PHILIP BAILEY
PHILIP BAILEY
Genres: soul, funk, pop, rnb, gospel
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About PHILIP BAILEY
Philip Bailey (born May 8, 1951, Denver, Colorado) is an American R&B, soul, gospel and funk singer, best known as one of the longtime members of Earth, Wind & Fire. Together with Verdine White and Ralph Johnson he forms the heart of the current EWF line-up on stage. Before joining Earth, Wind & Fire in 1971, Bailey sang with different ensembles in the Denver and Chicago area. Bailey found fame by sharing the lead vocals on EWF songs with EWF-founder Maurice White. Their harmonic voices are legendary. Bailey is most famous for his falsetto and sung lead on such songs as "Devotion", "Head to the Sky", "Reasons", "Fantasy" and "I've Had Enough". Some of Bailey’s earliest heroes included jazz giants like Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Max Roach. But he also developed a taste for the Motown sound, especially the music of Stevie Wonder, who was just beginning to make his mark in the early 1960s. He was also greatly influenced by female singers like Dionne Warwick. Bailey is currently the on-stage leader of Earth, Wind & Fire, along with bassist Verdine White, vocalist/percussionist Ralph Johnson and vocalist/percussionist B. David Whitworth. Bailey has also recorded as a solo artist, as well as duets with Little Richard, Phil Collins and Eric Benet. His most notable song was a duet with Phil Collins, "Easy Lover" from his solo album Chinese Wall. Phil Collins, during a radio interview, was asked how "he discovered" Philip Bailey. Annoyed at the lack of knowledge of the interviewer he made up a story about how he had been filling his car with gas/petrol when he heard the attendant singing...and that turned out to be Philip Bailey. The interviewer believed the whole story, which was also picked up by other media outlets. Bailey also records gospel albums and did a jazz-styled album entitled Soul on Jazz.
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PHILIP BAILEY — Top 20 songs
| Artist | Song title | Like / Dislike | |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHILIP BAILEY | Easy Lover | ||
| PHILIP BAILEY | WOMAN 1984 | ||
| PHILIP BAILEY | WALKING ON THE CHINESE WALL | ||
| PHILIP BAILEY | WALKING ON THE CHINESE WALL 1984 | ||
| PHILIP BAILEY | Easy lover (Duet with Phil Collins) | ||
| PHILIP BAILEY | EASY LOVER | ||
| PHILIP BAILEY | EASY LOVER (1985) | ||
| PHILIP BAILEY | WHO WOULD IMAGINE A KING | ||
| PHILIP BAILEY | WALKIN' ON THE CHINESE WALL | ||
| PHILIP BAILEY | WOMAN | ||
| PHILIP BAILEY | Walking On The Chinese Wall | ||
| PHILIP BAILEY | Woman (Jay-K's Club Mix) | ||
| PHILIP BAILEY | Walking On The Chinese Wall_1984 | ||
| PHILIP BAILEY | WALKING ON THE CHINESE | ||
| PHILIP BAILEY | Walking on the chinese wall | ||
| PHILIP BAILEY | WALKING ON THE CHINESE WALL #2 | ||
| PHILIP BAILEY | FOR EVERY HEART THATS BEEN BROKEN | ||
| PHILIP BAILEY | EASY LOVER | ||
| PHILIP BAILEY | WALKING ON THE CHINESE WALL (1984) | ||
| PHILIP BAILEY | I KNOW (REMASTERED) |