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Maurice White (December 19, 1941 – February 4, 2016) was an American musician, best known as the founder, leader, main songwriter and chief producer of the band Earth, Wind & Fire, also serving as the band's co-lead singer with Philip Bailey.
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 ...
In the movie Baadasssss!, actor Khalil Kain portrayed a young Maurice White leading the earliest incarnation of Earth, Wind & Fire. Released at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival , the film was based on Melvin Van Peebles' struggle to film and distribute the motion picture Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song and was directed by his son Mario Van ...
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 ...
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Faces was partly recorded in the Caribbean island of Montserrat and produced by EWF leader Maurice White. [1] [6] Artists such as Fred Wesley and Toto's Steve Lukather guested on the album. [1] When asked in a 2007 interview which Earth, Wind & Fire album is his favorite, White replied, "...probably Faces, because we were really in tune." White ...
Verdine White is laying it all out on his first-ever solo music venture. In honor of what would have been the late, great Earth, Wind & Fire founder Maurice White's 83rd birthday on Thursday, Dec ...
All 'n All was produced by Maurice White for Kalimba Productions. A month-long trip to Argentina and Brazil served as his main source of inspiration. All 'n All was also recorded at the Hollywood Sound Recorders and The Burbank Studios, both located in Los Angeles, California.