Earth, Wind & Fire: The Essential Plus..

YOU'RE A 

SHINING STAR

NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE

SHINNING BRIGHT TO SEE

WHAT YOU COULD

TRULY BE

 Earth, Wind & Fire

 (abbreviated as EW&F or EWF)

 is an 

American band

 formed in 

Chicago, Illinois, 

in 1969. 

Their music spans

 multiple genres,

 including jazz,

 R&B,

 soul, funk, 

disco,

 pop, 

Latin and Afro-pop.

They are among

 the best-selling bands

 of all time, 

with sales of over 

90 million 

records worldwide.

The band was formed by 

Maurice White, 

originating out of

 the Salty Peppers; 

its history includes a

 hiatus from

 mid-1984 to mid-1987. 

Prominent members

 have included

 Verdine White, 

Philip Bailey, 

Ralph Johnson,

 Larry Dunn, 

Al McKay, 

Roland Bautista, 

Robert Brookins,

 Sonny Emory, 

Ronnie Laws, 

Sheldon Reynolds 

and 

Andrew Woolfolk 

The band is known for 

its kalimba sound,

 dynamic horn section, 

energetic and elaborate

 stage shows, 

and the contrast

 between

 Bailey's falsetto

 and

 Maurice's

 tenor vocals.

The band has won

 six Grammy Awards 

out of 17 nominations 

and four 

American Music Awards 

out of 12 nominations. 

They have been inducted into

 the Rock and Roll 

Hall of Fame,

 the Vocal Group 

Hall of Fame,

 the NAACP

 Image Award 

Hall of Fame, 

and 

Hollywood's Rockwalk,

 and earned a star 

on the Hollywood 

Walk of Fame. 

The band has also 

received an

 ASCAP 

Rhythm & Soul

 Heritage Award,

 a BET

 Lifetime Achievement Award, 

a Soul Train

 Legend Award, 

a NARAS

 Signature Governor's Award, 

a Grammy 

Lifetime Achievement Award,

the 2012

 Congressional Horizon Award, 

and the 

Kennedy Center Honors 

in 2019.

Rolling Stone

 has called them

 "innovative, precise yet sensual, 

calculated yet galvanizing" 

and declared that

 the band 

 "changed the sound

 of black pop". 

VH1

 has described 

EWF as

 "one of the greatest bands".

TRACKLIST

CD 1

Mighty Mighty

Evil

Devotion

Keep Your Head To The Sky

Kalimba Story

Shining Star

That's The Way Of The World

Yearnin' Learnin'

All About Love

Reasons

Sing A Song

Can't Hide Love

Getaway

Saturday Nite

Ponta De Areia (Brazilian Rhyme) /

 Be Ever Wonderful

Open Our Eyes

Got To Get You Into My Life

CD 2

September

Serpentine Fire

Fantasy

I'll Write A Song For You

Drum Song

In The Stone

Can't Let Go

After The Love Has Gone

Wait

You And I

Let Me Talk

And Love Goes On

You

Let's Groove

Fall In Love With Me

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