Maurice White is a Grammy Award–winning American

United States

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  singer, songwriter

Songwriter

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, musician

Musician

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, record producer

Record producer

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, arranger

Arranger

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. He is the older brother of Verdine White

Verdine White

Verdine White is the bassist for Earth, Wind & Fire and the younger brother of fellow band member Maurice White. White is known for his high energy and dancing while playing his bass guitar during Earth, Wind & Fire concerts.-Early life:...

 and Fred White and the leader and founder of the band Earth, Wind & Fire

Earth, Wind & Fire

Earth, Wind & Fire is an American soul and R&B band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1969 by Verdine and Maurice White. Also known as EWF, the band has won six Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards. They have been inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Vocal Group Hall of...

. Maurice has won seven Grammys and he has been Grammy nominated 21 times.

He has been inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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 and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame

Vocal Group Hall of Fame

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 as a member of Earth, Wind & Fire. Also known by his nickname Reese, White has worked with several famous recording artists such as The Emotions

The Emotions

The Emotions are an American all female soul and R&B singing group. The group was formed in its current hometown of Chicago, Illinois originally consisting of the three Hutchinson sisters, all the children of Joseph and Lillian Hutchinson....

, Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand

Barbra Joan Streisand is an American singer, actress, film producer and director. She has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Peabody Award, and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy,...

 and Neil Diamond

Neil Diamond

Neil Leslie Diamond is an American singer-songwriter with a career spanning over five decades from the 1960s until the present....

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Maurice White was born in Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis, Tennessee

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, in 1941 to a father who was a doctor and an occasional saxophonist.