"Sun Goddess" | ||||
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Single by Ramsey Lewis featuring Earth, Wind & Fire | ||||
from the album Sun Goddess | ||||
B-side | "Jungle Strut" | |||
Released | 1975 | |||
Genre | Smooth soul, R&B[1] | |||
Length | 3:08 (US single version)
3:57 (UK single version) 8:28 (album version) | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jon Lind and Maurice White | |||
Producer(s) | Maurice White | |||
Ramsey Lewis singles chronology | ||||
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Earth, Wind & Fire singles chronology | ||||
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"Sun Goddess" is a smooth soul[2] song by jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis featuring the band Earth, Wind & Fire issued as a single in 1975 on Columbia Records.[3] The song peaked at No. 20 on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart.[4]
Overview
"Sun Goddess" was produced by Maurice White and composed by White together with Jon Lind. The song appears on Lewis's 1974 album of the same name.[3]
Credits
- Featuring: Earth, Wind & Fire
- Producer: Maurice White
- Composer: Maurice White & Jon Lind
- Recording Engineer: Paul Serrano
- Engineer: Lester Smith & Dave Antler
- Arranger: Ramsey Lewis
- Guitar: Johnny Graham
- Timbales: Maurice White
- Drums: Maurice White
- Synthesizer: Charles Stepney
- Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes]: Charles Stepney
- Tenor Saxophone: Don Myrick
- Piano Solo: Ramsey Lewis
- Vocals: Verdine White, Philip Bailey & Maurice White
- Congas: Philip Bailey
- Bass Guitar: Verdine White[5]
Charts
Chart (1974) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] | 44 |
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles | 20 |
References
- ↑ Sun Goddess by Ramsey Lewis - Track Info | AllMusic, retrieved 2022-12-23
- ↑ Sun Goddess by Ramsey Lewis - Track Info | AllMusic, retrieved 2022-12-23
- 1 2 Ramsey Lewis and Earth, Wind & Fire: Sun Goddess. Columbia Records. 1975.
- ↑ "Ramsey Lewis Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
- ↑ "Ramsey Lewis (Ft. Earth, Wind & Fire) – Sun Goddess", Genius.com, retrieved 2023-08-11
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 264.
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