War (originally called Eric Burdon and War) is an American funk/soul/rock band from Long Beach, California, formed in 1969. The band is known for several hit songs in the 1970s (including "Spill the Wine", "The World Is a Ghetto", "The Cisco Kid", "Why Can't We Be Friends?", "Low Rider", and "Summer"). A musical crossover band, War became known for its eclectic blend of different musical styles, an amalgam of the sounds and styles the band members heard living in the... [more on Wikipedia]
Top songs: #1: Low Rider - #2: The Cisco Kid - #3: Spill the Wine - #4: Summer - #5: The World Is a Ghetto| Date | Title | Points | Charts Peaks | Links | Comment | |||
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| 1. | 1970 | Eric Burdon Declares "War" | 159 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 05/1970 | 159 | US 3 | MP3 | 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 | |||
| 2. | 1970-1971 | The Black-Man's Burdon | 20 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 12/1970 | 16 | US 50 | MP3 | 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 | |||
| 2. | 04/1971 | 4 | US 108 | MP3 | 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 | |||
| 3. | 1971 | War | 7 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 04/1971 | 7 | US 107 • US R&B 38 | MP3 | [United Artists 50746] written by Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar & Howard E. Scott | |||
| 4. | 1971-1972 | All Day Music | 129 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 08/1971 | 46 | US 35 • US AC 12 • US R&B 18 | MP3 | 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 | |||
| 2. | 01/1972 | 82 | US 16 • US R&B 12 | MP3 | [United Artists 50867] written by Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar & Howard E. Scott | |||
| 5. | 1972-1973 | The World Is a Ghetto | 366 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 11/1972 | 145 | US 7 • US R&B 3 | MP3 | [United Artists 50975] written by Sylvester Allen, Harold Brown, Morris Dickerson, Leroy Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar Levitin & Howard Scott | |||
| 2. | 03/1973 | 220 | US 2 • US R&B 5 | MP3 | [United Artists 163] written by Sylvester Allen, Harold Brown, Morris Dickerson, Leroy Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar Levitin & Howard Scott | |||
| 6. | 1973 | Deliver the World | 207 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 07/1973 | 126 | US 8 • US R&B 6 | MP3 | [United Artists 281] written by Howard Scott, Morris Dickerson, Harold R. Brown, Charles W. Miller, Leroy Jordan, Sylvester Allen & Lee Oskar Levitan | |||
| 2. | 11/1973 | 81 | US 15 • US R&B 18 | MP3 | [United Artists 350] written by Charles Miller, Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Lee Oskar, Lonnie Jordan, Morris Dickerson & Thomas Allen | |||
| 7. | 1974 | War Live! | 34 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 06/1974 | 34 | US 33 • US R&B 17 | MP3 | instrumental live [United Artists 432] written by Sylvester Allen, Harold Brown, Morris Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar & Howard Scott | |||
| 8. | 1975 | Why Can't We Be Friends? | 361 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 05/1975 | 140 | US 6 • US R&B 9 | MP3 | [United Artists 629] written by Howard Scott, Morris Dickerson, Harold R. Brown, Charles W. Miller, Lonnie Jordan, Sylvester Allen, Lee Levitan & Gerald Goldstein | |||
| 2. | 09/1975 | 221 | US 7 • US R&B ✫1 • UK 12 | MP3 | [United Artists 706] written by Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott & Jerry Goldstein | |||
| 9. | 1976 | Greatest Hits | 155 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 07/1976 | 155 | US 7 • US AC ✫1 • US R&B 4 | MP3 | 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 | |||
| 10. | 1977 | Platinum Jazz | 47 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 06/1977 | 47 | US 45 • US R&B 2 | MP3 | [Blue Note 1009] written by Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott & Jerry Goldstein | |||
| 11. | 1977-1978 | Galaxy | 148 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 11/1977 | 127 | US 39 • US dance 8 • US R&B 5 • UK 14 | MP3 | [MCA 40820] written by Charles Miller, Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Lee Oskar, Lonnie Jordan, Morris Dickerson & Thomas Allen | |||
| 2. | 04/1978 | 20 | US R&B 70 • UK 40 | MP3 | [MCA 40883] written by Morris Dickerson, Charles Miller, Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Jerry Goldstein, Lee Oskar, Lonnie Jordan & Sylvester Allen | |||
| 12. | 1978 | Youngblood | 14 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 07/1978 | 13 | US dance 19 • US R&B 21 | MP3 | [United Artists 1213] written by B.B. Dickerson, Charles Miller, Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Jerry Goldstein, Lee Oskar, Lonnie Jordan & Papa Dee Allen | |||
| 2. | 10/1978 | 1 | US R&B 87 | MP3 | [United Artists 1247] written by Sylvester Allen, Harold Brown, Morris Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard Scott & Jerry Goldstein | |||
| 13. | 1979 | The Music Band | 16 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 03/1979 | 16 | US 101 • US dance 49 • US R&B 12 | MP3 | [MCA 40995] written by Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott & Jerry Goldstein | |||
| 14. | 1979-1980 | The Music Band 2 | 4 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 12/1979 | 4 | US R&B 32 | MP3 | [MCA 41158] written by Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, Jerry Goldstein, Ron Hammon, Lonnie Jordan, Lee Oskar, Luther Rabb, Pat Rizzo, Howard E. Scott & Alice Tweed Smith | |||
| 2. | 05/1980 | 1 | US R&B 96 | MP3 | [MCA 41209] written by Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, Ron Hammon, Lonnie Jordan, Lee Oskar, Luther Rabb, Pat Rizzo & Howard E. Scott | |||
| 15. | 1981-1982 | Outlaw | 64 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 06/1981 | 1 | US R&B 90 | MP3 | [LAX 02120] written by Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, Jerry Goldstein, Ron Hammon, Lonnie Jordan, Lee Oskar, Luther Rabb, Pat Rizzo & Howard E. Scott | |||
| 2. | 02/1982 | 48 | US 66 • US dance 6 • US R&B 18 • UK 58 | MP3 | [RCA 13061] written by Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, Jerry Goldstein, Lonnie Jordan, Lee Oskar, Luther Rabb & Howard E. Scott | |||
| 3. | 06/1982 | 16 | US 94 • US R&B 13 | MP3 | [RCA 13238] written by Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, Jerry Goldstein, Ron Hammon, Lonnie Jordan, Lee Oskar, Luther Rabb & Howard E. Scott | |||
| 16. | 1983 | Life (Is So Strange) | 2 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 06/1983 | 2 | US R&B 50 | MP3 | [RCA 13544] written by Jerry Goldstein, Papa Dee Allen, Lonnie Jordan, Howard E. Scott, Lee Oskar & Harold Brown | |||
| 17. | 1985 | Where There's Smoke | 22 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 03/1985 | 22 | US AC 30 • US R&B 79 • UK 43 | MP3 | [Coco Plum 2002] written by Felix Cavaliere & Eddie Brigati | |||
| 18. | 1987 | The Best of War…and More | 7 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 02/1987 | 1 | US R&B 98 | MP3 | [Priority 9502] written by Harold Brown, Jerry Goldstein, Milton Myrick & Moses Wheelock | |||
| 2. | 05/1987 | 6 | US R&B 59 • UK 98 | MP3 | 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 | |||
| 19. | 1994-1995 | Peace Sign | 2 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 06/1994 | 2 | US R&B 64 | MP3 | [Avenue 76024] written by Howard E. Scott, Harold Brown & Milton Myrick | |||
| 2. | 01/1995 | 1 | US R&B 118 | MP3 | written by Jerry Goldstein | |||
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