Maurice White

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Maurice White of Earth, Wind & Fire smiles while singing into a microphone on stage, wearing a white sleeveless jumpsuit at the Oakland Coliseum in 1979.

Maurice White

American musician

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Earth, Wind & Fire
…Fire was the brainchild of Maurice White, a drummer raised in Memphis, Tennessee, who moved to Chicago and became a veteran session player at Chess Records and a member of the Ramsey Lewis Trio. He drew upon a wide variety of influences, including his Memphis church-singing roots, his broad recording…
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…Fire was the brainchild of Maurice White, a drummer raised in Memphis, Tennessee, who moved to Chicago and became a veteran session player at Chess Records and a member of the Ramsey Lewis Trio. He drew upon a wide variety of influences, including his Memphis church-singing roots, his broad recording…
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