Eugene Record
Musical Artist
1940 – 2005
Who was Eugene Record?
Eugene Booker Record was the American lead vocalist of the Chicago, Illinois based vocal group, The Chi-Lites, during the 1960s and 1970s.
He was born in Chicago. He also released three solo albums via the Warner Music Group before rejoining the Chi-Lites in 1980. In 1979, he had a disco hit called "Magnetism"'. He also wrote and produced many of the group's hits, such as "Have You Seen Her" and "Oh Girl", frequently in collaboration with other songwriters such as Barbara Acklin. He also wrote and produced for other artists, including Acklin, Jackie Wilson, and The Dells. Record left the Chi-Lites again in 1988 before eventually becoming a gospel singer.
In 1978 he appeared on Saturday Night Live with Michael Palin. He performed "Have You Seen Her" and "Trying to Get to You".
He died on July 22, 2005, in Chicago, after a long battle with cancer. He was 64.
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- Born
- Dec 23, 1940
Chicago - Also known as
- Record, Eugene
- Eugene Booker Record
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Jul 22, 2005
Chicago
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on July 23, 2013
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