Best of My Love – The Emotions

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This song was a big hit for the Emotions, holding the top spot on the US [i]Billboard[/i] Hot 100 chart for five weeks in 1977. It also reached #1 on the R&B chart and #11 on the Dance Club chart.

In 1978, “Best of My Love” won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus. The song also won an American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Single the same year.

If “Best of My Love” sounds a bit like an Earth, Wind & Fire song, there are good reasons for that: It was composed by EWF members Maurice White and Al McKay; White served as co-producer on the recording; and McKay and several other band members played on the track. The EWF horn section (the Phenix Horns) also provided backing.