Editing Chicago (band) (section)

=== The Big Thing ===
The group now known as Chicago began on February 15, 1967, at a meeting involving saxophonist [[Walter Parazaider]], guitarist [[Terry Kath]], drummer [[Danny Seraphine]], trombonist [[James Pankow]], trumpet player [[Lee Loughnane]], and keyboardist/singer [[Robert Lamm]]. Kath, Parazaider, and Seraphine had played together previously in two other groups—Jimmy Ford and the Executives, and the Missing Links.<ref name="Seraphine"/>{{rp|29–49}} Parazaider had met Pankow and Loughnane when they were all students at [[DePaul University]].<ref name="Seraphine"/>{{rp|48–49}} Lamm, a student at [[Roosevelt University]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/02/14/robert-lamm-founding-member-of-chicago-looks-back-on-bands-history-ahead-of-rock-hall-of-fame-induction/|title=Robert Lamm, Founding Member Of Chicago, Looks Back On Band's History Ahead Of Rock Hall Of Fame Induction|last=Williams|first=Jim|date=February 14, 2016|work=CBSChicago|access-date=July 3, 2018|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703220356/https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/02/14/robert-lamm-founding-member-of-chicago-looks-back-on-bands-history-ahead-of-rock-hall-of-fame-induction/|archive-date=July 3, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> was recruited from his group, Bobby Charles and the Wanderers.<ref name="Seraphine"/>{{rp|49}} The group of six called themselves the Big Thing, and like most other groups playing in Chicago nightclubs, played Top 40 hits. Realizing the need for both a [[tenor]] to complement [[baritone]]s Lamm and Kath, and a bass player because Lamm's use of organ bass pedals did not provide "adequate bass sound", local tenor and bassist [[Peter Cetera]] was invited to join the Big Thing in late 1967.<ref name="Ruhlmannp1">{{cite AV media notes|title= Chicago Group Portrait (Box Set)|year= 1991|url= http://aln3.albumlinernotes.com/Chicago_Box_Set_-_Page_1.html|page= 1|access-date= January 29, 2016|first= William James|last= Ruhlmann|format= CD booklet archived online|publisher= Columbia Records|location= New York City, NY|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160214052811/http://aln3.albumlinernotes.com/Chicago_Box_Set_-_Page_1.html|archive-date= February 14, 2016|url-status=live|df= mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="Seraphine"/>{{rp|58–59}}