Coldest Days of My Life

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"Coldest Days of My Life" is a soulful ballad by The Chi-Lites, renowned for its emotive vocals and lush orchestration that exemplify early 1970s Chicago soul.

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Coldest Days of My Life canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
artist The Chi-Lites ⓘ
associatedAct Brunswick Records Chicago soul roster ⓘ
chronologyWithinArtistReleases follows earlier Chi-Lites hits of early 1970s ⓘ
cityAssociatedWith Chicago ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
decade 1970s ⓘ
era early 1970s ⓘ
genre Chicago soul ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasPart Part 1 ⓘ
Part 2 ⓘ
influencedBy contemporary early 1970s soul ballads ⓘ
instrumentation horns ⓘ
rhythm section ⓘ
strings ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricTheme emotional pain ⓘ
heartbreak ⓘ
loss ⓘ
musicalCharacteristic lush orchestration ⓘ
notableFor emotive vocal performance ⓘ
lush string arrangements ⓘ
representation of Chicago soul sound ⓘ
performedByVocalGroup The Chi-Lites ⓘ
performer The Chi-Lites ⓘ
placeInGenre exemplar of early 1970s Chicago soul balladry ⓘ
producer Eugene Record ⓘ
recordLabel Brunswick Records ⓘ
releaseFormat 7-inch single ⓘ
style soulful ballad ⓘ
tempo slow ⓘ
vocalGroupMemberOnRecording Creadel "Red" Jones ⓘ
Eugene Record ⓘ
Marshall Thompson ⓘ
Robert "Squirrel" Lester ⓘ
vocalStyle emotive vocals ⓘ
writer Barbara Acklin ⓘ
Eugene Record ⓘ

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Eugene Record → notableWork → Coldest Days of My Life ⓘ
Eugene Record → wrote → Coldest Days of My Life ⓘ
The Chi-Lites → notableWork → Coldest Days of My Life ⓘ