It started out as a vocal warmup. Gene Chandler, a Chicago native and former Army serviceman, was part of an early-’60s singing group called the Dukays; they’d had a couple of minor hits on the R&B ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Singer and music producer Gene Chandler ...

Time now for another installment in the Insider`s Cavalcade of Pop History. We take you back 23 years to Chicago and to a song that went . . . ”Duke, duke, duke, duke of earl, duke, duke.” In February ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Musician Gene Chandler, known as the "Duke of Earl," was honored Saturday in the city's Englewood neighborhood where he grew up. A stretch of 59th Street between Racine Avenue and May ...

The Art Laboe Valentines Super Love Jam brings Rose Royce, the Chi-Lites and more to US Airways Center Friday, Feb. 13. Rounding out the bill are Evelyn "Champagne" King, the Moments, the Originals, ...