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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.
War & Peace is the second studio album by R&B singer Edwin Starr released on August 7, 1970, by Motown Records. [1] The album peaked at No. 9 on the US Billboard Top Soul Albums chart and No. 52 on the Billboard 200. [2] War & Peace also peaked at No. 21 on the Canadian RPM Top 100 Albums chart. [3]
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 ".
Whitfield often recorded notably different versions of songs with different artists in search of a hit, and did so successfully in the cases of Edwin Starr, with "War" (1970; originally recorded by the Temptations), and the Undisputed Truth, with "Smiling Faces Sometimes" (1971; also originally by the
August 29, 1970: Edwin Starr "War" Gordy. 3 [1] 242: September 19, 1970: Diana Ross "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" Motown. 3 [1] 243: October 10, 1970: Neil Diamond
Simon & Garfunkel had two songs on the Year-End Hot 100, including "Bridge Over Troubled Water" The Jackson 5 had four songs on the Year-End Hot 100, the most of any artist in 1970. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of the year 1970. [1] It covers from January 3 to November 28, 1970. [2]
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 ...
US Billboard 1970 #10, Hot100 #1 for 1 week, 19 total weeks (CashBox ranking is 1969), 198 points 11: Edwin Starr "War" Gordy 7101: May 1970: June 10, 1970: 9: 3.00: US Billboard 1970 #9, Hot100 #1 for 3 weeks, 15 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1999, 196 points 12: Diana Ross "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" Motown 1169: March 18, 1970: July ...