History Music / EarthWindAndFire

* BandOfRelatives: Brothers Maurice and Verdine White were founding members, and more recently Philip Bailey and his son Philip Bailey Jr.

* RevolvingDoorBand: Verdine White is the only founding member left.

** After developing Parkinson's disease, Maurice no longer tours and has only rarely made public appearances, although he is still a formal member and owns all rights to the band.

* RevolvingDoorBand: Maurice and Verdine White are the only two founding members left.

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Earth, Wind & Fire are an American Soul group most popular in the 1970s. They were formed in 1969 by Maurice and Verdine White, who later recruited eight other members to form the original 10-person lineup. They released two albums in 1971 while signed to Creator/WarnerBrosRecords, including a [[SelfTitledAlbum Self Titled Debut Album]]. In 1972 they became a 12-piece group and switched labels to Creator/ColumbiaRecords.

* VocalTagTeam: Many of the members handle both lead and backing vocals. In their heyday, Philip Bailey and Maurice White interchangeably handled most of the lead vocals.

* {{Disco}}: Some of their early-'80s output.

* TheBandMinusTheFace: Their 2013 album ''Now, Then, & Forever'' was the first recorded without any creative input from Maurice White.

* {{Disco}}

** After developing Parkinson's disease, Maurice no longer tours with and has only rarely made public appearances, although he is still a formal member and owns all rights to the band.

** After developing Parkinson's disease, Maurice no longer tours with the band and has only rarely made public appearances, although he is still a formal member and owns all rights to the band.

* BandOfRelatives: The only two consistent members of the band are brothers Maurice and Verdine White.

* SomethingSomethingLeonardBernstein: The backup and lead singers can be pretty difficult to understand at times, especially in "Let's Groove."

* LeadBassist: Verdine White is a type A, C, and D, thanks in no small part to being one of the only two consistent members of the band.

* LeadBassist: Verdine White was a type A, C, and D, thanks in no small part to being one of the only two consistent members of the band.

* FadingIntoTheNextSong: "After the Love Has Gone" fades into "Let Your Feelings Show" on the album ''I Am''
* {{Funk}}: Their primary defining sound, with some {{Soul}} and {{Disco}} elements incorporated. The Whites termed it "Sophisticated Funk" in contrast to the "Hardcore Funk" of Music/JamesBrown and Music/GeorgeClinton

* {{Funk}}: Their primary defining sound, with some {{Soul}} and {{Disco}} elements incorporated later.

* [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters Loads and Loads of Band Members]]: EWF is fairly famous for having about a dozen members at a time and a huge amount of ex-band members as shown on the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Earth,_Wind_%26_Fire_band_members other wiki]].

* SomethingSomethingLeonardBernstein: The backup singers can be pretty difficult to understand at times, especially in "Let's Groove."

* BandOfRelatives: The only two consistent members of the band were brothers Maurice and Verdine White.

* RevolvingDoorBand: Maurice and Verdine White are the only two founding members left.

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Earth, Wind & Fire are an American Soul group most popular in the 1970s. They were formed in 1969 by Maurice and Verdine White, who later recruited eight other members to form the original 10-person lineup. They released two albums in 1971 while signed to Creator/WarnerBrosRecords, including a [[SelfTitledAlbum Self Titled Debut Album]]. In 1972 they became a 12-piece group and joined Columbia records.

Earth, Wind & Fire are an American Soul group most popular in the 1970s. They were formed in 1969 by Maurice and Verdine White, who later recruited eight other members to form the original 10-person lineup. They released two albums in 1971 while signed to Warner Brothers Records, including a [[SelfTitledAlbum Self Titled Debut Album]]. In 1972 they became a 12-piece group and joined Columbia records.

Earth, Wind & Fire are an American Soul group (doing variously Jazz, Funk, Pop ''and'' Disco) most popular in the 1970s. They were formed in 1969 by Maurice and Verdine White, who later recruited eight other members to form the original 10-person lineup. They released two albums in 1971 while signed to Warner Brothers Records, including a [[SelfTitledAlbum Self Titled Debut Album]]. In 1972 they became a 12-piece group and joined Columbia records.

Earth, Wind, and Fire are an American Funk/Disco group most popular in the 1970s. They were formed in 1969 by Maurice and Verdine White, who later recruited eight other members to form the original 10-person lineup. They released two albums in 1971 while signed to Warner Brothers Records, including a [[SelfTitledAlbum Self Titled Debut Album]]. In 1972 they became a 12-piece group and joined Columbia records.