ON THIS DATE (44 YEARS AGO) November 4, 1970 – Chicago: “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?” b/w “Listen” (Columbia 4-45264) 45 single is released in the US. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? is a song written and sung by Robert Lamm of The Chicago Transit Authority (later shortened to Chicago) and recorded for their eponymous debut album The Chicago Transit Authority (1969). The song was not released as a single until two tracks from the bands second album, Make Me Smile and 25 or 6 to 4, had become hits. It became the bands third straight Top 10 single, peaking at #7 in the U.S. The original uncut album version opens with a brief free form piano solo performed by Lamm. A spoken verse by Lamm is mixed into the sung final verse of the album version. The single version does not include the free form intro or the spoken verse, and was originally mixed in mono.
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