Discography and Biography of Edwin Starr. Listen to all their hits.
Edwin Starr Songs

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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.

Below is a list of Edwin Starr songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Gordy 7101
chart position: RandB #3, US #1, UK #3
written by: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: War and Peace / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
Edwin Starr War
1970 Gordy
2 record label: Gordy 7083
chart position: RandB #6, US #6, UK #36
written by: Johnny Bristol, Harvey Fuqua & Edwin Starr
album: 25 Miles / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [Motown Sound]
Edwin Starr Twenty-Five Miles
1969 Gordy
3 record label: 20th Century 7363 (UK)
chart position: RandB #13, UK #6, US #65, US dance #1
written by: Edwin Starr, Arthur Eugene Pullam & Robert Dickerson
album: Clean
comments: [disco]
Edwin Starr Contact
1979 20th Century
4 record label: Gordy 7104
chart position: RandB #5, US #26, UK #33
written by: Barrett Strong & Norman Whitfield
album: Involved
comments: [Motown Sound]
Edwin Starr Stop the War Now
1970 Gordy
5 record label: Ric Tic 103
chart position: RandB #8, US #21
written by: Bill Sharpley & Edwin Starr
comments: [northern soul]
Edwin Starr Agent Double-O Soul
1965 Ric Tic
6 record label: 20th Century 2408
chart position: RandB #28, UK #9, US #79, US dance #7
written by: Edwin Starr
album: Happy Radio
comments: [disco]
Edwin Starr H.A.P.P.Y. Radio
1979 20th Century
7 record label: Tamla Motown 905
chart position: RandB #9, US #48, UK #35
written by: Al Hamilton, Richard Morris & Edwin Starr
album: Soul Master / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [Motown Sound]
Edwin Starr Stop Her on Sight (SOS)
1966 Tamla Motown
8 record label: Gordy 7107
chart position: RandB #6, US #64
written by: Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield
album: Involved
comments: [Motown Sound]
Edwin Starr Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On
1971 Gordy
9 record label: Soul 35103
chart position: RandB #12, US #80
written by: Edwin Starr
comments: [Motown Sound]
Edwin Starr There You Go
1973 Soul
10 record label: Ric Tic 114
chart position: US #84, UK #39
written by: Al Hamilton, Richard Morris and Edwin Starr
Edwin Starr Headline News
1966 Ric Tic
11 record label: Hippodrome 101
chart position: UK #56
written by: Edwin Starr
Edwin Starr It Ain't Fair
1985 Hippodrome
12 record label: Tamla Motown 875
chart position: RandB #40, UK #54
written by: Norman Whitfield
comments: [Motown Sound]
Edwin Starr You've Got My Soul on Fire
1973 Tamla Motown
13 record label: Granite 532
chart position: RandB #25, US #98
written by: Edwin Starr
Edwin Starr Abyssinia Jones
1976 Granite
14 record label: Granite 522
chart position: RandB #25
written by: Edwin Starr
Edwin Starr Pain
1974 Granite
15 record label: Gordy 7087
chart position: RandB #27, US #80
written by: Doris McNeil and Johnny Bristol
album: 25 Miles
comments: [Motown Sound]
Edwin Starr I'm Still a Struggling Man
1969 Gordy
16 record label: Streetwave 12
chart position: UK #89
written by: T. Morris, L. Phillips and F. Morris
Edwin Starr Marvin
1984 Streetwave
17 record label: Calibre 114
chart position: UK #90
written by: Edwin Starr
comments: [reggae beat]
Edwin Starr Smooth
1983 Calibre
18 record label: 10 Records 199
chart position: UK #98
written by: Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman
Edwin Starr Whatever Makes Our Love Grow
1987 Records
19 record label: Ric Tic 107
chart position: RandB #33, US #95
written by: Charlie Hatcher and Bill Sharply
Edwin Starr Back Street
1965 Ric Tic
20 record label: Motown 1284
chart position: US #110
written by: Freddie Perren
album: Hell Up in Harlem OST
comments: [Motown Sound]
Edwin Starr Ain't It Hell Up in Harlem
1974 Motown
21 record label: Tamla Motown 692
chart position: US #119
written by: Berry Gordy (as Berry Gordy Jr.) and Smokey Robinson
album: Involved
comments: [Motown Sound]
Edwin Starr Way Over There
1968 Tamla Motown
22 record label: Gordy 7097
chart position: RandB #39, US #117
written by: Edwin Starr and Richard
album: War and Peace
comments: [Motown Sound]
Edwin Starr Time
1970 Gordy
23 record label: Tamla Motown 630
chart position: US #120
written by: Grant, Eddie Kendricks and Norman Whitfield
comments: [Motown Sound]
Edwin Starr I Want My Baby Back
1967 Tamla Motown
24 record label: Gordy 7071
chart position: RandB #45, US #112
written by: Stephen Bowden, James Dean and William Weatherspoon
comments: [Motown Sound]
Edwin Starr I Am the Man for You Baby
1968 Gordy
25 record label: Granite 528
chart position: RandB #51
written by: Edwin Starr
Edwin Starr Stay with Me
1975 Granite
26 record label: 20th Century 2338
chart position: RandB #94, US dance #28
written by: Edwin Starr
Edwin Starr I Just Wanna Do My Thing
1977 20th Century
-- record label: Gordy 948
written by: E. Starr, J. Bristol
album: War And Peace
comments: [album cut]
Edwin Starr I Just Wanted To Cry
1970 Gordy
-- record label: Polydor 56702 (UK)
written by: Harris, Greer, Hopson
comments: [northern soul]
Edwin Starr I Have Faith in You
1966 Polydor
-- record label: Gordy 7071
written by: Grant, Whitfield, McMullen
album: Soul Master
comments: [Motown Sound] [northern soul]
Edwin Starr My Weakness Is You
1968 Gordy




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