Robert Lamm

Robert Lamm is one of those quietly essential figures in rock history who deserves way more solo credit than he gets. As a founding member of Chicago, he was the guy behind the keys and a lot of the band's sharpest songwriting — "25 or 6 to 4" alone would be enough to cement a legacy, but he kept delivering through the band's remarkable early run in the late '60s and '70s. What I love about Lamm is that he brought a genuinely sophisticated musical sensibility to a band that was already blending rock, jazz, and brass in ways nobody else was doing at the time. Brooklyn-raised, Roosevelt University-trained, and clearly someone who took the craft seriously. Chicago got softer and more pop-oriented over the decades, but Lamm's fingerprints on their golden era are undeniable.

Name (English)

Robert Lamm

Name (Japanese)

ロバート・ラム

Reading

ろばーと・らむ

Born

October 13, 1944 (age 81)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Monkey

Origin

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Occupation

singer / singer-songwriter / composer / pianist / musician

University

Roosevelt University

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.robertlammsolo.com/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%A0

Tags

• New York
• singer
• singer-songwriter
• composer

Last updated

2026-06-02

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