Winfield Parker

Starvin'

1972 · Spring SPR 126 · USA

Starvin' – Winfield Parker (A-side label)

Artist
Winfield Parker
Title
Starvin'
Release
Starvin' / 28 Ways (She Loves Me)
Year
1972
Label
Spring # SPR 126
Format
7" · Single
Language
English
Country
USA
Songwriter
Phil Hurtt, Bunny Sigler
Genre
Soul, Gospel & Funk · Soul · Funk
Primary theme
Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective

Annotation

The song "Starvin" (Spring Records # SPR 126) by Winfield Parker (born 21 June 1942, Cooksville, Maryland), is a funk / soul song about a man returning to the US from Vietnam. He is desperately seeking a woman's love because "there ain't no soul sisters over in Vietnam".

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

About the artist

Winfield Parker (born 21 June 1942 in Cooksville, Maryland; died 18 January 2021 of COVID-19 complications at the Gilchrist Center, Columbia, Maryland) was a Baltimore R&B/soul singer and saxophonist - a sideman for Little Richard, an Otis Redding associate - and later an ordained gospel minister. "Starvin'" was released on Spring Records (SPR 126, 1972), confirmed in his discography. [Source: Wikipedia; Baltimore Sun obituary; Discogs]

Themes

Soldier's Perspective

In collections

Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs · US Combat Perspective Songs

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