genre: soul , r & b , pop - name: the chi-lites - background: group_or_band - label: brunswick , mercury - current members: marshall thompson * tara henderson fred simon - associated acts: the earth , wind and fire , the o'jays , the whispers lost generation , the emotions , the gap band , rufus , Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of the chi-lites .
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the chi-lites -lrb- -rrb- are a american r&b / soul vocal quartet from chicago , illinois .the groups greatest fame came during the early 1970s , one of the few from the period to have '' not '' come from memphis or philadelphia .they were led by eugene record , and scored eleven top ten r&b hits from 1969 to 1974 .