Frank "Tchallah" Reed is the current lead singer of the vocal

Human voice

The human voice consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal folds for talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming, etc. Its frequency ranges from about 60 to 7000 Hz. The human voice is specifically that part of human sound production in which the vocal folds are the primary...

  group

Musical ensemble

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 known as The Chi-Lites

The Chi-Lites

The Chi-Lites are a Chicago-based smooth soul vocal quartet from the early 1970s, one of the few from the period not to come from Memphis or Philadelphia...

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Career

Reed joined the Chi-Lites in 1988, as the successor to former lead singer Eugene Record

Eugene Record

Eugene Record was the American lead vocalist of the Chicago, Illinois based band, The Chi-Lites, during the 1960s and 1970s.He was born Eugene Booker Record in Chicago...

. Along with original members Marshall Thompson

Marshall Thompson (Chi-Lites)

Marshall Thompson is the leader of the Chicago based singing group, The Chi-Lites. He is the only remaining original member of the group after the death of Robert "Squirrel" Lester on January 22, 2010. He is a talented singer and multi-instrumentalist...

 and Robert "Squirrel" Lester, and the other lead vocalist Anthony Watson

Anthony Watson

Anthony Reynard Watson, a native of Mobile, Alabama, is an American soul singer, who toured and recorded with The Chi-Lites in the late 1980s and 1990s.-Career:...

, Reed recorded

Sound recording and reproduction

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 the studio

Recording studio

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 album

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, Help Wanted (Heroes Are In Short Supply)

Help Wanted (Heroes Are in Short Supply)

-History:There are twelve tracks on the album and the lead singing alternates between Anthony Watson and Frank Reed. However, group leader, Marshall Thompson sings lead on the opening track, "Hold On To Your Dreams".-Track listing:-External links:...

in 1998. Despite singing lead on five of the twelve tracks

Song

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, Reed is not credited as a vocalist and his name is not mentioned on the album. This is noteworthy, considering the album cover

Album cover

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 contains the likeness of him.

Reed was one of the lead vocalists of Michigan Avenue, a local band in Chicago created by former Chi-Lites member, Clarence Johnson. When Michigan Avenue disbanded, Reed was told by Johnson that Record was departing from the Chi-Lites and that they were looking for a new lead singer. Reed auditioned for Marshall Thompson, and his wife Constance. They liked his sound and Reed became a member of the Chi-Lites, fulfilling a dream he had since a very young age. He is the longest performing member behind the originals, Thompson and Lester. He twice appeared onstage alongside his predecessor, Eugene Record.

He is the older brother

Sibling

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 of the actor

Actor

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, Darryl Alan Reed, and the first cousin

Cousin

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 of the singer Laurnea.

It should also be noted that the media

Music journalism

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has a tendency to get his name wrong. Reed has mistakenly been credited as Frank Watson, Frank Watkins, Tony Reed, Greg Reed, and even Frank Michael Jackson.