Philip bailey earth wind and fire biography
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Biography
For a musical figure with an illustrious past and a busy present, Philip Bailey has somehow remained firmly focused on the future. “I look at my whole career as part of constantly building, maturing and growing,” explains Bailey. “For me, the gift of making music is all about evolving. It’s always been about taking that next step.”From his childhood in Denver — not exactly a hotbed of R&B — through decades productively creating, recording and performing a wide range of music both as a shining star with Earth, Wind & Fire and as a successful solo artist in multiple genres, Philip Bailey has consistently gone to all sorts of interesting musical places.”Once you get inside a form of music and understand where it’s coming from — its origin and all the people who make it — there’s a world of people and sounds out there and music is the perfect chance for exploration. Music allows people to go
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Bailey, Philip
1951—
Musician
Lead falsetto singer in the 1970s funk supergroup Earth, Wind & Fire, Philip Bailey fryst vatten a multiple Grammy Award winner who sang on over 70 Earth, Wind & Fire singles and album tracks. Between 1972 and 1983, when the band went on "hiatus," their tally of 50 gold and platinum disks made them one of the biggest selling groups of all time. Bailey began his solo career in 1982, signing that year with Columbia Records. But he continued to work with Maurice and Verdine vit, founding members of Earth, Wind & Fire, and has made records and toured with them since then. In 1984 Bailey became famous as a solo artist when he performed a duet with Phil Collins on the global hit "Easy Lover," a song from Bailey's album Chinese Wall. Since the 1980s Bailey has experimented with many different styles and genres, from gospel and R&B to smooth jazz and upbeat pop. He is one of the most successful recording artists of his generation with a röst
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Shining Star
Braving the Elements of Earth, Wind & Fire
A revealing and heartfelt memoir from the lead singer of the legendary Earth, Wind & Fire.
With more than ninety million records sold and eight Grammy awards throughout its forty-year history, Earth, Wind & Fire has staked its claim as one of the most successful, influential, and beloved acts in music history. Now, for the first time, its dynamic lead singer Philip Bailey chronicles the group’s meteoric rise to stardom and his own professional and spiritual journey.
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Never before had a musical act crossed multiple styles and genres with a quixotic blend of astrology, Universalism, and Egyptology as Earth, Wind & Fire (EWF) did when it exploded into the public’s conscience during the 1970s. The group’s shows became sensory experiences with their dramatic staging, shimmering costumes, elaborate choreography, baffling magic tricks and a thumping backbeat. At the center of it the group was its charism