Černá americká skupina vycházející ze soulu a funky, v počátcích s prvky jazzu ale postupně se blížící mnohem více popu a disku. Její hlavní osobností je Maurice White (nar. 1951), který po působení v Chess Records, zakládá v r. 1969 v Chicagu...

Píseň: Fair But So Uncool

Interpret:
Earth, Wind and Fire
Album:
Open Our Eyes
Glory seeker, fortune
hound, don't you ever,
break it on down.
Ain't you been to school
Ain't you learned the rules
Ain't you paid them dues
The life you need is fair, fair but so uncool


Rip off artis, shootin' down.
If you dig it, you're a clown-
Can't you understand
Can't you lend a hand
Can't you be a man
Greedy joker, slidin' by, dealin' jones-ses with a high


Don'cha see it's wrong
Don'cha wait too long
Don'cha hear this song
Time is passin', time is gone
Meet your mirror, further on
Won't you ever yearn
Ever yearn to learn
Won't ya take ya turn
The life you lead is fair, fair
But so uncool [repeat out]