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Maurice White was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on December 19, 1941. [8] He grew up in South Memphis , where he lived with his grandmother in the Foote Homes Projects and was a childhood friend of Booker T. Jones and David Porter . [ 9 ]
They have a son and a granddaughter. He also has a twin sister by the name of Geraldine. He is the younger half-brother of Earth, Wind, and Fire band founder Maurice White (December 19, 1941 – February 4, 2016), and older brother of drummer Fred White (January 13, 1955 – January 1, 2023), and Monte White, (October 16, 1953 - April 21, 2020 ...
Earth, Wind & Fire is an American multi-genre band, founded by Maurice White (vocals, drums, percussion) in 1969. The band's original lineup included Maurice, his brother Verdine White (bass), guitarist Michael Beal, pianists and vocalists Wade Flemons and Don Whitehead, percussionist Yackov Ben Israel, vocalist Sherry Scott, trumpeter Leslie Drayton, trombonist Alexander Thomas and ...
Bel Air Ridge in Los Angeles may not be a Boogie Wonderland — but it was home to the late, great Earth, Wind & Fire founder Maurice White. The seven-time Grammy-winning funk star passed away in ...
Five Years is our new series that takes a look at significant cultural figures five years after their death. We're kicking it off with a tribute to Maurice White of Earth, Wind & Fire by David ...
White's ex-husband, restauranteur George Santo Pietro, is the father of both of her children. The two were married from 1990 to 2002. The two were married from 1990 to 2002.
After this album was released Cleaves quit EWF before founder Maurice White implemented his plans to fire her. Then Cleaves later moved to Detroit where she joined forces with George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic. Cleaves went on to appear on Funkadelic's 1976 album Tales of Kidd Funkadelic and 1979 LP Uncle Jam Wants You.
In 1971, musician Maurice White the founder and bandleader of Earth, Wind & Fire, dismantled his band after recording two albums for Warner Bros. Records, leaving just him and his brother, bassist Verdine White. In December 1971, after White saw Johnson playing at a club in Los Angeles, he called and asked Johnson to audition for a new line up ...