Who Is the Leader of the People
1972 · Soul S 35100 · Cleveland, Ohio
- Artist
- Edwin Starr
- Title
- Who Is the Leader of the People
- Release
- Who Is the Leader of the People / Don't Tell Me I'm Crazy
- Year
- 1972
- Label
- Soul # S 35100
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Songwriter
- Dino Fekaris, Nick Zesses
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Soul · Funk
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation — Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs
Soul protest against politicians, 1972 election, Vietnam-era Motown subsidiary
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]
Soul protest against politicians, 1972 election, Vietnam-era
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Producers and arrangers: Dino Fekaris, Nick Zesses; horns arranged by David Van DePitte. Published by Jobete Music Co., Inc. (ASCAP). Label: Side A (c) 1972, Side B (c) 1970, (p) 1972 Motown Record Corporation. B-side Don't Tell Me I'm Crazy (L. Ware, P. Sawyer; prod. Terry Johnson) 2:36. Soul is a Motown subsidiary label. Soul S 35100, white mono promo label ("Mono" handwritten in script), matrix 982M07, time 2:29. [From the record label]
About the artist
Born Charles Edwin Hatcher in Nashville, Tennessee in 1942 and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Edwin Starr recorded for Ric-Tic and Motown (best known for 'War', 1970) and died in Nottinghamshire, England in 2003. [Source: Wikipedia]
Themes
In collections
Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years] · Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs