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. Tracklist Hide Credits 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 Companies, etc. Mastered At – The Mastering Lab Mastered At – Customatrix Recorded At – Hollywood Sound Recorders Recorded At – Sunset Sound Recorders Produced For – Kalimba Productions Phonographic Copyright (p) – CBS Inc. Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute Copyright (c) – CBS Inc. Manufactured By – CBS Inc. Credits Arranged By [Horn String Arrangements] – Tom Tom 84 Bass – Charles (Chuck-A-Luck) Hosch*, Gary Grainger (2), Verdine White Cello – Armand Kaproff, Dennis Karmazyn, Raymond Kelley* Design [Album] – Andy Engel Drums – Donzell Davis, Fred White, Maurice White Engineer – Tom Perry Engineer [Associate] – Mark Linett Engineer, Engineer [Remixing] – George Massenburg French Horn – Alan Robinson, Barbara Korn, Gale Robinson (2), Marilyn Robinson, Sidney Muldrow Guitar – Al McKay, Jon Lind, Keith Henderson, Marlo Henderson Keyboards – Skip Scarborough, Terry L. Marshall* Management – Joe Hutchinson Percussion – Earl DeRouen, Paulinho DaCosta* Photography By – Jurgen Reisch* Producer – Maurice White Saxophone – Donald Myrick*, George Patterson Jr.* Trombone – George Bohanon, Louis Satterfield, Maurice Spears Trumpet – Chuck Findley, Michael Harris, Oscar Brashear, Rahm Lee Davis* Vibraphone – Victor Feldman Viola – Denyse Buffum, Gareth Nuttycombe, Rollice Dale, Samuel Boghossian Violin – Assa Drori, Bernard Kundell, Davida Lou Johnson*, Endra Granat*, Frank Foster (2), Harry Bluestone, Ilkka Tolvi*, Janice Gower, Joseph Livoti, Joy Lyle, Murray Adler, Nathan Ross, Ron Clark, Ronald Folsom, Sheldon Sanov, Stanley Plummer, William Henderson (2) Notes Produced for Kalimba Productions Recorded at Hollywood Sound Recorders and Sunset Sound Studio, Los Angeles, CA. Mastered at The Mastering Lab.