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Earth, Wind & Fire are an American {{Soul}} group most popular in the 1970s. They were formed in UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} 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.
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Earth, Wind & Fire are an American {{Soul}} group most popular in the 1970s. They were formed in UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} 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 Self-Titled Debut Album]]. In 1972 they became a 12-piece group and switched labels to Creator/ColumbiaRecords.
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* RevolvingDoorBand: Verdine White is the only founding member left. Only he, Philip Bailey and Ralph Johnson are left from the band's heyday in the '70s.
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* RevolvingDoorBand: Verdine White is the only founding member left. Only he, Philip Bailey Bailey, and Ralph Johnson are left from the band's heyday in the '70s.
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** It's "Serpentine Fire", not "Gonna Tell the Story" or "Oh Yeah".
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* RefrainFromAssuming: "Let's Groove" is sometimes labelled as "Let's Groove Tonight".
** It's "September", not "Dancing in September".
** "Love's Holiday" is not "Would You Mind?"
** It's "September", not "Dancing in September".
** "Love's Holiday" is not "Would You Mind?"
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* [[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]].
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* CoverVersion: Their cover of Music/TheBeatles' "Got to Get You Into My Life'', from the soundtrack of the ''Film/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'' film, topped the ''Billboard'' R&B chart and made the Top 10 of the pop chart.
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* CoverVersion: Their cover of Music/TheBeatles' "Got to Get You Into My Life'', Life", from the soundtrack of the ''Film/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'' film, topped the ''Billboard'' R&B chart and made the Top 10 of the pop chart.
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!!Discrography
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* ''Earth, Wind & Fire'' (1971)
* ''The Need of Love'' (1971)
* ''Last Days and Time'' (1972)
* ''Head to the Sky'' (1973)
* ''Open Our Eyes'' (1974)
* ''That's the Way of the World'' (1975)
* ''Spirit'' (1976)
* ''All 'n All'' (1977)
* ''I Am'' (1979)
* ''Faces'' (1980)
* ''Raise!'' (1981)
* ''Powerlight'' (1983)
* ''Electric Universe'' (1983)
* ''Touch the World'' (1987)
* ''Heritage'' (1990)
* ''Millennium'' (1993)
* ''In the Name of Love'' (1997)
* ''The Promise'' (2003)
* ''Illumination'' (2005)
* ''Now, Then & Forever'' (2011)
* ''Holiday'' (2014)
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[[folder:Live albums]]
* ''Gratitude'' (1975)
* ''Greatest Hits Live'' (1996)
* ''That's the Way of the World: Alive in '75'' (2002)
* ''Live in Rio'' (2002)
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* ''Earth, Wind & Fire'' (1971)
* ''The Need of Love'' (1971)
* ''Last Days and Time'' (1972)
* ''Head to the Sky'' (1973)
* ''Open Our Eyes'' (1974)
* ''That's the Way of the World'' (1975)
* ''Spirit'' (1976)
* ''All 'n All'' (1977)
* ''I Am'' (1979)
* ''Faces'' (1980)
* ''Raise!'' (1981)
* ''Powerlight'' (1983)
* ''Electric Universe'' (1983)
* ''Touch the World'' (1987)
* ''Heritage'' (1990)
* ''Millennium'' (1993)
* ''In the Name of Love'' (1997)
* ''The Promise'' (2003)
* ''Illumination'' (2005)
* ''Now, Then & Forever'' (2011)
* ''Holiday'' (2014)
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[[folder:Live albums]]
* ''Gratitude'' (1975)
* ''Greatest Hits Live'' (1996)
* ''That's the Way of the World: Alive in '75'' (2002)
* ''Live in Rio'' (2002)
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->''Hey, hey, Hey!\\
Ba-dee-ya, say, do you remember?\\
Ba-dee-ya, dancin' in September\\
Ba-dee-ya, never was a cloudy day''
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Ba-dee-ya, never was a cloudy day''
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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.
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Earth, Wind & Fire are an American {{Soul}} group most popular in the 1970s. They were formed in UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} 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.
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* ElementalMotifs: Maurice White explains that he got the band name from his star sign Sagittarius, which is a fire sign, and according to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrology_and_the_classical_elements#Triplicities_by_seasonelemental 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).
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During their run, Earth Wind & Fire have mainly considered themselves an African American pop group, specializing in jazz and funk songs with a broad pop appeal as they strove to break the musical color barrier. During the Disco Era, they also [[FollowTheLeader Followed The Leader]] with some disco songs, though EWF have otherwise not considered themselves a disco group.
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During their run, Earth Wind & Fire have mainly considered themselves an African American pop group, specializing in jazz and funk songs with a broad pop appeal as they strove to break the musical color barrier. During the Disco Era, they also [[FollowTheLeader Followed The Leader]] with some disco songs, though EWF have has otherwise not considered themselves a disco group.
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** 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 and his estate owns all rights to the band.
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** 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.
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* BuildLikeAnEgyptian: The band had a lot of Egyptian themology in their album covers, costumes and stage shows, including having a pyramid-shaped UFO onstage.
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* BuildLikeAnEgyptian: The band had a lot of Egyptian themology themes in their album covers, costumes costumes, and stage shows, including having a pyramid-shaped UFO onstage.
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** Both "After the Love Has Gone" and "Fantasy" shift up a couple steps for the last few chorus repeats.
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** Both "After the Love Has Gone" and "Fantasy" shift up a couple of steps for the last few chorus repeats.
** "Kalimba Story" suddenly jumps from A-minor to D in the second half of thechorus, chorus but drops back to A-minor for the following verses.
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** Both "After the Love Has Gone" shifts and "Fantasy" shift up a couple steps for the last few chorus repeats.
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* TruckDriversGearChange: "After the Love Has Gone" shifts up a couple steps for the last few chorus repeats.
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** "Kalimba Story" suddenly jumps from A-minor to D in the second half of the chorus, but drops back to A-minor for the following verses.
** "After the Love Has Gone" shifts up a couple steps for the last few chorus
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* BandOfRelatives: Brothers Maurice and Verdine White were founding members, with younger brother Freddie joining later on. More recently, Philip Bailey and his son, Philip Bailey Jr.
* BandOfRelatives: Brothers Maurice and Verdine White were founding members, with younger brother Freddie joining later on. More recently, Philip Bailey and his son, Philip Bailey Jr.
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* BuildLikeAnEgyptian: the band had a lot of Egyptian themology in their album covers, costumes and stage shows, including having a pyramid-shaped UFO onstage.
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* PowerBallad: "After the Love Has Gone" is the funk equivalent of this.
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** It's "Serpentine Fire", not "Gonna Tell the Story" or "Oh Yeah".
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* SiameseTwinSongs: "Shining Star" and "That's the Way of the World". They're usually slotted together seamlessly on compilation albums too.
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* GreatestHitsAlbum: Many, but 1978's ''The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1'' is important since one of the two new bonus tracks included was "September", which is now the band's SignatureSong.
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* TheBandMinusTheFace: Their 2013 album ''Now, Then, & Forever'' was their first recorded without any creative input from Maurice White.
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* TheBandMinusTheFace: Their 2013 album ''Now, Then, & Forever'' was their first recorded without any creative input from Maurice White.Maurice.