Click the link to confirm your email address. Please check your spam folder for the email, if it does not arrive, click this link The artists of Motown were hardly known at that time for social commentary and controversial material, but Starr had no superstar reputation to put at risk when he cut the song in May Read more about the singer here.
By contrast, the Temptations did, and the record company was concerned about how such a provocative lyric would affect their career and play in the media.
The group had recorded the song just a few months earlier, for their Psychedelic Shack album. While the song was number one, I never did any work at all. And yet the message resonated at home and abroad, including the U.
Unlike the conflict it described, this particular recording was good for something, after all. The best-known? He formed his first group, the Future Tones, in , recording one single before he was drafted into the Army for three years of service.
After his discharge, he toured for two years with the Bill Doggett Combo before being offered a solo deal in Written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong, the song first appeared on an album by the Temptations. According to Bronson, Whitfield asked Starr if he wanted to record the song, and Starr said yes. In just seven weeks, it made it to No.
The song was later covered by Bruce Springsteen. It just happened to coincide with the war in Vietnam. Starr moved to England in the s and spent much of his time touring Europe on the oldies circuit. He participated in an award-winning British Broadcasting Corp. All Sections. About Us. B2B Publishing.
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