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Edwin Starr re-recorded the song in 1992 produced by Simon Harris. Later in his career, after moving to the United Kingdom, Starr re-recorded several of his hits with British band Utah Saints. Starr's new version of "War" in 2003 was his final piece, but remains unreleased. He died on April 2 of the same year of a heart attack.
Edwin Starr. Charles Edwin Hatcher (January 21, 1942 – April 2, 2003), [2] known by his stage name Edwin Starr, was an American singer and songwriter. He is best remembered for his Norman Whitfield -produced Motown singles of the 1970s, most notably the number-one hit "War". [3] Born in Nashville and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, he later lived ...
War & Peace. (1970) Involved. (1971) Singles from War & Peace. "War". Released: June 10, 1970. War & Peace is an album recorded by Edwin Starr and released by Motown Records in 1970. The album reached number 52 on the Billboard 200 and #9 on the R&B album chart, [2] while the single, "War" reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it ...
Stop Her on Sight (S.O.S.) " Stop Her on Sight (S.O.S.) " is a song written in 1966 by Albert Hamilton, Richard Morris, and Edwin Starr. [2] It was initially released by Starr as a single in the United States in January that year on Ric-Tic Records. [2] The track was released on Polydor Records in the UK in April 1966.
"Twenty-Five Miles" is a song written by Johnny Bristol, Harvey Fuqua, and Edwin Starr for Starr's second album, 25 Miles (1969). The song was considered sufficiently similar to "32 Miles out of Waycross" by Hoagy Lands (also recorded as "Mojo Mama" by both Wilson Pickett and Don Varner), written by Bert Berns and Jerry Wexler, that Berns and Wexler were eventually given co-writing credits.
Starr returned to being a solo act, scoring his biggest hit with "War" the following year. Blinky became a backing vocalist and would not receive another album until the 2019 compilation Heart Full of Soul: The Motown Anthology. The album was re-released by Hip-O Select in 2004 on compact disc. Reception
Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil were husband and wife (and future Hall of Fame) songwriters associated with the 1960s Brill Building scene in New York City. [4] Mann and Weil wrote and recorded "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" as a demo, with Mann singing and playing piano. It was intended for the Righteous Brothers, for whom they had written the ...
The next track, "War", is a serious anti-Vietnam protest sung by Paul Williams and Dennis Edwards. Motown received a significant number of requests to release "War" as a single; instead of risking the careers of the Temptations with such a politically charged song, the song was rerecorded by Edwin Starr before Motown allowed its release as a ...