Robert Lamm

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Robert Lamm
Robert Lamm, 2007
Background information
Birth name	Robert William Lamm
Born	(1944-10-13) October 13, 1944 (age 67) Brooklyn, New York United States
Genres	Rock, adult contemporary, jazz, progressive rock
Occupations	Songwriter Musician Record producer
Instruments	Vocals, keyboards, guitar
Years active	1967–present
Labels	Blue Infinity
Associated acts	Chicago
Website	http://www.robertlammsolo.com/index.html

Robert William Lamm (born October 13, 1944) is an American keyboardist, singer and songwriter who came to fame as a founding member of the pop rock band Chicago. He wrote many of the band's biggest hits, including "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?," "Beginnings," "Saturday in the Park," "Dialogue," and "25 or 6 to 4."

Biography

Robert Lamm was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Chicago, Illinois. His parents had a collection of jazz records, which were an early influence on him. He studied art in high school, particularly drawing and painting, but changed direction in college by enrolling in the music program at Roosevelt University in Chicago. In a 2003 interview, Lamm said, "My first musical training came as a member of the choir at Grace Episcopal Church, Brooklyn Heights, New York. It was a very good choir, (Harry Chapin and members of his band were also in this choir at around the same time). It exposed me to some of the great sacred music from the Middle Ages, right up through Bach and into some of the 20th Century composers."^[1]

Lamm's first group, known as "The Trondells" formed in 1962 on the South Side of Chicago. "Chicago" was formed in February 1967. In the mid-1990s, Lamm formed a trio with Gerry Beckley of the band America and Carl Wilson of The Beach Boys. After Wilson's death from lung cancer in February 1998, an album was released entitled Like a Brother (2000).

In 2004 Lamm fronted his own group "The Robert Lamm Band", performing concerts in New Zealand and Los Angeles. Apart from his involvement with Chicago, Lamm has recorded a number of solo albums, beginning in 1974 through the present. He also has guest lectured on music production at Stanford University.

Hits written by Lamm

Chicago hits composed by Lamm include:

"Beginnings"

"Questions 67 & 68"

"25 or 6 to 4"

"Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?"

"Free"

"Another Rainy Day in New York City"

"Harry Truman"

"Saturday in the Park"

"Dialogue (Part I & II)"

Discography

• 1975: Skinny Boy
• 1993: Life Is Good In My Neighborhood
• 1999: In My Head
• 2000: Like A Brother (Beckley-Lamm-Wilson)
• 2003: Subtlety & Passion
• 2004: Too Many Voices (Expanded Reissue of "In My Head")
• 2005: Leap Of Faith - Live in New Zealand
• 2006: Life is Good in My Neighborhood 2.0
• 2006: Skinny Boy 2.0
• 2008: The Bossa Project
• 2012: Living Proof
• 2012: Robert Lamm Songs: The JVE Remixes (coming soon)

Songs and Compositions

• "Beginnings"
• "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?"
• "Listen"
• "Poem 58"
• "Questions 67 & 68"
• "Someday (August 29, 1968)"
• "South California Purples"
• "25 or 6 to 4"
• "Fancy Colours"
• "I Don't Want Your Money"
• "It Better End Soon"
• "Lonliness is Just a Word"
• "Mother"
• "Poem For The People"
• "Sing a Mean Tune Kid"
• "Wake Up Sunshine"
• "At The Sunrise"
• "Flight 602"
• "Free"
• "A Hit By Varese"
• "A Song For Richard and His Friends"
• "All Is Well"
• "Dialogue"
• "Goodbye"
• "Saturday In The Park"
• "State Of The Union"
• "Where You Think You're Goin?"
• "While The City Sleeps"
• "Critics' Choice"
• "Darlin' Dear"
• "Hollywood"
• "Italian From New York"
• "Rediscovery"
• "Someday I'm Gonna Go"
• "Something in This City Changes People"
• "A Lifetime, We"
• "City Living"
• "Crazy Brother John"
• "Crazy Way To Spend a Year"
• "Fireplace and Ivy"
• "Lifesaver"
• "Love Song"
• "One Step Forward"
• "Sing To Me, Lady"
• "Skinny Boy"
• "Temporary Jones"
• "The Woman Don't Want To Love Me"
• "Until The Time Runs Out"
• "Ain't It Blue"
• "Harry Truman"
• "Long Time No See""
• "Gently I'll Wake You
• "Scrapbook"
• "You Get It Up"
• "Policeman"
• "Hot Streets"
• "Love Was New"
• "Paradise Alley"
• "Reruns"
• "Vote For Me"
• "Doin' Business"
• "I'd Rather Be Rich"
• "Manipulation"
• "Thunder And Lightning"
• "Upon Arrival"
• "Getaway"
• "We Can Stop The Hurtin'"
• "Tender In the Night"
• "Forever"
• "My Neighborhood""
• "I Stand Up"
• "In this Country"
• "Jesse"
• "Tabla"
• "Ain't No Ordinary Thing"
• "All the Years"
• "Life in Motion"
• "Only Time Can Heal the Wounded"
• "When the Rain Becomes"
• "When Will the World be Like Lovers?"
• "If Everybody Knows"
• "Love Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
• "Murder on Me"
• "One From the Heart"
• "Blue After All"
• "Feel the Spirit"
• "Plaid"
• "Single Solution"
• "Standing at Your Door"
• "Here with Me"
• "Sleeping In the Middle of the Bed"
• "The Pull"
• "Sad Old House"
• "Schitzoid"
• "The Love of My Life"
• "Sacha"
• "Sacrificial Culture"
• "Swept Away"
• "The Best Thing"
• "Back to You"
• "My Naked Heart"
• "The Heart of Me"
• "The Love You Call Your Own"
• "Will People Ever Change?"
• "Crazy Happy"
• "Living Alone"
• "Set Me Free from My Heart"
• "Another Sunday"
• "For You, Kate"
• "Gimme Gimme"
• "I Could Tell You Secrets"
• "Intensity"
• "It's a Groove, this Life"
• "It's Always Something"
• "You Never Know the Story"
• "Somewhere Girl"
• "The Mystery of Moonlight""
• "90 Degrees and Freezing"
• "Bright Eyes"
• "Come To Me, Do"
• "Home"
• "I Confess"
• "Out of the Blue"
• "We Shall Arise"
• "Living Proof"
• "Those Crazy Things"
• "Heaven in My Eyes"
• "Samba in Your Life"
• "Haute Girl"
• "Sean"
• "Send Rain"
• "The Myth of Solid Ground"
• "Trippy Day"
• "More Will Be Revealed"
• "Keep the Faith"
• "Angels Fly"
• "4 Bells"
• "Liquid Sky"
• "Something's Coming"
• "On the Equinox"
• "The Possibility of Life"

Personal life

Robert Lamm is married to Joy Elizabeth Lamm. (1991) He married Barbara Karen Perk (stage name Karen Lamm) in 1971. They divorced in 1972. In 1976, Robert married Julie Ann Nini, and had a daughter, Sacha, before divorcing in 1981. In 1985 Lamm married soap opera actress Alex Donnelley with whom he had two daughters, Kate and Sean; divorced in 1991.

References

1. ^ Interview with musician Jim Newsom for PortFolio Weekly, a Virginia regional magazine of news, opinion, arts and culture, July 15, 2003

External links

• CHICAGO's Official Website