LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JUNE 10, 2019…FORTY NINE YEARS AGO THE GREATEST PROTEST SONG EVER WAS RELEASED AS A SINGLE, EDWIN STARR’S ‘WAR.’
THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF THE SONG WAS RECORDED BY THE TEMPTATIONS. STARR’S VERSION OF WAR IS THE SONG THAT HAD SOME TEETH AND NOT ONLY HIT NUMBER 1 BUT ALSO IS ONE OF THE GREATEST PROTEST SONGS EVER RECORDED. STARR EARNED A GRAMMY NOMINATION IN 1971 FOR “BEST R&B MALE VOCAL”. IN 1999 STARR’S RECORDING OF ‘WAR’ WAS INDUCTED INTO THE GRAMMY HALL OF FAME.
HERE’S THE ORIGINAL VIDEO FOR ‘WAR’ FROM 1969
