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Song of the Day #5,444: ‘Shining Star’ – Earth, Wind & Fire

Continuing my look at the albums of 1975…

The genre-hopping band Earth, Wind & Fire released its sixth studio album, the funk soul classic That’s the Way of the World, in early ’75. The album served as the soundtrack to a film of the same name in which the band portrayed a fictional act championed by a record producer played by Harvey Keitel.

The album made a much bigger impression than the movie, going triple platinum and reaching #1 on Billboard’s albums chart. It also gave the band its only #1 song on the Hot 100 in ‘Shining Star,’ today’s SOTD. I would have guessed that distinction belonged to ‘September’ or ‘Let’s Groove,’ but those songs reached only #8 and #3, respectively.

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Song of the Day #3,372: ‘September’ – Earth, Wind & Fire

Pull out the bell bottoms, because Day 13 of the 30 Day Music Challenge asks you to offer up ‘One of Your Favorite 70s Songs.’

I could cheat and name any number of songs by favorite artists of mine who happened to record in the 70s. Tracks by Randy Newman, Elvis Costello, The Rolling Stones, Talking Heads, Billy Joel or Bruce Springsteen would be easy picks. But that would be adhering to the letter of the law but not its spirit.

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Song of the Day #2,888: ‘September’ – Earth, Wind & Fire

earth_wind_fire_septemberI’ve written about buying greatest hits albums vs. original studio albums, but of course the real game-changer of the digital music revolution was the ability to easily buy individual songs.

Until recently I didn’t download singles very often, but that’s changing. In particular, I’ve been much quicker to buy radio hits (‘Uptown Funk,’ ‘Cool for the Summer,’ Cake by the Ocean,’ that sort of thing).

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