Edwin Starr - H.A.P.P.Y. Radio (20th Century Fox Records 1979) скачать в хорошем качестве

Edwin Starr - H.A.P.P.Y. Radio (20th Century Fox Records 1979)

Happy Radio is a song written by Edwin Starr in 1979 and debut at #115 US, and #44 on the R&B charts. Edwin Starr (January 21, 1942 – April 2, 2003) was an American soul music singer. Starr is famous for his Norman Whitfield-produced Motown singles of the 1970s, most notably the number one hit "War". Starr was born in Tennessee and raised in Ohio, and later lived in Detroit while singing for Ric Tic and Motown Records. Besides "War", Starr's songs "25 Miles" and "Stop the War Now" were also major successes in the 1960s. Starr's career shifted to the United Kingdom in the 1970s, where he continued to produce music, living there until his death. Starr was born Charles Edwin Hatcher in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1942. He and his cousins, soul singers Roger and Willie Hatcher, moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where they were raised. In 1957, Starr formed a doo-wop group, the Future Tones, and began his singing career. Starr lived in Detroit, Michigan, in the 1960s and recorded at first for the small Ric-Tic label, part of the Golden World recording company, and later for Motown Records (under the Gordy Records imprint), after the latter absorbed Ric-Tic in 1968. The song which launched his career was "Agent Double-O-Soul" (1965), a reference to the James Bond films popular at the time. Other early hits included "Headline News", "Back Street" and "S.O.S. (Stop Her on Sight)". While at Ric-Tic, he wrote the song, "Oh How Happy", in 1966 for The Shades of Blue and sang lead for the Holidays' on their hit, "I'll Love You Forever".. Moving to Motown, he recorded a string of singles before enjoying an international success with "25 Miles", which he co-wrote with producers Johnny Bristol and Harvey Fuqua in 1968. The biggest hit of Starr's career, which cemented his reputation, was the Vietnam War protest song "War" (1970). Starr's intense vocals transformed a Temptations album track into a number one chart success, which spent three weeks in the top position on the U.S. Billboard charts, an anthem for the antiwar movement and a cultural milestone that continues to resound in movie soundtracks and hip hop music samples. It sold over three million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. "War" appeared on both of Starr's War & Peace album and its follow-up, Involved, produced by Norman Whitfield. Involved also featured another song of similar construction titled "Stop the War Now", which was a minor hit in its own right. Moving to England in 1973, Starr continued to record, most notably the song "Hell Up in Harlem" for the 1974 film Hell Up in Harlem, which was the sequel to Black Caesar, an earlier hit with a soundtrack by James Brown. In 1979, Starr reappeared on the charts with a pair of disco hits, "(Eye-to-Eye) Contact" and "H.A.P.P.Y. Radio". "Contact" was the more successful of the two, peaking at #65 on the US pop charts, #13 on the R&B chart, #1 on the dance chart, and #6 on the UK Singles Chart. By now, he had joined the well-established disco boom and had further singles on 20th Century Records. Over the years, he released tracks on a variety of labels, including Avatar, Calibre, 10 Records, Motown (a return to his former label for a 1989 remix of "25 Miles"), Streetwave and Hippodrome. An automatic alarm Turns my radio on Before my feet can hit the floor The music's got me ready to go And all through the whole day I know my favourite records they'll play It helps me chase all my blues away When I can hear that DJ say that this is station H.A.P.P.Y. We plan to help your day go by I said it's a Musical, natural high H.A.P.P.Y. We plan to help your day go by I said it's a Musical, natural high You should hear them Everyday yeah While riding home in my car My happy radio is never too far I just reach out my hand turn the dial And I know it will make me smile Cause this station (H.A.P.P.Y.) (We plan to help your day go by) I said it's a musical natural high On Station H.A.P.P.Y. H.A.P.P.Y. We plan we plan... by by by (Musical natural high) Yes it is On station H.A. P.P. Y. H.A.P.P.Y. We plan we plan (To help your day go) by by by (Musical natural high) Yes it is On station H.A.P.P.Y. Don't you know that it's a musical Natural On station H.A.P.P.Y H.A.P.P.Y (We plan to help your day go) by by by Said it's a musical natural H.A.P.P.Y Just by mistake One day I turned on my dial From my radio came this is incredible sound The music they were playing right next to me I start clapping my hands and stomping my feet Cause they were H.A.P.P.Y. We plan to help your day go by by by It's a musical natural Oh Station H.A.P.P.Y. H.A.P.P.Y Hey hey hey Wooo Yes it is Oh Station H.A.P.P.Y Let everybody sing I say it's H.A.P.P.Y. Wooo Weee Don't you know yeah Wooo Weee On station H.A.P.P.Y H.A.P.P.Y. We plan we plan (To help your day go by) Don't you that it's a musical natural high Woo On station H.A.P.P.Y. H.A.P.P.Y We plan to help your day go by by by Cause it's a musical natural (TO FADE)