"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 | |||
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 | |||
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Earth, Wind & Fire singles chronology | ||||
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"Sun Goddess" is a smooth soul song by jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis featuring the band Earth, Wind & Fire issued as a single in 1975 on Columbia Records. The song peaked at No. 20 on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart.
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.
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 : Charles Stepney
- Tenor Saxophone: Don Myrick
- Piano Solo: Ramsey Lewis
- Vocals: Verdine White, Philip Bailey & Maurice White
- Congas: Philip Bailey
- Bass Guitar: Verdine White
Charts
Chart (1974) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 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
- ^ 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.