Earth, Wind & Fire

Biography

Earth, Breeze & Open fire were probably one of the most musically accomplished, critically acclaimed, and commercially popular funk rings from the ’70s. Conceived by drummer, bandleader, songwriter, kalimba participant, and periodic vocalist Maurice White colored, EWF’s all-encompassing musical eyesight utilized funk as its basis, but also integrated jazz, soft spirit, gospel, pop, rock and roll & move, psychedelia, blues, folk, African music, and, down the road, disco. Lead vocalist Philip Bailey offered EWF a supplementary dimension along with his skill for crooning sentimental ballads furthermore to funk exercises; behind him, the music group could harmonize just like a soft Motown group, function a simmering groove just like the J.B.’s, or improvise just like a jazz fusion clothing. Plus, their stage displays were often just like elaborate and powerful as George Clinton’s P-Funk empire. A lot more than simply versatility because of its very own sake, EWF’s eclecticism was section of a broader concept up to date by way of a cosmic, mystical spirituality and an uplifting positivity famous brands which hadn’t been noticed since the start of Sly & the Family members Stone. Tying everything jointly was the achieved songwriting of Maurice Light, whose intricate, unstable arrangements and company understand of hooks and framework made EWF among the tightest rings in funk if they wanted to end up being. Not really everything they attempted proved helpful, but at their finest, Earth, Breeze & Fireplace seemingly took everything that emerged before them and covered it up into one dizzying, magnificent package. Light founded Earth, Breeze & Fireplace in Chicago in 1969. He previously previously honed his chops being a program drummer for Chess Information, where he performed on music by famous brands Fontella Bass, Billy Stewart, and Etta Adam, amongst others. In 1967, he’d changed Redd Holt in the favorite jazz group the Ramsey Lewis Trio, where he was presented to the kalimba, an African thumb piano he’d use thoroughly in future tasks. In 1969, he still left Lewis’ group to create a songwriting relationship with keyboardist Don Whitehead and vocalist Wade Flemons. This quickly progressed into a music group dubbed the Salty Peppers, which authorized with Capitol and obtained a regional strike with “La La Period.” Whenever a follow-up flopped, White colored decided to proceed to LA, and took a lot of the music group with him; he also renamed them Globe, Wind & Open fire, following the three components in his astrological graphs. By enough time White colored convinced his sibling, bassist Verdine White colored, to become listed on him for the Western Coastline in 1970, the lineup contains Whitehead, Flemons, woman vocalist Sherry Scott, guitarist Michael Beal, tenor saxophonist Chet Washington, trombonist Alex Thomas, and percussionist Yackov Ben Israel. This aggregate authorized a new cope with Warner Bros. and released its self-titled debut recording in past due 1970. Many critics discovered it interesting and ambitious, similar to its 1971 follow-up, THE NECESSITY of Like, but neither fascinated much industrial attention despite an evergrowing following on university campuses along with a high-profile gig executing the soundtrack to Melvin Truck Peebles’ groundbreaking dark independent film Special Sweetback’s Baadasssss Melody. Dissatisfied using the outcomes, Light dismantled the very first edition of EWF in 1972, keeping only sibling Verdine. He constructed a fresh lineup with feminine vocalist Jessica Cleaves, flute/sax participant Ronnie Laws and regulations, guitarist Roland Bautista, keyboardist Larry Dunn, and percussionist Ralph Johnson; the main new addition, nevertheless, was vocalist Philip Bailey, recruited from a Denver R&B music group called Close friends & Like. After viewing the group open up for John Sebastian in NY, Clive Davis agreed upon these to CBS, where they debuted in 1972 with Last Times and Time. Additional personnel adjustments ensued; Laws and regulations and Bautista had been eliminated by year’s end, changed by reedman Andrew Woolfolk and guitarists Al McKay and Johnny Graham. It had been after that that EWF really began to strike their stride. 1973’s Check out the Sky (Cleaves’ last record using the group) considerably broadened their cult pursuing, as well as the 1974 follow-up, Open up Our Eye, was their first proper strike. It proclaimed their first cooperation with manufacturer, arranger, and sometime-songwriting collaborator Charles Stepney, who helped streamline their audio for wider approval; it also highlighted another Light brother, Fred, earned as another drummer. The one “Mighty Mighty” became EWF’s initial Top Ten strike for the R&B graphs, although pop radio shied from its black-pride subtext, as well as the minimal strike “Kalimba Tale” brought Maurice White’s infatuation with African seems towards the airwaves. Open up Our Eye went gold, establishing the stage for the band’s blockbuster discovery. In 1975, EWF finished focus on another film soundtrack, this time around to some music-biz drama known as That’s the Method of the World. Not really optimistic concerning the film’s industrial potential customers, the group rushed away their soundtrack recording of the same name (unlike Nice Sweetback, they made up all of the music themselves) beforehand. The film flopped, however the recording became popular; its lead sole, the love-and-encouragement anthem “Glowing Celebrity,” shot to the very best of both R&B and pop graphs, making Earth, Blowing wind & Open fire mainstream stars; it later on received a Grammy for Greatest R&B Vocal Overall performance by way of a Group. The record also strike number 1 on both pop and R&B graphs, and went dual platinum; its name track went Best Five for the R&B aspect, looked after contained Bailey’s personal ballad within the record cut “Factors.” Light used the brand new income to build up EWF’s live present into a luxurious, effects-filled extravaganza, which ultimately grew to add stunts created by magician Doug Henning. The music group was also augmented by way of a regular horn section, the Phoenix Horns, going by saxophonist Don Myrick. Their growing concert encounter was chronicled later on that year around the double-LP arranged Appreciation, which became their second right number one recording and presented one part of fresh studio tracks. Of these, “Sing a Track” reached the pop TOP as well as the R&B Best Five, as well as the ballad “Can’t Cover Love” as well as the name track had been also successful. Unfortunately, through the 1976 periods for EWF’s following studio record, Heart, Charles Stepney passed away suddenly of the coronary attack. Maurice Light overran the organizing chores, however the Stepney-produced “Holiday” were able to best the R&B graphs posthumously. Spirit normally performed well in the graphs, topping out at number 2. For the time being, Light was going for a hand in making other acts; furthermore to dealing with his outdated manager Ramsey Lewis, he helped kickstart the professions from the Feelings and Deniece Williams. 1977’s All n’ All was another solid work that charted at number 3 and spawned the R&B smashes “Dream” as well as the chart-topping “Serpentine Open fire”; in the mean time, the Feelings topped the pop graphs using the White-helmed smash “Greatest of My Like.” The next year, White colored founded his personal label, ARC, and EWF made an appearance in the mainly disastrous film edition of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonesome Hearts Club Music group, turning in an excellent cover from the Beatles’ “Surely got to ENABLE YOU TO GET Into MY ENTIRE LIFE” that became their 1st TOP pop strike since “Sing a Melody.” Released before year’s end, THE VERY BEST of Earth, Breeze & Fireplace, Vol. 1 created another TOP strike (and R&B number 1) within the recently recorded “Sept.” 1979’s I Am included EWF’s most explicit nod to disco, a smash cooperation using the Feelings known as “Boogie Wonderland” that climbed in to the TOP. The ballad “Following the Love HAS TRULY GONE” did better still, falling one place short of the very best. Although I Am became EWF’s 6th straight multi-platinum record, there were signals the group’s explosion of creativeness within the last couple of years was starting to wane. 1980’s Encounters broke that string, and guitarist McKay departed. While 1981’s Raise brought them a high Five strike and R&B chart-topper in “Let’s Groove,” a standard decline in regularity was becoming obvious. By enough time EWF released its next recording, 1983’s Powerlight, ARC experienced folded, as well as the Phoenix Horns have been slice loose to save lots of money. Following the lackluster Electric powered Universe appeared by the end of the entire year, White colored disbanded the group to you need to a rest. For the time being, Verdine White colored became a maker and video movie director, while Philip Bailey embarked on a single career and have scored a pop smash using the Phil Collins duet “Easy Enthusiast.” Collins also produced frequent usage of the Phoenix Horns on his ’80s information, both solo with Genesis. Bailey reunited using the Light brothers, plus Andrew Woolfolk, Ralph Johnson, and brand-new guitarist Sheldon Reynolds, in 1987 for the record Touch the planet. It was amazingly successful, making two R&B smashes in “Thinking about You” and the main “Program of Success.” Released in 1990, Heritage was a compelled try to contemporize the group’s audio, with guest performances from Sly Rock and MC Hammer; its failing led to the finish from the group’s romantic relationship with Columbia. They came back on Reprise using the even more traditional-sounding Millennium in 1993, but had been dropped once the record didn’t recapture their industrial standing up despite a Grammy nomination for “Weekend Morning hours”; tragedy struck that yr when onetime horn innovator Don Myrick was murdered in LA. Bailey as well as the White colored brothers returned once more in 1997 on the tiny Pyramid label with In the Name of Like. After 2003’s The Guarantee, a variety of fresh material and refreshing talks about classics, the group realigned with many top-shelf adult modern performers and released 2005’s Lighting, which presented a cooperation with soft jazz juggernaut Kenny G. The recording was Grammy-nominated within the category of Greatest R&B Album. Globe, Wind & Open fire continuing to tour and produced a show-opening appearance on American Idol’s Idol Provides Back present in 2007. 3 years afterwards, Maurice and Verdine Light, Bailey, Dunn, and McKay had been inducted in to the Songwriters Hall of Popularity. The music group released Now, After that & Forever, their initial record in five years, in 2013. 3 years afterwards, on Feb 3, 2016, Maurice Light died from the consequences of Parkinson’s disease at his house in LA; he was 74 yrs . old.

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#	Fact
1	They were awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7080 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
2	Members have included Verdine White, Philip Bailey, Maurice White, Johnny Graham, Freddie White, Larry Dunn, Ralph Johnson, Andrew Woolfolk, Al McKay
3	Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000.



Soundtrack

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status	Character
Doctor Strange	2016	performer: "Shining Star" - as Earth, Wind & Fire
Trolls	2016	performer: "September" - as Earth, Wind & Fire / producer: "September" - as Earth, Wind & Fire
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	2016	TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Nice Guys	2016	performer: "BOOGIE WONDERLAND", "SEPTEMBER"
Barbershop: The Next Cut	2016	performer: "September" - as Earth, Wind & Fire
Scandal		TV Series 1 episode, 2013 performer - 1 episode, 2016
Legends of Tomorrow	2016	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Miles Ahead	2015	performer: "Getaway" - as Earth, Wind & Fire
The X Factor	2015	TV Series 1 episode
Ted 2	2015	performer: "September" - as Earth, Wind & Fire
Ballers	2015	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Scorpion	2015	TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Mentalist	2015	TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Affair	2014	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Die Schlikkerfrauen	2014	performer: "September" - uncredited
True Blood	2014	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Alpha and Omega 3: The Great Wolf Games	2014	Video performer: "Boogie Wonderland"
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues	2013	performer: "After The Love Has Gone" - as Earth, Wind & Fire
Last Vegas	2013	performer: "September '99 James Egbert Remix", "September" - as Earth, Wind & Fire
Clear History	2013	TV Movie performer: "Shining Star" - as Earth, Wind & Fire
The Office	2013	TV Series performer - 2 episodes
When Disco Ruled the World	2012	TV Movie documentary performer: "Boogie Wonderland" - as Earth, Wind & Fire
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno	2012	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Shameless	2012	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Think Like a Man	2012	performer: "Sing A Song", "That's The Way Of The World"
The Intouchables	2011	performer: "September", "Boogie Wonderland" - as Earth, Wind & Fire
Zookeeper	2011	performer: "Boogie Wonderland" - as Earth, Wind & Fire
Banda sonora	2011	TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Hooker with a Heart of Gold	2010	performer: "Let's Groove"
Chuck	2010	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Our Family Wedding	2010	performer: "September" - as Earth, Wind & Fire
Electric Dreams	2009	TV Mini-Series performer - 1 episode
Mao's Last Dancer	2009	performer: "Let's Groove"
Glee: Director's Cut Pilot Episode	2009	TV Movie performer: "Shining Star" - uncredited
We Believe	2009	Documentary performer: "Shining Star"
Glee	2009	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	2009	performer: "Let's Groove" - as Earth, Wind & Fire
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past	2009	performer: "Let's Groove" - as Earth, Wind & Fire
Dancing on Ice	2009	TV Series performer - 2 episodes
Rabu shaffuru	2009	TV Series performer: "Fantasy"
Soul Men	2008	performer: "Getaway" - as Earth, Wind & Fire
Meet Dave	2008	performer: "Shining Star"
So You Think You Can Dance	2007-2008	TV Series performer - 2 episodes
Everybody Hates Chris	2005-2008	TV Series performer - 3 episodes
Disco	2008	performer: "September", "Boogie Wonderland"
So You Think You Can Dance Australia	2008	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Semi-Pro	2008	performer: "Shining Star"
Dan in Real Life	2007	performer: "September '99" 1978 - as Earth, Wind & Fire
Cavemen	2007	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure	2007	TV Movie performer: "Boogie Wonderland"
Night at the Museum	2006	performer: "September" 1978 - as Earth, Wind & Fire
Cold Case	2004-2006	TV Series performer - 2 episodes
Step Up	2006	performer: "'Til Dawn"
Babel	2006/I	"September"
My Name Is Earl	2006	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories	2006	Video Game performer: "Fantasy"
American Dad!	2006	TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Ringer	2005	performer: "September"
Kronk's New Groove	2005	Video performer: "Let's Groove"
Roll Bounce	2005	performer: "Pure Gold" - as Earth, Wind & Fire
The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards	2005	TV Special performer: "September"
Dancing with the Stars	2005	TV Series 1 episode
Madagascar	2005	performer: "Boogie Wonderland"
Robots	2005	performer: "LOVE'S DANCE"
Be Cool	2005	performer: "Fantasy" - as Earth, Wind & Fire
Hitch	2005/I	performer: "This Is How I Feel"
Gran Turismo 4	2004	Video Game performer: "Getaway" Gran Turismo 4 Pop Rox Remix
The 2004 Billboard Music Awards	2004	TV Special performer: "September" - uncredited
Mr 3000	2004	performer: "Shining Star", "Let's Groove"
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Cheri Oteri	2004	TV Special documentary performer: "Shining Star" - uncredited
Donkey Konga	2003	Video Game performer: "September"
Something's Gotta Give	2003	performer: "Sing a Song" - as Earth, Wind & Fire
Love Don't Cost a Thing	2003	performer: "Reasons"
The Bernie Mac Show	2003	TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Adventures of Pluto Nash	2002	performer: "Why", "Fun & Free"
Drumline	2002	performer: "In the Stone"
Austin Powers in Goldmember	2002	performer: "Shining Star"
Sex and the City	2002	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Undercover Brother	2002	performer: "What Ever Happened"
Shining Stars: The Official Story of Earth, Wind, & Fire	2001	Video performer: "Let's Groove", "Boogie Wonderland", "Got to Get you Into My Life", "Fantasy", "September", "Reasons", "Sing A Song", "Shining Star", "That's The Way of the World", "After The Love Is Gone", "Serpentine Fire", "Keep Your Head To the Sky", "Thinking Of You", "Devotion", "I'll Write A Song For You", "Spirit"
The Original Kings of Comedy	2000	Documentary performer: "Love's Holiday"
Don't Look Under the Bed	1999	TV Movie performer: "Boogie Wonderland"
Muppets from Space	1999	performer: "Shining Star"
The Waterboy	1998	performer: "Let's Groove" - as Earth, Wind & Fire
Radiofreccia	1998	performer: "Sing a Song" - as Earth, Wind & Fire
Soul Music Festival: Part IV	1998	TV Movie performer: "Spread Your Love", "September", "Reasons", "Sing A Song", "Boogie Wonderland", "Let's Groove", "That's The Way Of The World" - uncredited
Seinfeld	1996-1998	TV Series performer - 3 episodes
Slam	1998	performer: "Sex, Money & Drugs"
Chalomot Ne'urim	1998	TV Series 1 episode
Soul Food	1997	performer: "September"
Sprung	1997	performer: "I'll Write a Song for You"
The Mirror Has Two Faces	1996	performer: "Boogie Wonderland"
Get on the Bus	1996	performer: "Cruisin'"
Queens Logic	1991	performer: "Shining Star"
Caddyshack II	1988	performer: "Turn On The Beat Box" - as Earth, Wind and Fire
Fame	1984	TV Series 1 episode
Rock & Rule	1983	performer: "Dance, Dance, Dance"
Top of the Pops	1977-1981	TV Series performer - 14 episodes
Private Lessons	1981	performer: "Fantasy" - as Earth, Wind & Fire
Direktion City	1980	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Caddyshack	1980	performer: "Boogie Wonderland"
Roller Boogie	1979	performer: "Boogie Wonderland"
Skatetown, U.S.A.	1979	performer: "Boogie Wonderland"
WKRP in Cincinnati	1979	TV Series performer - 2 episodes
The Music for UNICEF Concert: A Gift of Song	1979	TV Special performer: "September", "Tht's The Way of the World", "Put A Little Love In Your Heart"
Killer of Sheep	1978	performer: "Reasons"
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	1978	performer: "Got To Get You Into My Life"
French-Teen	1977	performer: "Sun Goddess", "Hot Dawgit" - uncredited
Country Girl's Hollywood Adventure	1975	performer: "Shining Star" - uncredited
That's the Way of the World	1975	performer: "Shining Star", "That's the Way of the World"", "Happy Feelin'"", "See the Light"" - uncredited
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song	1971	performer: "Sweetback's Theme", "Hoppin John", "Sweetback Getting It Uptight And Preaching It So Hard The Bourgeois Reggin Angels In Heaven Turn Around", "Sweetback Losing His Cherry"

Actor

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Hot 10	2011	TV Series
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	1978		Earth, Wind & Fire
The Natalie Cole Special	1978	TV Movie
That's the Way of the World	1975		The Group (as Earth Wind and Fire)

Music Department

Music Department

Title	Year	Status	Character
Sofie Linde Show	2015	TV Series music - 1 episode
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song	1971	orchestrator - as Earth Wind and Fire

Composer

Composer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song	1971

Self

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Glastonbury 2016	2016	TV Mini-Series	Themselves
The 58th Annual Grammy Awards	2016	TV Movie	Themselves - Presenters
The Insider	2015	TV Series	Themselves
Jimmy Kimmel Live!	2005-2015	TV Series	Themselves - Musical Guests / Themselves
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show	2005-2015	TV Series	Themselves - Musical Guests / Themselves
The Kennedy Center Honors	2014	TV Special	Themselves - Performer
Live with Kelly and Michael	1990-2014	TV Series	Themselves / Themselves - Musical Guests
The 83rd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade	2014	TV Movie	Themselves
The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove	2014	TV Movie documentary
Sunday Night at the Palladium	2014	TV Series	Themselves
Strictly Come Dancing	2013	TV Series	Themselves - Musical Guests
The Best Hit USA	2006-2013	TV Series	Themselves
Earth Wind and Fire Live at the Venetian	2013	TV Special	Themselves
Good Day L.A.	2013	TV Series	Themselves
Being: Earth, Wind & Fire	2012	TV Mini-Series documentary	Themselves (2012)
20th Annual Trumpet Awards	2012	TV Special	Themselves - Honorees
2011 Soul Train Awards	2011	TV Special	Themselves
80s Rewind Festival 2011	2011	TV Movie	Themselves
Philly's 4th of July Jam	2011	TV Special	Themselves
Hit Man Returns: David Foster & Friends	2011		Themselves
The Making of 'Get Your Hump On' with Earth, Wind, & Fire	2010	Video short	Themselves
TV One Night Only: Live from the Essence Music Festival	2010	TV Movie	Themselves
The 7th Annual TV Land Awards	2009	TV Special	Themselves
Wetten, dass..?	2008	TV Series	Themselves
Festival Internacional de la Canción de Viña del Mar	2008	TV Series	Themselves - Performer
TV total	2007	TV Series	Themselves
American Idol	2007	TV Series	Themselves
Music Cares Person of the Year: Brian Wilson	2005	TV Special	Themselves - Performers
Christmas in Rockefeller Center	2005	TV Movie	Themselves
The Tom Joyner Show	2005	TV Series	Themselves
Fox NFL Sunday	2005	TV Series	Themselves
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno	2005	TV Series	Themselves - Musical Guest
New Year's Rockin' Eve 2005	2004	TV Special	Themselves
The 2004 Billboard Music Awards	2004	TV Special	Themselves
The 46th Annual Grammy Awards	2004	TV Special	Themselves - Performers
VH-1 Where Are They Now?	2002	TV Series documentary	Themselves
2nd Annual BET Awards	2002	TV Movie documentary	Themselves
31st NAACP Image Awards	2000	TV Special	Themselves
Soul Music Festival: Part IV	1998	TV Movie	Themselves
The Rosie O'Donnell Show	1998	TV Series	Themselves
Grace Under Fire	1996	TV Series	Themselves
The 8th Annual Soul Train Music Awards	1994	TV Special	Themselves - Presenter
1994 World Tour in Japan	1994	Video	Themselves
Crossroads	1994	TV Series	Themselves - Performers (1994)
The American Music Awards 20th Anniversary Special	1993	TV Special	Themselves - Performers
The Eternal Vision	1992	Video	Themselves
Ebony/Jet Showcase	1988-1990	TV Series	Themselves
Champs-Elysées	1988	TV Series	Themselves
Lou Rawls Presents Black Gold Hits	1988	TV Movie	Themselves
The 6th Annual American Music Awards	1979	TV Special	Themselves
Gala de l'Unicef	1979	TV Series	Themselves
The Midnight Special	1975	TV Series	Themselves - Host
In Concert	1973-1975	TV Series	Themselves
Rock Concert	1973	TV Series	Themselves

Archive Footage

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
Glastonbury 2016	2016	TV Mini-Series	Themselves
The Seventies	2015	TV Series documentary	Themselves
My Music: '70s & '80s Soul Rewind	2013	TV Movie	Themselves
Soul Power!	2013	TV Series documentary	Themselves
No me la puc treure del cap	2012	TV Series	Themselves
Banda sonora	2011	TV Series	Themselves
I Love the '70s	2003	TV Series documentary	Themselves
Top of the Pops	1978-1981	TV Series	Themselves

Won awards

Won awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
2002	BET Award	BET Awards	Lifetime Achievement Award
1995	Star on the Walk of Fame	Walk of Fame	Recording	On September 15, 1995. At 7080 Hollywood Blvd.
1994	Hall of Fame	Image Awards

Nominated awards

Nominated awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
2006	Grammy	Grammy Awards	Best R&B Album	For the album "Illumination."
2005	Grammy	Grammy Awards	Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group		· Raphael Saadiq



Title	Salary
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)	$500



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