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The Need of Love is the second studio album by American band Earth, Wind & Fire, released in November 1971 by Warner Bros. Records. [2] The album reached No. 35 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart. [3] The Need of Love would be the band's final album for Warner Bros. until 1993's Millennium on Reprise Records.
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 . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They are among the best-selling music artists of all time , with sales of over 90 million records worldwide.
Larry Ridley of DownBeat, with a 5 out of 5 rating, exclaimed "go out and buy this record and keep your eyes and ears open to Earth. Wind and Fire." [14] Al Rudis of the Chicago Sun Times found "Earth, Wind and Fire brings to mind Bossa nova, Sly and the Family Stone, Ray Conniff, Afro-Cuban music and The 5th Dimension". [11]
"September" has a funk groove based on a four-measure pattern that is consistent between verses and choruses, built on a circle of fifths. [7]Written in the key of A major, and using a chord progression written by Earth, Wind & Fire guitarist Al McKay, vocalist Maurice White and songwriter Allee Willis wrote the song over one month.
"Jupiter" is a song by the band Earth, Wind & Fire that was issued as a single in April 1978 on Columbia Records. The single rose to No. 26 on the UK Blues & Soul Top British Soul Singles chart and No. 41 on the UK Pop Singles chart.
Joel Elias of Allmusic called Side by Side a "lush and romantic song". He also noted "For a group that was always known for their maverick spirit, steel drums, and Tom 84's horn and string arrangements, that makes this sound like EWF but even more adventurous, eclectic, and sensual."
"Sunday Morning" is a song recorded by American band Earth, Wind & Fire, released in August 1993 by Reprise Records as the second single from their sixteenth album, Millennium (1993). [1] The song reached No. 10 on the US Billboard Adult R&B Songs chart, No. 20 on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart and No. 35 on the Billboard Adult ...
In 1972 he joined the band Earth, Wind & Fire as a saxophonist and became a longstanding member. Woolfolk was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Earth, Wind & Fire in 2000. [4] In 2017, Woolfolk was inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame. [2] Woolfolk died on April 24, 2022, after a long illness. [5]