Edwin Starr had a barrel-chested baritone that earned him a place in pop music history with the eternal protest song, “War”. A native of Tennessee and raised in Cleveland, Starr’s first successful recordings were for the Ric-Tic label, a local competitor with Motown in Detroit. The company proved to be no match for Motown in the end, but it posed enough of a threat that Berry Gordy bought them out in the late ‘60s and acquired their roster of singers, the most notable being Edwin Starr.
Edwin Starr
Edwin Starr
Edwin Starr
Edwin Starr had a barrel-chested baritone that earned him a place in pop music history with the eternal protest song, “War”. A native of Tennessee and raised in Cleveland, Starr’s first successful recordings were for the Ric-Tic label, a local competitor with Motown in Detroit. The company proved to be no match for Motown in the end, but it posed enough of a threat that Berry Gordy bought them out in the late ‘60s and acquired their roster of singers, the most notable being Edwin Starr.