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"Shining Star" is a song from Earth, Wind & Fire's album That's the Way of the World, issued as a single in January 1975 on Columbia Records. [4] The song rose to No. 1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the Billboard Hot Soul Songs chart, becoming their first single to top both charts (and only single to top the former).
"Shining Star" is a popular song written by the American songwriters and music producers Leo Graham and Paul Richmond. [1] The song was recorded in 1980 by popular American R&B vocal group The Manhattans and released the same year on the album After Midnight. [2] "
The single, "Shining Star", reached number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Soul Singles charts. "Shining Star" went on to win a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. [12] [13] [14] The album's title track reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 12 on the Hot 100 chart. [15] [16]
"Shining Star" is a song by Australian rock band INXS, released as the only single issued from the band's first live album, Live Baby Live (1991), on 21 October 1991. It is the one new studio track recorded for the album.
The Manhattans are an American R&B vocal group.Their songs "Kiss and Say Goodbye", recorded in 1976, and 1980's "Shining Star", both sold millions of copies. [1]The Manhattans have recorded 45 hits on the Billboard R&B Chart, including twelve top-10 R&B hits in the United States, starting in 1965. [2]
[4] Allen Weiner of Morning Call found that "Star a follow-up to EW&F's smash "Shining Star" is a powerful, melodic song that out-boogies such masters of funk as Parliament Funkadelic." [ 5 ] Cash Box called it a "crackling pop-funk number, which moves from a somber keyboard intro into a joyous, upbeat rhyme."
Earth, Wind & Fire (EW&F or EWF) is an American musical group.Their style and sound span over various music genres such as jazz, R&B, soul, funk, disco, pop, Latin, and Afro-pop.
Dunn is a co-composer of EWF's "Shining Star", a song that's been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. [1] [2] [3] Dunn has produced artists such as Lenny White, Caldera, Ramsey Lewis, Level 42 and Twennynine. He's also worked with the likes of Ronnie Laws, Raphael Saadiq, The Emotions, Dee Dee Bridgewater and Brian Culbertson. [4] [5]