Earth, Wind & Fire

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Earth Wind & Fire

Earth, Wind & Fire is the most prominent R&B band to emerge from the 1970’s and early 1980’s. Earth, Wind & Fire’s first albums were modest R&B successes, but it was their album Open Our Eyes with the R&B smash hit “Mighty Mighty” that was their breakthrough. The group became known for exciting, flamboyant shows. The album, That’s The Way of The World, became a #1 Pop hit album and featured the band’s first #1 single, the relentlessly funky and uplifting “Shining Star.” The group produced music popular in the clubs in the late 1970’s. “Fantasy” and “September” were hits on the Disco chart. 1979’s I Am featured Earth, Wind & Fire’s stab at Disco. “Boogie Wonderland,” recorded with R&B vocal group The Emotions, became a Disco classic. The album also featured the massive ballad hit “After the Love Has Gone.” Entering the 1980’s, “Let’s Groove” off the Raise! album was another major dance hit. 1987’s Touch The World was a success with the hit “System of Survival.” Millennium and In The Name of Love in the 1990’s were also strong albums. Most recently, the band released Now, Then & Forever in 2013. Earth, Wind & Fire continue to groove all over the globe.

Career Path

1974"Open Our Eyes" produced the R&B smash "Mighty Mighty," the band's commercial breakthrough that established founder Maurice White's cosmic funk vision.
1975"That's the Way of the World" hit No. 1 on the pop album chart and delivered "Shining Star," the band's first No. 1 single on both pop and R&B charts.
1979"I Am" produced both the disco landmark "Boogie Wonderland" (recorded with The Emotions) and the massive ballad "After the Love Has Gone," anchoring the band's peak commercial era.
1981"Let's Groove," the lead dance single from the "Raise!" album, became a major club hit and extended the band's cross-genre dominance into the early 1980s.
2000Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with Maurice White, Phillip Bailey, Verdine White, Al McKay, and Larry Dunn honored at the fifteenth annual induction ceremony.
2016Received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, adding to a catalog of six competitive Grammy wins accumulated since "Shining Star" earned the band its first Grammy in 1976.
2019Became the first Black group honored with the Kennedy Center Honors, performing at Washington D.C.'s annual national celebration of the arts.
2023Co-headlined the sold-out "Sing A Song All Night Long" 20-date North American tour with Lionel Richie, with stops in Chicago, Boston, Toronto, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.
2024Launched two separate co-headlining tours: an extended leg of "Sing A Song All Night Long" with Lionel Richie and the 30-date "Heart and Soul Tour" alongside Chicago.
2026Rejoined Lionel Richie for a new "Sing A Song All Night Long" North American run spanning Saint Paul, Chicago, Detroit, New York, Atlanta, Seattle, and Los Angeles.

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