Starvin'
1972 · Spring SPR 126 · USA
- 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
Lyrics
English: Just got home baby and I need some help / I just can't seem to control myself / If I seem nervous now, girl don't worry... / There ain't no soul sisters over in Vietnam / Girl, I'm starvin', girl I'm starvin' for your love / Someone once said, and it ain't no lie / You don't miss your water until the well runs dry
Notes
Spring Records SPR 126 (SPR 126 A) (1119), 2066 212, green and white label; "Starvin'" (Phill Hurtt-Bunny Sigler), Assorted Music (BMI), time 2:52; produced by Bunny Sigler with Phill Hurtt for Mighty Productions, arranged by Roland Chambers; ℗ 1972 Polydor Incorporated; distributed by Polydor Inc., New York, New York. [From the record sleeve and labels]
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
In collections
Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs · US Combat Perspective Songs [War Years]