Legacy Recordings

Piloted by producer-writer-drummer Maurice White, Earth, Wind & Fire brought the spectacle of arena-rock to their invariably catchy pop soul (“Sing A Song,” “September,” “Saturday Night”), and became one of the ’70s’ major crossover success stories. Their music was a stylistic grab-bag, shrewdly concocted and uplifting, jazzy and danceable. Like such contemporaries as Parliament and the Ohio Players, they understood the theatrics of funk; like Blood, Sweat & Tears and Chicago, they doled out bursts of brass in a cheerful, melodic context. And they returned the embrace of their audience with a typically generous benediction: you’re a shining star, no matter who you are.

Shining Star by Earth, Wind & Fire
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