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Edwin Starr

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Edwin Starr

Profile by Bill Millar, Soul Music Monthly, February 1967

Edwin Starr was born Charles Hatcher in the country-music capital of Nashville, Tennessee, on 21st January 1942. Neither his mother, Amanda, nor his father, William, ...

Edwin Starr: Tiles, London

Live Review by Bill Millar, Soul Music Monthly, February 1967

HAVE PITY on the unfortunate rhythm and blues enthusiast for whom the West End of London is the most convenient place to get to; inevitably ...

Cream, Edwin Starr: Saville Theatre, London

Live Review by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 11 February 1967

GINGER BAKER played one of the finest solos in his career at London's Saville Theatre on Sunday night. ...

Isaac Hayes And Edwin Starr: Live In Manchester

Live Review by Cliff White, New Musical Express, 11 November 1978

Two men with but one single thought: Which way is up? ...

Norman Whitfield, 1941-2008

Obituary by Dave Laing, The Guardian, 19 September 2008

He co-wrote and produced some of Motown's greatest hits ...

Bob Babbitt, 1937-2012

Obituary by Dave Laing, The Guardian, 18 July 2012

One of the last surviving members of the Funk Brothers, the backbone of Tamla Motown ...

Edwin Starr

Obituary by Dave Laing, The Guardian, 4 April 2003

AMONG THE CHANTS and songs accompanying this year's anti-war marches a reprised relic first sung by African American soul musician Edwin Starr, who has died, ...

Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes: Hammersmith Odeon; War: Rainbow Theatre; Jr Walker, Edwin Starr: Rainbow Theatre, all London

Live Review by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 7 May 1974

The thrill is gone ...

Edwin Starr and Brenton Wood in Britain

Interview by Derek Boltwood, Record Mirror, 10 February 1968

"AND NOW, ladies and gentlemen, back in Britain for the eighth time... Edwin Starr." ...

U.S. News: Edwin Starr, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bobby Sherman, Led Zeppelin

Report by Ian Dove, Record Mirror, 3 October 1970

EDWIN STARR was back in New York after his 16th trip to England and with the news that 'War', a Motown mover by the Norman ...

Under Rated Super Starr

Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 29 March 1977

Edwin Starr consistently makes the charts, yet he's still somewhat underrated. He talks to B&S about his new album recorded at Chipping Norton and how ...

Edwin Starr Makes Contact

Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 10 April 1979

After a lengthy absence from the charts, Edwin's back with a vengeance. And he's well tuned in to disco as some folks acclaim 'Twenty Five ...

Edwin Starr: Starr in ascendency!

Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 18 May 1976

YESSIREEBOB, VENUS and Mars are alright tonight! The past year has been relatively quiet for Edwin Starr but he seems happier than at any time ...

Edwin Starr: A Record Is Made — with Sweat and Soul

Report by Loraine Alterman, Detroit Free Press, 20 May 1966

EMOTION FILLED the control room at Golden World Records out on West Davison. Driving, big beat sounds were coming through the four speakers hanging on ...

Edwin Starr: Starr Quality

Obituary by Mike Atherton, Record Collector, June 2003

FEW SOUL FANS would expect one of their heroes to adopt the UK as his spiritual and literal home. Even fewer would expect such a ...

Cream, Edwin Starr: Saville Theatre, London

Live Review by Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 11 February 1967

AFTER LAST week's unfortunate non-happening at the Saville, almost everything that happened this Sunday seemed to be in contrast. ...

Duane Eddy, Edwin Starr, The Senate, Lomax Alliance: Saville Theatre, London

Live Review by Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 18 March 1967

ANY DR. ZHIVAGO "gear" seen in the Savllle last Sunday was not due to a 'fab fad' but to the nippy draughts which whistled through ...

Singles from the Beach Boys, the Parliaments, Wilson Pickett et al

Review by Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 18 November 1967

AMERICA AWAKES, INCORPORATING 'ROCK-SOUL-BLUES REVIEWS' BY NORMAN JOPLING ...

New singles from the Beatles, Small Faces, Percy Sledge et al

Review by Penny Valentine, Disc and Music Echo, 6 August 1966

THIS IS THE BEST BEATLE SONG EVER! ...

The Week's Singles: Laura Nyro, James Taylor, Eric Clapton, The Band et al

Review by Penny Valentine, Sounds, 10 October 1970

Magnificent, dynamic Nyro ...

Edwin Starr 1942-2003

Obituary by Phast Phreddie Patterson, Rock's Backpages, April 2003

SOUL SINGER Edwin Starr (61) died of a heart attack at his home in central England on April 2. Edwin Starr was one of Soul ...

The Grim Reporter May 2003

Obituary by Phast Phreddie Patterson, Rock's Backpages, May 2003

Phast Phreddie Patterson on those gone but not forgotten ...

Edwin Starr: The Thespian Anglophile And The Motown Machine

Interview by Roger St. Pierre, New Musical Express, 28 December 1974

EDWIN STARR has a rather special place in the British soul scene, since none of America's top soul acts can match his record of some ...

Edwin Starr: Involved (Tamla Motown)

Review by Roy Carr, New Musical Express, 5 February 1972

THIS ALBUM'S title is Edwin Starr — Involved, but somehow it comes across as being a token gesture. Black white soul at its most blatant ...

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