As a side note, WFAN has an FM outlet in New York on the 101.9 frequency. No doubt that Imus played this song during his music radio days in the '60s before he became a talk show host. The bump featured stanza one, through the line "and that's what they call me," and then you would hear the Imus jingle. The beginning of this song was used as a imaging bumper on the Imus in the Morning show during its heyday on CBS Radio's WFAN Sports Radio 66 (formerly WNBC Radio). It hit the charts on Septemand reached No. Often great art is produced in the hardest of times, and some of the most iconic music of the 20th century was produced during the 1960s and early 1970s in.
MEANING OF WAR BY EDWIN STARR MOVIE
Written by Starr and Bill Sharpley during the James Bond movie craze of the '60s, the song exemplifies the strength and beauty of Starr's voice. The song we are highlighting today is the one that got him started and got noted later by Motown Records. War by Edwin Starr, and Happy Christmas by John Lennon are songs promoting the anti-war movement.
He later moved to Europe and performed there until his death in 2003. It causes nothing but suffering for all involved. Marty from Milwaukee, Wi I agree with you completely, Andrew from Birmingham. Whitfield first produced the song with as the original singers. Starr had one more Billboard hit in 1971, "Stop The War Now," but that would be it as far as the Billboard Top 40 was concerned. The original charted version was by Edwin Starr and on August 23rd, 1970 it reached 1 (for 3 weeks) on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart. It was written by Norman Whitfield in 1969. 1 with "War," released shortly after an escalation took place during the Vietnam War. While recording for Gordy, Starr hit the Billboard charts with "Twenty-Five Miles" in 1969 and then, one year later, hit No. As you may know, Detroit was also the home of Motown Records and its legendary leader Berry Gordy, who later bought out Ric Tic Records while Starr was under contract to Ric Tic. Edwin Star - is it good forAbsolutely nothingUh ha haa is it good forAbsolutley nothing.say it again yall. It paints a picture of the ugliness of Vietnam War, which singer Mick Jagger. He left the band around 1965 to sign with Ric Tic Records and relocated to Detroit. Gimme Shelter isnt just a great Rolling Stones tune with some serious attitude. He was a member of Bill Doggett's band right after he finished his military service. Absolutely nothing The message Edwin Starr conveys in the song is that war brings nothing good to either sides fighting.
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) - I found a CD at home that I had not listened to in a while from the late R&B singer/songwriter Edwin Starr.īorn Charles Edwin Hatcher in 1942 in Tennessee, he grew up in Cleveland.
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