Earth, Wind & Fire Becomes First R&B Group to Receive Kennedy Center Honors

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07-18-2019, 07:11 PM
milven

Earth, Wind & Fire Becomes First R&B Group to Receive Kennedy Center Honors

7/18/2019 by Paul Grein

Earth, Wind & Fire made a little history Thursday [[July 18), becoming the first R&B group to receive the Kennedy Center Honors. They'll be just the fourth music group overall to receive this acknowledgement, following three rock groups: The Who [[2008), Led Zeppelin [[2012) and Eagles [[2016).

The Kennedy Center Honors tend to go to individuals. As a result, they have generally chosen to honor lead singers and/or principal songwriters from groups, rather than the groups themselves.

Among the many alumni of famous R&B [[or pop/R&B crossover) groups or duos who have been honored individually with Kennedy Center Honors are Smokey Robinson, lead singer and songwriter for The Miracles; Diana Ross, lead singer of The Supremes; Lionel Richie, who fronted Commodores; Mavis Staples of The Staple Singers; and Tina Turner of Ike & Tina Turner.

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07-18-2019, 11:40 PM
arr&bee

Wow,didn't know that,good info and congrats to a legendary group.
07-19-2019, 11:43 AM
Motown Eddie

Thanks for sharing Milven. This is wonderful news for EWF fans.
07-19-2019, 03:51 PM
splanky

This is great for those left and all living fans but I can help but think it would have been nice if they did this when Maurice was still on this plane. If ever there was a cat who
deserved his roses while he was still around to smell them it was Maurice White.He put
in a lot of serious work make that group the iconic legends they became.So much more
than an "R&B" group.But then that's we are in this country. We're slow like that...
07-25-2019, 12:24 AM
midnightman

Quote:

Originally Posted by splanky

This is great for those left and all living fans but I can help but think it would have been nice if they did this when Maurice was still on this plane. If ever there was a cat who
deserved his roses while he was still around to smell them it was Maurice White.He put
in a lot of serious work make that group the iconic legends they became.So much more
than an "R&B" group.But then that's we are in this country. We're slow like that...

I agree with this 110%!