American female vocal soul sister-trio formed in 1968, Chicago. They released their two first albums at Stax, produced by Isaac Hayes and David Porter. They switched to Columbia in the mid 70's. Their association with Earth, Wind & Fire's Maurice White brought them at the top of the charts with "Best Of My Love". They had big success as well with "Boogie Wonderland" sang with Earth, Wind & Fire. They released ten albums between 1971 - 1985.

 more ....  Wanda, Sheila, and Jeanette performed with their father, Joe, in a group called the Hutchinson Sunbeams. In the late 1960s, they rebranded as the Emotions and signed with an imprint of Stax Records. There, the Emotions released a debut album, 1969’s So I Can Love You, produced by Isaac Hayes and David Porter. The record’s title track charted at No. 39 on the Hot 100. A second record, Untouched, arrived in 1972 with the single “Show Me How.”

After Stax closed shop, the Emotions signed with Columbia and teamed up with Maurice White of Earth, Wind & Fire. The Emotions gained their first Grammy nomination for their feature on the the band’s 1979 song “Boogie Wonderland.” In 1976, they released an album titled Flowers, which spawned two successful singles, the title track and “I Don’t Want to Lose Your Love,” which hit No. 4 on the Dance/Club charts. Pamela joined the group before their followup, 1977’s Rejoice, which featured the Emotions’ biggest hit: “Best of My Love” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and won the group a Grammy for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus.

The Emotions went on to release five more albums into the mid-1980s (Sunbeam, Come Into Our World, New Affair, Sincerely, and If Only I Knew). The Emotions have been sampled on songs by A Tribe Called Quest, Primal Scream, Big Daddy Kane, Kanye West, LL Cool J, and more. In 2006, they appeared on Snoop Dog’s album Tha Blue Carpet Treatment.

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A1 Smile
Written-By – A. McKay*, M. White*
 3:15
A2 Love Is Right On
Written-By – J. Hutchinson*, K. Henderson*
 4:19
A3 Time Is Passing By
Written-By – J. Hutchinson*
 3:18
A4 Walking The Line
Written-By – M. White*, S. Scarborough*
 4:29
A5 Ain't No Doubt About It
Written-By – S.H. Whitt*
 3:24
B1 Love Vibes
Written-By – J. Hawes*, L. Reaves*
 3:12
B2 I Wouldn't Lie
Written-By – F. Tacker*, J. Lind*
 4:33
B3 My Everything
Written-By – P. Hutchinson*, T. McClary*, W. Hutchinson*
 3:42
B4 Spirit Of Summer
Written-By – E. Deodato*
 2:23
B5 Whole Lot Of Shakin'
Written-By – A. McKay*, M. White*
 3:18
B6 Music Box
Written-By – M. White*
 0:40

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Produced for Kalimba Productions

Recorded at Hollywood Sound Recorders and Sunset Sound Studio, Los Angeles, CA.
Mastered at The Mastering Lab.