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Charles Edwin Hatcher (January 21, 1942 – April 2, 2003), 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". Born in Nashville and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, he later lived in Detroit while singing for Ric-Tic and Motown Records. He was backed by the band that became known as "Black Merda". Hawkins and Veasey of the group played on most of his early hits on the Ric Tic Label. Starr's songs "Twenty-Five Miles" and "Stop the War Now" were also major successes, in 1969 and 1971 respectively. In the 1970s Starr moved to England, where he continued to produce music and resided until his death. Charles Edwin Hatcher was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on January 21, 1942. He and his cousins, soul singers Roger and Willie Hatcher, moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where they were raised. In 1957, Hatcher formed a doo-wop group, the Future Tones, and began his singing career. However after just one single, he was called up for military service in the United States Army for three years, where he was posted to Europe, following the end of his service he decided to make music his career, and joined the musical group of Bill Doggett. Hatcher, adopted the name Edwin Starr at the suggestion of Doggett's manager Don Briggs, and made his solo recording debut in 1965 for the Detroit record company Ric-Tic. The song that launched his career was "Agent Double-O-Soul" (1965), a reference to the James Bond films, already popular at the time. Other early hits included "Headline News", "Back Street", and "Stop Her on Sight (S.O.S.)". While at Ric-Tic, he wrote the song, "Oh, How Happy", a number 12 Billboard Hot 100 hit in 1966 for The Shades of Blue (he would go on to release a version of the song with Blinky in 1969) and sang lead for the Holidays on their number 12 R&B hit, "I'll Love You Forever". At Motown he recorded a string of singles before enjoying international success with "Twenty-Five Miles", which he co-wrote with producers Johnny Bristol and Harvey Fuqua. It peaked at number 6 in both the Hot 100 and R&B Charts in 1969. It was when Motown's Berry Gordy became frustrated with smaller labels like Ric-Tic stealing some of the success of his company that he bought out the label. Many of Starr's Ric-Tic songs (subsequently owned by Motown) like "Back Street" and "Headline News" became favored northern soul classics. His early Ric-Tic hit "Stop Her on Sight (S.O.S.)", was reissued in Britain (with "Headline News" as its B-side) in 1968, and it performed better than the original release on the UK Chart, surpassing the original number 35 and peaking at number 11. His 1970 song "Time" also helped to establish him as a prominent artist on the northern soul scene. ... Source: Article "Edwin Starr" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0. |
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Edwin Starr, né Charles Edwin Hatcher le 21 janvier 1942 à Nashville (États-Unis) et mort le 2 avril 2003 à Bramcote (Grande-Bretagne), était un chanteur et compositeur de soul américain de la Motown, célèbre pour plusieurs hits des années 1970, notamment War. Il est né à Nashville dans le Tennessee (aux États-Unis) en 1942. Ses cousins Roger Hatcher et Willie Hatcher et lui déménagent à Cleveland dans l'Ohio où ils grandissent. En 1957, il forme un groupe de Doo-wop, The Future Tones et commence sa carrière de chanteur. Edwin Starr habite à Détroit au Michigan dans les années 1960 et enregistre tout d'abord pour le petit label Ric-Tic avant que celui-ci ne soit racheté par la Motown en 1968. Son premier succès est Agent Double'O'Soul (1965), une référence aux films de James Bond. Il enregistre plusieurs titres soul pendant les trois années suivantes avant de connaître un premier succès international avec 25 Miles en 1968. Le plus grand hit de sa carrière, celui qui a assis sa réputation de grand artiste soul, est la chanson protestataire contre la guerre du Viêt Nam War, sortie en 1970 juste après la version originale de The Temptations. Selon Starr, les paroles ont été enregistrées en une seule prise. Connu pour sa modestie, il l'explique par la nécessité qu'il avait de tout donner dès les premières prises à cause du peu de temps qui lui était accordé dans les studios. Grâce à la performance vocale d'Edwin Starr, cette version devient un hit resté trois semaines (29 août, 5 et 12 septembre 1970) en tête du classement américain US Billboard, un hymne pour le mouvement pacifiste et une borne culturelle importante qui dépasse les générations, figurant dans les bandes originales de films et les samples de hip-hop. Starr est décédé le 2 avril 2003 d'un infarctus du myocarde à l'âge de 61 ans à son domicile de Beeston près de Nottingham (Grande-Bretagne). Source: Article "Edwin Starr" de Wikipédia en français, soumis à la licence CC-BY-SA 3.0. |
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