1. Philip Bailey was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame for his work with the band.
26 Facts About Philip Bailey
1. 2.
Philip Bailey has in all won seven Grammys out of twenty one nominations.
3.
In May 2008, Philip Bailey was bestowed with a Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music.
4.
Philip Bailey was later inducted, in November 2017, to the Colorado Music Hall of Fame.
5.
Philip Bailey later attended the Metropolitan State University of Denver and the University of Colorado thereafter.
6.
Philip Bailey went on to release his first jazz album, titled Dreams in 1999 on Heads Up International records.
7.
Philip Bailey then issued in 2019 his third jazz album entitled Love Will Find A Way on Verve Records.
8.
Philip Bailey won Soul Act of the Year at the 2020 Jazz FM Awards.
9.
Philip Bailey featured on Andrae Crouch's 1979 Grammy winning album I'll Be Thinking of You and alongside Maurice White on Walter Hawkins' 1980 Grammy nominated album, The Hawkins Family.
10.
In 1980, Philip Bailey joined friends, Deniece Williams, Billy Davis and Marilyn McCoo to present a gospel show, called "Jesus At the Roxy", at a Los Angeles club named The Roxy.
11.
Philip Bailey later played percussion and sang on the King Baptist Church Mass Choir's 1990 album Holding on to Jesus' Hand.
12.
Philip Bailey sang on Jazz guitarist Alphonso Johnson's 1976 LP Yesterday's Dreams.
13.
Philip Bailey later played percussion alongside Verdine White on bass upon the track "Tahiti Hut" composed by both Maurice White and Eumir Deodato from Deodato's 1978 album Love Island.
14.
Philip Bailey collaborated as a vocalist with Ramsey Lewis on his 1980 LP Routes, Stanley Turrentine on his 1981 album Tender Togetherness and Deniece Williams on her 1983 Grammy nominated album I'm So Proud.
15.
Philip Bailey collaborated with Julio Iglesias on his 1988 album Non Stop and Deniece Williams on her 1988 album As Good As It Gets.
16.
Philip Bailey then collaborated with Little Richard on the title tune of the soundtrack to the 1988 feature film Twins.
17.
Philip Bailey later featured on Nancy Wilson's 1989 LP A Lady with a Song, Dianne Reeves' 1990 album Never Too Far and George Duke and Stanley Clarke's 1990 LP 3.
18.
Philip Bailey guested on jazz group Fourplay's 1991 self-titled debut album, Ronnie Laws' 1992 LP Deep Soul, George Duke's 1992 album Snapshot, Fourplay's 1993 sophomore LP Between the Sheets and Chante Moore's 1994 album A Love Supreme.
19.
Philip Bailey then featured on Keiko Matsui's 1994 LP Doll, Doc Powell's 1996 album Inner City Blues, George Duke's 2000 Grammy nominated album Cool, Boney James's 2006 LP Shine, Deniece Williams' 2007 album Love Niecy Style and Gerald Albright's 2008 Grammy nominated LP Sax for Stax.
20.
Philip Bailey later appeared on the song Fool for You from CeeLo Green's 2010 album The Lady Killer.
21.
Philip Bailey thereafter made a guest appearance on Chick Corea's 2018 album Chinese Butterfly.
22.
Philip Bailey sang uncredited vocals on Travis Scott's "Stop Trying to Be God".
23.
Philip Bailey appeared in a 1995 Chicago staging of Raisin, the Broadway musical based on A Raisin In The Sun.
24.
On October 27,2007, Philip Bailey sang "God Bless America" during the seventh-inning stretch in Game 3 of the 2007 World Series held at Coors Field, Denver, Colorado.
25.
Philip Bailey threw out the ceremonial first pitch on June 30,2012, in an MLB game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Detroit Tigers held at Tropicana Field, St Petersburg, Florida.
26.
Philip Bailey has received one award out of four solo nominations.