For What It's Worth
1967 · Epic 5-10742 and recheck Year and Release Title against this issue · New York City, New York
- Artist
- The Staple Singers
- Title
- For What It's Worth
- Release
- For What It's Worth / Are You Sure
- Year
- 1967
- Label
- Epic # 5-10742 and recheck Year and Release Title against this issue
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Songwriter
- Stephen Stills
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Soul
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation — Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs
- Soul cover of Buffalo Springfield song
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Epic 5-10742 (JZSP 154873), 45 RPM, white and pink "Radio Station Copy" label; "For What It's Worth" (S. Stills), 2:25, Ten East Mus./Cotillion Mus., Inc./Springalo Toones (BMI); Staple Singers, produced by Billy Sherrill; "From the Epic Album 'Make You Happy' EG 30635". [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Formed 1948, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Disbanded 2000. Members: Pops Staples (guitar, vocals), Mavis Staples (vocals), Pervis Staples (vocals, 1948-69), Cleotha Staples (vocals), Yvonne Staples (vocals, 1970-2000)
Themes
In collections
Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years] · Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs