The Chicago Transit Authority
On track 10 of their 1969 hit debut record album the rock band Chicago, then known as CTA (The Chicago Transit Authority) used what may be a copy of the real audio clip of the crowd chanting, "The whole world is watching." The track called, "Prologue, August 29, 1968" is 57 seconds long. The chant continues into the next song, track eleven, "Someday (August 29, 1968)" but fades away after a few seconds, only to return again in the middle of the song backed by a haunting piano beat and a ride cymbal.
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