| LC control no. | no 91019539 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | White, Maurice, 1941-2016 |
| See also | Corporate body: Earth, Wind & Fire (Musical group) |
| Birth date | 1941-12-19 |
| Death date | [2016-02-03,2016-02-04] |
| Place of birth | Memphis (Tenn.) |
| Place of death | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Profession or occupation | Drummers (Musicians) Percussionists Singers Composers Lyricists Sound recording executives and producers Mbira player |
| Found in | Ramsey Lewis Trio. Another voyage [SR] 1969: labels (White) container (Maurice White, percussion and kalinba) Helander, B. Rock who's who, c1982: p. 156 (Maurice White; b. 12-19-41, Memphis, Tenn.; drummer, founder of musical group Earth, Wind and Fire (1970)) New York times WWW site, viewed Feb. 5, 2016 (in obituary published Feb. 4: Maurice White; b. Dec. 19, 1941, Memphis; d. late Wednesday or early Thursday [Feb. 3 or 4, 2016], Los Angeles, aged 74; founder and leader of Earth, Wind & Fire, whose genre-defying music made it one of the most successful bands of the 1970s; began his career as a jazz drummer; played various percussion instruments with Earth, Wind & Fire as well as the African thumb piano, or kalimba, which became an essential element of the group's sound; shared lead vocals with Philip Bailey, wrote or co-wrote some of the group's biggest hits, and produced many of its records; as a producer, also worked with Barbra Streisand and other artists) |
| Associated language | eng |
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