It represented a single week’s worth of the war’s American death toll. In June of 1969, Life published a cover story called “The Faces Of The American Dead In Vietnam: One Week’s Toll.” It’s nothing but photos: page after page of black-and-white images of young men with military uniforms and blank expressions, 242 of them, all doomed. Check back every Monday for more of the Best Northern Soul Music and start your Mondays out right.In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. I hope you enjoyed one of my Favorite Northern Soul Songs, and that you turned it up Loud. “Time” by Edwin Starr is April’s First Best Northern Soul Music Monday Song. Starr remained a hero on England’s Northern Soul circuit and continued living in England for the remainder of his life. He stayed working in music, himself and with other artists, including recording a new version of “Funky Music Sho’ ‘Nuff Turns Me On” with UK band Utah Saints, in 2000. He went on to record a pair of disco hits, “(Eye-to-Eye) Contact” and “H.A.P.P.Y. Starr moved to England, in 1973, and continued to record music, most notably “Hell Up in Harlem” for the 1974 film with the same name (a sequel to Black Caeser).
“Time” is both synonymous with Northern Soul, and with Edwin Starr and Northern Soul together. It was this song – “Time” – which helped to establish him securely as a prominent artist on the Northern Soul scene. His early Ric-Tic hit “Stop Her On Sight (S.O.S.)” was re-issued in Britain (with the b-side of “Headline News”) in 1968, and it performed better than the original release on the UK Chart, peaking at # 11 (versus the original U.S. Many of Starr’s Ric-Tic songs, now owned by Motown, like “Back Street” and “Headline News” became favored Northern Soul classics. When Motown’s Berry Gordy became frustrated with smaller labels like Ric-Tic stealing some of the success of his company, he bought out the small label. While at Ric-Tic, he wrote the song, “Oh, How Happy”, a # 12 Billboard Hot 100 hit in 1966 and sang lead for the Holidays on their # 12 R&B hit, “I’ll Love You Forever”. Other early hits included “Headline News”, “Back Street” and “S.O.S. The song which launched his career was “Agent Double-O-Soul” (1965), a reference to the James Bond films popular at the time. During the 60’s, in Detroit, he recorded his Music for the small label Ric-Tic. He later lived in Detroit, Michigan, where in 1957 he formed the doo-wop group, The Future Tones, and began his singing career. Starr was born in Tennessee, but raised in Ohio. He is most famous for his Norman Whitfield-produced Motown singles from the 70’s, most notably the # 1 Hit “War”. Spread some talc on the floor and get ready to read up, and listen to, some “Time”.Įdwin Starr was born Charles Edwin Hatcher on January 21, 1942. This is one of My Favorite Northern Soul Tracks, one that should definitely be turned up way past loud and danced to. The Best of Northern Soul Music Monday features Edwin Starr’s Stomper, “Time”.
It just expires with no regards to years.
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