Kitty Haywood’s voice helped shape Chicago music for decades

Source Chicago Reader
Original Load Date Dec. 27, 2025, 2:01 p.m.
Last Updated Dec. 27, 2025, 2:01 p.m.
Original URL https://chicagoreader.com/music/the-secret-history-of-chicago-music/kitty-haywood-stepney-sisters-ohio-jingles-mayfield-callier/

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![A black-and-white hand-drawn portrait of soul and R&B vocalist Kitty Haywood, embedded in the title card for the Secret History of Chicago Music; she's pictured as she appeared in the early 1970s, with a large, immaculately sculpted Afro hairdo][1] Credit: Steve Krakow for Chicago Reader _Since ...