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Charles William Miller (June 2, 1939 – June 4, 1980) was an American musician best known as the saxophonist and flutist for the multicultural California funk band War. Notably, Miller provided lead vocals as well as saxophone on the band's Billboard R&B number one hit "Low Rider" (1975). == Early life == Miller was born in Olathe, Kansas. Two years after his birth, Miller moved with his family to Los Angeles and settled in Long Beach, California. His father was... [more on Wikipedia]

Top songs: #1: G.D.F.R. - #2: Strip That Down - #3: Low Rider - #4: The Cisco Kid - #5: Spill the Wine

War

05/1970

#5 Spill the Wine
War

from Eric Burdon Declares "War"

159 pts

as Eric Burdon and War
[MGM 14118]
written by Papa Dee Allen, Eric Burdon, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller

, Lee Oskar & Howard Scott

One G Plus Three

10/1970

Poquito Soul
One G Plus Three

6 pts

122

instrumental
[Gordo 705]
written by Charles Miller

War

12/1970

They Can't Take Away Our Music
War

from The Black-Man's Burdon

16 pts

as Eric Burdon and War
[MGM 14196]
written by Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, Eric Burdon, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller

, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott & Jerry Goldstein

04/1971

Lonely Feelin'
War

from War

7 pts

107

R&B

[United Artists 50746]
written by Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller

, Lee Oskar & Howard E. Scott

04/1971

Home Cookin'
War

from The Black-Man's Burdon

4 pts

108

as Eric Burdon and War
[MGM 14196]
written by Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, Eric Burdon, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller

, Lee Oskar & Howard E. Scott

08/1971

All Day Music
War

from All Day Music

46 pts

R&B

charted as All Day Music / Get Down in US R&B charts
[United Artists 50815]
written by Jerry Goldstein, Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller

, Lee Oskar & Howard E. Scott

The Isley Brothers

10/1971

Spill the Wine
The Isley Brothers

from Givin' It Back

27 pts

R&B

[T-Neck 932]
written by Papa Dee Allen, Eric Burdon, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller

, Lee Oskar & Howard Scott

War

01/1972

Slippin' into Darkness
War

from All Day Music

82 pts

R&B

[United Artists 50867]
written by Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller

, Lee Oskar & Howard E. Scott

11/1972

The World Is a Ghetto
War

from The World Is a Ghetto

145 pts

R&B

[United Artists 50975]
written by Sylvester Allen, Harold Brown, Morris Dickerson, Leroy Jordan, Charles Miller

, Lee Oskar Levitin & Howard Scott

10.

03/1973

#4 The Cisco Kid
War

from The World Is a Ghetto

220 pts

R&B

[United Artists 163]
written by Sylvester Allen, Harold Brown, Morris Dickerson, Leroy Jordan, Charles Miller

, Lee Oskar Levitin & Howard Scott

11.

07/1973

Gypsy Man
War

from Deliver the World

126 pts

R&B

[United Artists 281]
written by Howard Scott, Morris Dickerson, Harold R. Brown, Charles W. Miller

, Leroy Jordan, Sylvester Allen & Lee Oskar Levitan

12.

11/1973

Me and Baby Brother
War

from Deliver the World

81 pts

R&B

[United Artists 350]
written by Charles Miller

, Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Lee Oskar, Lonnie Jordan, Morris Dickerson & Thomas Allen

13.

06/1974

Ballero
War

from War Live!

34 pts

R&B

instrumental live
[United Artists 432]
written by Sylvester Allen, Harold Brown, Morris Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller

, Lee Oskar & Howard Scott

14.

05/1975

Why Can't We Be Friends?
War

from Why Can't We Be Friends?

140 pts

R&B

[United Artists 629]
written by Howard Scott, Morris Dickerson, Harold R. Brown, Charles W. Miller

, Lonnie Jordan, Sylvester Allen, Lee Levitan & Gerald Goldstein

15.

09/1975

#3 Low Rider
War

from Why Can't We Be Friends?

221 pts

R&B

[United Artists 706]
written by Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller

, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott & Jerry Goldstein

16.

06/1976

Me and Baby Brother
War

45 pts

R
written by Charles Miller

, Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Lee Oskar, Lonnie Jordan, Morris Dickerson & Thomas Allen

17.

07/1976

Summer
War

from Greatest Hits

155 pts

R&B

Promo Track of Why Can't We Be Friends?
[United Artists 834]
written by Gerald Goldstein, Harold Ray Brown, Papa Dee Allen, Morris Dickerson, Howard Scott, Leroy "Lonnie" Jordan, Lee Oskar Levitin & Charles Miller

Lee Oskar

18.

12/1976

Sunshine Keri
Lee Oskar

1 pts

R&B

instrumental
[United Artists 861]
written by Sylvester Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller

, Howard Scott & Lee Oskar

War

19.

06/1977

L.A. Sunshine
War

from Platinum Jazz

47 pts

R&B

[Blue Note 1009]
written by Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller

, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott & Jerry Goldstein

20.

11/1977

Galaxy
War

from Galaxy

127 pts

dance

R&B

[MCA 40820]
written by Charles Miller

, Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Lee Oskar, Lonnie Jordan, Morris Dickerson & Thomas Allen

21.

04/1978

Hey Señorita
War

from Galaxy

20 pts

R&B

[MCA 40883]
written by Morris Dickerson, Charles Miller

, Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Jerry Goldstein, Lee Oskar, Lonnie Jordan & Sylvester Allen

22.

07/1978

Youngblood (Livin' in the Streets)
War

from Youngblood

13 pts

dance

R&B

[United Artists 1213]
written by B.B. Dickerson, Charles Miller

, Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Jerry Goldstein, Lee Oskar, Lonnie Jordan & Papa Dee Allen

23.

10/1978

Sing a Happy Song
War

from Youngblood

1 pts

R&B

[United Artists 1247]
written by Sylvester Allen, Harold Brown, Morris Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller

, Lee Oskar, Howard Scott & Jerry Goldstein

24.

03/1979

Good, Good Feelin'
War

from The Music Band

16 pts

101

dance

R&B

[MCA 40995]
written by Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller

, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott & Jerry Goldstein

25.

05/1987

Low Rider
War

from The Best of War…and More

6 pts

R&B

R rm
[Priority 9364]
written by Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller

, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott & Jerry Goldstein

Will Downing

26.

03/1991

The World Is a Ghetto
Will Downing

from A Dream Fulfilled

7 pts

written by B.B. Dickerson, Charles Miller

, Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Lee Oskar, Lonnie Jordan & Papa Dee Allen

Latin Alliance

27.

08/1991

Low Rider (On the Boulevard)
Latin Alliance

from Latin Alliance

15 pts

featuring War
[Virgin 98751]
written by Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller

, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott & Jerry Goldstein

Gary Hoey

28.

07/1994

Low Rider
Gary Hoey

from The Endless Summer II: Music from the Motion Picture

10 pts

rock

written by Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller

, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott & Jerry Goldstein

Smash Mouth

29.

01/1998

Why Can't We Be Friends?
Smash Mouth

from Fush Yu Mang

5 pts

alt.

written by Howard Scott, Morris Dickerson, Harold R. Brown, Charles W. Miller

, Lonnie Jordan, Sylvester Allen, Lee Levitan & Gerald Goldstein

TLC

30.

04/1999

I'm Good at Being Bad
TLC

from FanMail

7 pts

117

R&B

[LaFace LP Cut]
written by Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Tony Tolbert, T-Boz, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, Martin, Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte, Donna Summer, B.B. Dickerson, Charles Miller

, Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Lee Oskar & Lonnie Jordan

New Direction

31.

12/1999

New Direction
New Direction

from New Direction

1 pts

117

R&B

written by Charles Miller

Cypress Hill

32.

12/2001

Lowrider
Cypress Hill

from Stoned Raiders

27 pts

108

R&B

charted as Lowrider / Trouble in UK charts
written by Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller

, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott & Jerry Goldstein

Plump DJs

33.

05/2002

A Plump Night Out – Sampler 1
Plump DJs

from A Plump Night Out

3 pts

131

written by Lee Rous, Andy Gardner, Charles Miller

, Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Lee Oskar, Lonnie Jordan & Papa Dee Allen

Drag-On

34.

12/2003

Bang Bang Boom
Drag-On

from Hell and Back

1 pts

R&B

[Ruff Ryders 47654]
written by Melvin Smalls, Kaseem Dean, Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Lee Oskar, Charles Miller

& Howard Scott

Plump DJs

35.

07/2004

A Plump Night Out – Sampler 1
Plump DJs

3 pts

128

R
written by Lee Rous, Andy Gardner, Charles Miller

, Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Lee Oskar, Lonnie Jordan & Papa Dee Allen

Warren G

36.

09/2005

Get U Down
Warren G

from In the Mid-Nite Hour

1 pts

120

R&B

featuring B-Real, Ice Cube & Snoop Dogg
written by Morris Dickerson, Charles Miller

, Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Gerald Goldstein, Lee Levitan, Le Roy Jordon, Louis Freeze, Sylvester Allen & Warren G

Flo Rida

37.

11/2014

#1 G.D.F.R.
Flo Rida

from My House

272 pts

R&B

featuring Sage the Gemini & Lookas
[Poe Boy]
written by Flo Rida, Sage the Gemini, Lucas Rego, Mike Caren, Andrew Seder, Charles Miller

, Jerry Goldstein, Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Justin Frank, Lee Oskar, Leroy L. Jordan, B.B. Dickerson & Papa Dee Allen

Thomas Rhett

38.

05/2016

Vacation
Thomas Rhett

from Tangled Up

9 pts

101

ctry

[Valory]
written by Thomas Rhett, Thomas Allen, Harold Brown, Morris Dickerson, Sean Douglas, Jerry Goldstein, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller

, Lee Oskar, Andreas Schuller, Howard Scott, Joe London, Ricky Reed & John Ryan

Liam Payne

39.

06/2017

#2 Strip That Down
Liam Payne

from LP1

232 pts

dance

featuring Quavo
[Hampton]
written by Liam Payne, Steve Mac, Ed Sheeran, Quavo, Shaggy, Rickardo Ducent, Shaun Pizzonia, Brian Thompson, Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller

, Lee Oskar & Howard Scott

BigXthaPlug

40.

11/2024

The Largest
BigXthaPlug

from Take Care

11 pts

[BigXthaPlug]
written by Xavier Landum, Krishon Gaines, Tony Anderson, Charles Miller

, Harold Ray Brown, Howard E. Scott, Leroy Jordan, Lee Oskar, Morris Dickerson, RoDarrion Harrison & Thomas Allen