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One Hit Wonder: Edwin Starr
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Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback! I’m Jumpin’ John, and in this podcast episode I will transport you listeners back to the United States during the year 1970! Back then, the US was deeply involved in the Vietnam War. That war was a long, costly, and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. More than 3 million people, including over 58,000 Americans, were killed in the Vietnam War. More than half of the dead were Vietnamese civilians.
Opposition to the war in the United States bitterly divided Americans, and a song that emerged that year would become both a significant hit and one of the most successful protest songs in pop music history. This is the story of Edwin Starr, and his version of the one hit wonder song entitled "War"!
All podcasts on the Rock and Roll Flashback Podcast are produced by brothers-in-law Bill Price and "Jumpin' John" McDermott. The Podcast Theme Song, "You Essay", was written by John. It was initially recorded by Bill and John on April 1, 2004 with several revisions since then.
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