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Awards And Honors	Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (2000) • Grammy Award (1982) • Grammy Award (1979) • Grammy Award (1978) • Grammy Award (1975)
Date	1970 - present
Related People	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.

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