The Night Chicago Died - Music
The Night Chicago Died by Paper Lace
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Paper Lace Was A Nottingham Based Pop Group Formed In 1969. They Are Known To Americans As A Classic One-Hit Wonder However In The UK They Were A "classic Two And A Half Hit Wonder" Sendra 2006 . The Core Of The Band Originally Formed In 1967 As Music Box But Changed Their Name To Paper Lace When Phil Wright Joined As Drummer And Lead Singer.
Frogtoon Music - Song Info: The Night Chicago Died
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"The Night Chicago Died" Is About A Shoot-Out Between The Chicago Police And gangsters tied To Al Capone. It Was Inspired By The Real-Life Saint Valentine's Day Massacre Although That Involved Capone's Men Killing Seven Of Bugs Moran's Gang Members And Had Nothing To Do With The Police. The Song Reached #1 On The Billboard Hot 100 for One Week In 1974 Reached #3 In The UK Charts And #2 In Canada. "The Night Chicago Died" Was Paper Lace's Biggest And Only Hit In The United States.
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Paper Lace Was A Nottingham Based Pop Group Formed In 1969. They Are Known To Americans As A Classic One-Hit Wonder However In The UK They Were A "classic Two And A Half Hit Wonder" Sendra 2006 . The Core Of The Band Originally Formed In 1967 As Music Box But Changed Their Name To Paper Lace When Phil Wright Joined As Drummer And Lead Singer.
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"The Night Chicago Died" is about a shoot-out between the Chicago Police and gangsters tied to Al Capone. It was inspired by the real-life Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, although that involved Capone's men killing seven of Bugs Moran's gang members and had nothing to do with the police.
The song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for one week in 1974, reached #3 in the UK charts, and #2 in Canada.
"The Night Chicago Died" was Paper Lace's biggest and only hit in the United States. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.