Gene Stridel
1 record in the archive · 1971
About the artist
Gene Stridel (born Eugene Strider, 1927; died 1973, aged 45) was an American popular singer. He began as a member of the male R&B vocal group the Striders in the late 1940s, backing Savannah Churchill and playing the Apollo and the London Palladium; after the group folded he served in the Air Force, then recorded solo from 1958 to 1972 for Ford, Verve, Columbia, Atlantic and Mercede while working the cocktail-lounge circuit, appearing on the Tonight Show. 'What Do You Win When You Win a War' (written by Al Jacobs and Gerry Granahan, produced by Granahan, arranged by Arnold Goland) was issued…