Sylvia Robinson

Have You Had Any Lately?

1970 · Stang 5015 · Englewood, New Jersey

Have You Had Any Lately? – Sylvia Robinson (A-side label)

Artist
Sylvia Robinson
Title
Have You Had Any Lately?
Release
Have You Had Any Lately / Anytime
Year
1970
Label
Stang # 5015
Format
7" · Single
Language
English
Country
Englewood, New Jersey, USA
Songwriter
S. Robinson
Genre
Soul, Gospel & Funk · Soul · Smooth Soul
Primary theme
Peace, Protest & Anti-War

Annotation

Have You Had Any Lately (Robinson, Sylvia) Anti-war, protest. Soul. Song re-worked in 1971 about William Calley - "Lieutenant" (Had Any Lately?) - by artist called Mother of Three (potential Sylvia Robinson, the tracks sound like the same singer, plus she did have three children).1 Billboard, spotlight single2 Also released on 1973 album Pillow Talk and 1973 single Didn't I / Had Any Lately on Vibration RecordsSources1s2smagazine.com: Sylvia robinson mother hip hop dead↩2Billboard, 1 August 1970↩

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Stang Records ST 5015-A, "a div. of All Platinum Enterprises", 45 RPM, (170 GM); "Have You Had Any Lately?" (S. Robinson), 3:15, Gambi Music BMI; produced by "Sylvia". [From the record sleeve and labels]

About the artist

Born 6 March 1936, NY, USA. Died 29 September 2011, Secaucus, New Jersey, USA

Themes

Anti-War · Vietnamese Perspective · K.I.A. · Soldier's Perspective

In collections

Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years] · Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs

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