Greatest Hits Album: Many, but 1978's The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol.The Whites termed it 'Sophisticated Funk' in contrast to the 'Hardcore Funk' of James Brown and George Clinton.

Funk: Their primary defining sound, with some Soul and Disco elements incorporated.

Fading into the Next Song: 'After the Love Has Gone' fades into 'Let Your Feelings Show' on the album I Am.

Elemental Motifs: Maurice White explains that he got the band name from his star sign Sagittarius, which is a fire sign, and according to the triplicities, his sign had the seasonal qualities of earth (situated in Autumn in the northern hemisphere) and wind (situated in Spring in the southern hemisphere, and also represents Gemini).

Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band film, topped the Billboard R&B chart and made the Top 10 of the pop chart.

Cover Version: Their cover of The Beatles' 'Got to Get You Into My Life', from the soundtrack of the Sgt.

Build Like an Egyptian: The band had a lot of Egyptian themes in their album covers, costumes, and stage shows, including having a pyramid-shaped UFO onstage.

Break-Up Song: 'After the Love Has Gone'.

More recently, Philip Bailey and his son, Philip Bailey Jr.

Band of Relatives: Brothers Maurice and Verdine White were founding members, with younger brother Freddie joining later on.

After developing Parkinson's disease, Maurice no longer toured and only rarely made public appearances, although he was still a formal member up to his death in 2016 and his estate owns all rights to the band.

The Band Minus the Face: Their 2013 album Now, Then, & Forever was their first recorded without any creative input from Maurice.Let's trope tonight, share the spice of life. That's the Way of the World: Alive in '75 (2002).Maurice remained the prime mover until his death in 2016 the remaining members continued his mission, bringing their joyous sound to fans around the world. Elaborate stage shows accentuated the band’s image as glam-soul spacemen from a blissful, funky future, solidifying their status as ’70s/’80s icons. Things rocketed upward from there, as Earth, Wind & Fire became superstars with a long string of smashes that lasted into the early ’80s, including the percolating R&B exultation of “Sing a Song,” the disco floor-fillers “Boogie Wonderland” and “September,” and the Quiet Storm ballad “After the Love Has Gone,” with a punchy horn section becoming a signature. The arrival of Maurice’s old Chicago crony Charles Stepney as producer brought a dazzling eclecticism and sonic sheen to the band’s breakout album, 1975’s That’s the Way of the World, and the funky, party-starting single “Shining Star” became a No. A sea change came in 1972 when the lineup shifted to include Maurice’s brother Verdine White on bass, singer Philip Bailey, and keyboardist Larry Dunn, who quickly became crucial to their sound. Key elements like Latin grooves, funky riffs, and celestial vocal harmonies were present from the start, but success wasn’t immediate. as Earth, Wind & Fire, and they released their self-titled debut LP the following year. Their story actually starts in 1969 in Chicago, where drummer/singer Maurice White started The Salty Peppers with singer/keyboardists Wade Flemons and Don Whitehead. The world didn’t realize it was waiting for a spaceship containing a nine-man squad of cosmic pop/funk/R&B superheroes until Earth, Wind & Fire broke through to stardom in the mid-’70s.

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