best of my love

The Emotions danced their way to the top in a beautiful way with this disco celebration.  The group started in Chicago as the Hutchinson Sunbeams with sisters Jeanette, Wanda and Sheila Hutchinson singing gospel in church choirs. 'Best of My Love' was written by Maurice White and Al McKay of Earth, Wind & Fire.  White used to play drums with the Hutchinson sisters in Chicago before he started Earth, Wind & Fire; and, when the Stax label went under, he took them into his Kalimba Production company and got them signed to Columbia Records.  White produced their 'Flowers' album to some success, and when Jennette left the band to focus on her own family, youngest sister Pamela joined the group for their next album 'Rejoice'.  White co-produced the album with Clarence McDonald.  The single 'Best of My Love' features members of Earth, Wind & Fire:  McKay on guitar, Larry Dunn on synthisizer, Fred White on drums, and Verdine White on bass,  as well as the Phenix Horns with Don Myrick on saxophone, Louis Satterfield on trombone, and Rahmlee Davis and Michael Harris on trumpet.

'Best of My Love' hit number four in the UK and went to number one on the US R&B and pop charts, strangely only peaking at number eleven on the dance chart.  The song knocked Andy Gibb's 'I Just Want To Be Your Everything' out of the number one spot and spent four weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100.  It was replaced by Andy Gibb for another week and then came back to the top for one more week, again dethroning Andy Gibb.  'Best of My Love' was one of the biggest pop songs of 1977, going platinum in the US and silver in the UK.  It won a Grammy for Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal and an American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Single.  





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Doesn't take much to make me happy
and make me smile
Never never will I feel discouraged
Cause our love's no mystery
Demonstrating love and affection
That you give so openly yeah
I like the way ya make me feel about you baby
Want the whole wide world to see
Whoa whoa, you got the best of my love
Whoa whoa, you got the best of my love
Whoa whoa, you got the best of my love
Whoa whoa, you've got the best of my love
Goin' in and out of changes
The kind that come around each day
My life has a better meaning
Love has kissed me in a beautiful way
And oh yea (my love, my love)
oh yea (my love, my love)
Oh you got the best of my love
Whoa whoa, you've got the best of my love
Whoa whoa, you've got the best of my love
Whoa whoa, you've got the best of my love
Demonstrating sweet love and affection
That you give so openly yeah
The way I feel about ya baby can't explain it
Want the whole wide world to see
Ohhh but in my heart
You're all I need
You for me and me for you
ohhh, it's growin' every day ooooh
ohhh, oh oh oh oh oh
you've got the best of my love
ohhh, oh oh oh oh oh
you've got the best of my love
ohhh, givin' you the best of my love 
my love ohh my love
ohhh, givin' you the best of my love 
my love ohh oh yeah
ohhh, oh oh oh oh oh
you've got the best of my love