Shining Star
Earth, Wind & Fire’s 1975 recording of “Shining Star” is the earliest release on file. Philip Bailey, Larry Dunn and Maurice White are credited as its writers. Also recorded by Stryper (released 1990), Chaka Khan (released 2007) and Billy Porter & Cast (released 2021), among 31 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. The Roots’ “The ’Notic” (1997) carries this song’s writers on its credit.
Before The Roots built "The ’Notic" on it, "Shining Star" was an Earth, Wind & Fire record, written by Philip Bailey, Larry Dunn and Maurice White. Chaka Khan cut her own version later, so the thread keeps going if you want it to.
Credited writers: Philip Bailey, Larry Dunn and Maurice White.
Earliest release on file: this one, 1975.
The Roots’ “The ’Notic” (1997) carries this song’s writers on its credit, the mark of a cleared sample or an interpolation.
- Merl Saunders1979
- Stryper1990
- Lucky Peterson1996
- Chaka Khan2007
- Billy Porter & Cast2021
31 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.
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