Gene "Duke of Earl" Chandler honored with street name in Englewood

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Musician Gene Chandler, known as the "Duke of Earl," was honored Saturday in the city's Englewood neighborhood where he grew up.

A stretch of 59th Street between Racine Avenue and May Street is now named for Chandler.

Chandler got his nickname from his best known song --- a doo-wop hit from 1961.