21st Night Of September

Clues in this puzzle

Across

• Last name of the visionary brothers who founded the band (5)
• Fluffy sky formation we were "chasing... away" (5)
• Celestial bodies that "stole the night away" (5)
• The ninth month, immortalized in a classic 1978 floor-filler (9)
• The middle element in Maurice White's iconic musical group (4)
• Emotion that was "changing the minds of pretenders" (4)
• Expressive R&B genre championed by the elements of the universe (4)
• Mainstream chart category where "September" reached number 8 (3)

Down

• Last name of the co-writer who wondered if "ba-dee-ya" was just a placeholder (6)
• 1970s dance club genre that embraced the "Ba-dee-ya" groove (5)
• What we did "in the night" as the stars stole it away (5)
• Bass-playing brother who recently released an unearthed final track (7)
• Falsetto singer Bailey who initially thought the song was "kinda corny" (6)
• Chimes mentioned in the lyrics ("Some ___ were ringing") (5)

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