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Verdine White<\/strong> stepped out on his own to honor his late brother and fellow founder of Earth, Wind & Fire<\/strong>, Maurice White<\/strong>, who would have celebrated his 83rd birthday Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cSuperman<\/strong><\/a>,” featuring\u00a0Honey Cone<\/strong>‘s Shelly Clark White<\/strong>, Kathy Merrick<\/strong> and Wendy Smith-Brun\u00e9<\/strong> on backing vocals, finds Verdine expressing his thoughts about Maurice on the chorus.\u00a0\u201cMore than any other\/ He would always understand\/ He called me his little brother\/ I called him Superman,” he sings on the song, accompanied by a video that features pictures of Maurice.<\/p>\n

“Superman” marks the first time Verdine, known as EWF’s bassist, has sung solo.\u00a0\u201cWould you believe this is my first time,\u201d he tells <\/strong>Billboard<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. \u201cI was nervous, but it turned out beautifully. Now that the pressure is off, I think I\u2019ll do more.\u201d<\/p>\n

He says he thinks Maurice would have heard the song, chuckled\u00a0and said, “Man, I didn\u2019t know you could sing like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMaurice is the icon,\u201d Verdine adds of his late brother, who he called “a great leader, great big brother, great mentor.”<\/p>\n

“He did a magnificent job in putting together Earth, Wind & Fire,” he continues. “We miss him dearly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maurice passed away from Parkinson\u2019s disease in 2016.<\/p>\n

“Superman” is now available on all platforms through Distrokid.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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