EARTH, WIND & FIRE - SEPTEMBER

SEPTEMBER

EARTH, WIND & FIRE

SONGWRITERS: MAURICE WHITE; CHARLES STEPNEY & VERDINE WHITE

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: SEPTEMBER

LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS

GENRE: SOUL

YEAR: 1978

 

          Earth, Wind & Fire(EW&F or EWF) is an American band that has spanned the musical genres of jazz, R&B, soul, funk, disco, pop, EDM, Latin, and Afro pop. They have been described as one of the most innovative and are among the most commercially successful acts in history. With sales of over 90million records, they are one of the world's best-selling bands of all time.

       The band was founded in Chicago by Maurice White in 1969, having grown out of a previous band known as the Salty Peppers. Other prominent members of EWF have included Philip Bailey, Verdine White, Ralph Johnson, Larry Dunn, Al McKay, Roland Bautista, Robert Brookins, Sonny Emory, Fred Ravel, Ronnie Laws, Sheldon Reynolds and Andrew Woolfolk. The band is known for its kalimba sound, dynamic horn section, energetic and elaborate stage shows, and the contrast between Philip Bailey's falsetto vocals and Maurice White's baritone.

      The band has won 6 Grammys from their 17 nominations and four American Music Awards out of 12 nominations. They have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, the NAACP Image Award Hall of Fame, and Hollywood's Rockwalk, in addition to receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The band has also received na ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Heritage Award, BET Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Soul Train Legend Award, as well as a NARAS Signature Governor's Award, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2012 Congressional Horizon Award, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2019. Rolling Stone called them "innovative, precise yet sensual, calculated yet galvanizing" and declared that the band "changed the sound of black pop". VH1 has also described EWF as "one of the greatest bands" ever.

Do you remember the 21st night of September?

Love was changing the minds of pretenders

While chasing the clouds away

 

Our hearts were ringing

In the key that our souls were singing.

As we danced in the night,

Remember how the stars stole the night away

 

Ba de ya - say do you remember

Ba de ya - dancing in September

Ba de ya - never was a cloudy day

 

My thoughts are with you

Holding hands with your heart to see you

Only blue talk and love,

Remember how we knew love was here to stay

 

Now December found the love that we shared in September.

Only blue talk and love,

Remember the true love we share today

 

Ba de ya - say do you remember

Ba de ya - dancing in September

Ba de ya - never was a cloudy day

 

Ba de ya - say do you remember

Ba de ya - dancing in September

Ba de ya - golden dreams were shiny days.