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Platinum Jazz (album)
''Platinum Jazz'' is a double album, the ninth studio album by War, released on Blue Note Records in July 1977.Umphred, Neal, ''Goldmine Price Guide to Collectibble Record Albums'', Fifth Edition, 1996 (source of release date, though album has copyright date of 1977) The album is an unusual entry in War's discography in several aspects. Its first half is new material, while its second half is a compilation of tracks from previous albums. It is also the only record they made for Blue Note, a jazz label, which was then owned and controlled by their current label at the time, United Artists Records, so it was not a matter of changing labels or going outside of contract. And it is their first album to put an emphasis on instrumental jazz-based music, although some tracks have vocals. This album was apparently Blue Notes first Platinum Disc selling album. A single from the album was issued, also on Blue Note: "L.A. Sunshine" backed with "Slowly We Walk Together"; both are edited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War (American Band)
War (originally called Eric Burdon and War) is an American funk/ rock/soul band from Long Beach, California, known for several hit songs (including " Spill the Wine", " The World Is a Ghetto", " The Cisco Kid", " Why Can't We Be Friends?", " Low Rider", and "Summer"). Formed in 1969, War is a musical crossover band that fuses elements of rock, funk, jazz, Latin, rhythm and blues, psychedelia, and reggae. According to music writer Colin Larkin, their "potent fusion of funk, R&B, rock and Latin styles produced a progressive soul sound", while Martin C. Strong calls them "one of the fiercest progressive soul combos of the '70s". Their album '' The World Is a Ghetto'' was '' Billboards best-selling album of 1973. The band transcended racial and cultural barriers with a multi-ethnic line-up. War was subject to many line-up changes over the course of its existence, leaving member Leroy "Lonnie" Jordan as the only original member in the current line-up; four other members created ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as just Universal Music) is a Dutch– American multinational music corporation under Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands and its operational headquarters are located in Santa Monica, California. The biggest music company in the world, it is one of the " Big Three" record labels, along with Sony Music and Warner Music Group. Tencent acquired ten percent of Universal Music Group in March 2020 for €3 billion and acquired an additional ten percent stake in January 2021. Pershing Square Holdings later acquired ten percent of UMG prior to its IPO on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange. The company went public on September 21, 2021, at a valuation of €46 billion. In 2019, '' Fast Company'' named Universal Music Group the most innovative music company and listed UMG among the Top 50 most innovative companies in the world and "amid the music industry's digital t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War (American Band) Albums
War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular or irregular military forces. Warfare refers to the common activities and characteristics of types of war, or of wars in general. Total war is warfare that is not restricted to purely legitimate military targets, and can result in massive civilian or other non-combatant suffering and casualties. While some war studies scholars consider war a universal and ancestral aspect of human nature, others argue it is a result of specific socio-cultural, economic or ecological circumstances. Etymology The English word ''war'' derives from the 11th-century Old English words ''wyrre'' and ''werre'', from Old French ''werre'' (also ''guerre'' as in modern French), in turn from the Frankish *''werra'', ultimately deriving from the Proto-German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 Albums
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All Day Music
''All Day Music'' is the fourth album by American band War, released November 1971 on United Artists Records. Release The title single, issued in July 1971, was backed with "Get Down".Neely, Tim, ''Goldmine Price Guide to 45 RPM Records'', Second Edition, 1999 "Slipping Into Darkness", issued in November 1971 (backed with "Nappy Head"), War's first big hit since their name change from Eric Burdon and War, was on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for 22 weeks and so tied with Gallery's " Nice to Be With You" for most weeks on that chart all within the calendar year 1972. (The spelling was changed slightly to "Slippin' into Darkness" for the single, and is also used on a CD edition of the album.) It became a gold record, and ''Billboard'' ranked it as the No. 23 song for 1972.Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1972 A subtitle for "Nappy Head" claims it is the theme from ''Ghetto Man'', but there does not appear to be any notable film or television series with this title, and it may ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Why Can't We Be Friends?
''Why Can't We Be Friends?'' is the seventh studio album by American funk band War, released on June 16, 1975 by United Artists Records. Two singles from the album were released: the title track backed with "In Mazatlan", and "Low Rider" backed with "So". Both A-sides were nominated for the Grammy Awards of 1976. Of the songs on this album, an interpolation of the first part of the song "Smile Happy" was used in the song "It Wasn't Me" by Shaggy featuring RikRok. Versions of the album's titular song has been used in several film productions, notably '' Bridge to Terabithia'' and '' Wild Things''. Track listing All tracks composed by War (Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott), except where indicated. Note: The CD edition does not break "Leroy's Latin Lament" into sections. #"Don't Let No One Get You Down" (War, Jerry Goldstein) – 3:59 #"Lotus Blossom" (War, Francie Nelson) – 3:59 #"Heartbeat" – 7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The World Is A Ghetto
''The World Is a Ghetto'' is the fifth album by American band War, released in late 1972 on United Artists Records. The album attained the number one spot on ''Billboard'', and was ''Billboard'' magazine's Album of the Year as the best-selling album of 1973. In addition to being ''Billboard'''s #1 album of 1973, the album was ranked number 444 on ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's original list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. The title track became a gold record. Cover The cover illustration, a light-hearted drawing showing a Rolls-Royce with a flat tire in a ghetto, was drawn by Howard Miller, with Lee Oskar credited with album concept. It uses a blue and black colour pallet as a reference to the melancholy nature of the album. Alternate formats The album was also made available in a 4-channel surround sound ( quadraphonic) mix in the 8-track tape format (United Artists UA-DA178-H). Critical reception In a contemporary review for ''Rolling Stone'', Gordon Fletcher said ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deliver The Word
''Deliver the Word'' is the sixth album by War, released in 1973 on United Artists Records. Reception The album featured two singles, "Gypsy Man" (severely truncated from the 11 minute album version) backed with "Deliver the Word" (US #8), and "Me and Baby Brother" backed with "In Your Eyes" (US #15). A live version of "Me and Baby Brother" had been released previously on ''All Day Music'' (1971). The title "H2Overture" is a pun on H2O, the chemical formula for water. A 4-channel surround sound (quadraphonic) mix was also released for the album in the 8-track tape format (United Artists UA-DA128-H), featuring a different track order, a reprise of "H2Overture" with early fade-out, and an early fade-out of "Gypsy Man". Cover art The cover was printed using metallic silver ink on black, and the cover is textured, resembling black leather as used for the covers of Bibles (the album title being a phrase associated with the Bible). A die-cut window in the lower left corner revea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eighth Note
180px, Figure 1. An eighth note with stem extending up, an eighth note with stem extending down, and an eighth rest. 180px, Figure 2. Four eighth notes beamed together. An eighth note ( American) or a quaver ( British) is a musical note played for one eighth the duration of a whole note (semibreve). Its length relative to other rhythmic values is as expected—e.g., half the duration of a quarter note (crotchet), one quarter the duration of a half note (minim), and twice the value of a sixteenth note. It is the equivalent of the ''fusa'' in mensural notation. Eighth notes are notated with an oval, filled-in note head and a straight note stem with one note flag (see Figure 1). The stem is on the right of the notehead extending upwards or on the left extending downwards, depending primarily on where the notehead lies relative to the middle line of the staff. A related symbol is the eighth rest (or quaver rest), which denotes a silence for the same duration. Eighth not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Miller (musician)
Charles William Miller (June 2, 1939 – June 4, 1980) was an American musician best known as the saxophonist and flutist for multicultural California funk band War. Notably, Miller provided lead vocals as well as sax on the band's ''Billboard'' R&B #1 hit " Low Rider" (1975). Biography Miller was born in Olathe, Kansas, moved with his family to Los Angeles two years later, and settled in Long Beach, California. His father was a musician who featured with organist Paul Bryant. Charles was always interested in music, which included his playing of woodwinds, piano, and guitar, as well as with school bands and school orchestras. In 1967, Charles' interest in music was secondary to football until, when at Long Beach City College, he sustained a football injury. Charles recorded with various groups such as Señor Soul on ''Señor Soul Plays Funky Favorites'' (1968), and ''It's Your Thing'' (1969), both on Double Shot Records. He participated in recording sessions with The Ray ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Ray Brown
Harold Ray Brown (born March 17, 1946) is a founding member of War, an American funk band in the 1970s and 2000s. Harold had a number of roles over the years, acting as drummer, percussion, vocalist, and bandleader. Brown is the oldest of six children, and the only one in his family to pursue music. Beginning with the congas, Brown progressed to violin while in elementary school, and took up drums in junior high. He turned down a full scholarship to Valparaiso University in 1964 in order to pursue music. Brown was rooted in the very beginnings of War. In 1962, he met Howard E. Scott at the Cozy Lounge in Long Beach, California. They were fifteen years old at the time and were hired to play in a band for a casual gig. Brown started a band called the Creators in 1963 in Long Beach while going to Long Beach Polytechnic High School, to play for high school sock hops and car shows. Then in 1967, toward the end of the Vietnam war, he and Howard Scott restarted the band with a new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papa Dee Allen
War (originally called Eric Burdon and War) is an American funk/ rock/soul band from Long Beach, California, known for several hit songs (including " Spill the Wine", " The World Is a Ghetto", " The Cisco Kid", " Why Can't We Be Friends?", " Low Rider", and "Summer"). Formed in 1969, War is a musical crossover band that fuses elements of rock, funk, jazz, Latin, rhythm and blues, psychedelia, and reggae. According to music writer Colin Larkin, their "potent fusion of funk, R&B, rock and Latin styles produced a progressive soul sound", while Martin C. Strong calls them "one of the fiercest progressive soul combos of the '70s". Their album '' The World Is a Ghetto'' was ''Billboards best-selling album of 1973. The band transcended racial and cultural barriers with a multi-ethnic line-up. War was subject to many line-up changes over the course of its existence, leaving member Leroy "Lonnie" Jordan as the only original member in the current line-up; four other members created a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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