August 22, 1970: After leaving The Animals the year before, Eric Burdon made a return to the charts when his new band, War, scored a number 3 hit with "Spill The Wine"…

August 22, 1970:

After leaving The Animals the year before, Eric Burdon made a return to the charts when his new band, War, scored a number 3 hit with "Spill The Wine"…

 Although Burdon would split from War in 1971, the rest of the group would have many more hits without him…

 "The World is a Ghetto"

"The Cisco Kid"

"Gypsy Man"   

"Slippin' Into Darkness"

 "Why Can't We Be Friends?"

“Lowrider”

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September 15, 1970: Spiro Agnew, Vice President of the US, claims that "The youth of America are being brainwashed into a drug culture of rock music, movies, books and tabloid newspapers”…

Spiro Agnew is sworn in as vice-president in 1969. From left to right: Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Everett Dirksen, Spiro Agnew (with hand raised), Hubert Humphrey

September 15, 1970: Spiro Agnew, Vice President of the US, claims that "The youth of America are being brainwashed into a drug culture of rock music, movies, books and tabloid newspapers”… 

Critics have cited him as being one of the worst Vice Presidents in American history…

Edwin Starr's version of "War" was the number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on September 15, 1970, and is not only the most successful and well-known record of Starr’s career, but is also one of the most popular protest songs ever recorded….

During his fifth year as Vice President, late in the summer of 1973, Agnew was investigated by the United States Attorney's office for the District of Maryland, on charges of extortion, tax fraud, bribery, and conspiracy...

In October, he was charged with having accepted bribes totaling more than $100,000 while holding office as Baltimore County Executive, Governor of Maryland, and Vice President of the United States…

 On October 10, 1973, Agnew was allowed to plead no contest , with the condition that he resign the office of Vice President..

Agnew is the only Vice President in United States history to resign because of criminal charges. Ten years after leaving office, in January 1983, Agnew paid the state of Maryland nearly $270,000 as a result of a civil suit that stemmed from the bribery allegations. Critics have cited him as being one of the worst Vice Presidents in American history...

 

JUST SAYIN…

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August 22, 1970: After leaving The Animals the year before, Eric Burdon made a return to the charts when his new band, War, scored a number 3 hit with "Spill The Wine"…Although Burdon would split from War in 1971, the rest of the group would have many more hits without him, including "The World is a Ghetto", "The Cisco Kid", "Gypsy Man", "Slippin' Into Darkness" and "Why Can't We Be Friends?

August 22, 1970: 

After leaving The Animals the year before, Eric Burdon made a return to the charts when his new band, War, when they scored a number 3 hit with "Spill The Wine"…

Eric Burdon split from War in 1971, but the rest of the group would have many more hits without him, including "The World is a Ghetto", "The Cisco Kid", "Gypsy Man", "Slippin' Into Darkness" and "Why Can't We Be Friends?"

"The World is a Ghetto"

“The Cisco Kid" (In Detroit)

"Gypsy Man"

Full20+ minute Version… 

 

"Slippin' Into Darkness"…

 

And what would seem to be an unlikely cover, but made a whole lot of sense...

"Why Can't We Be Friends?" 

 

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EVOLUTION OF ROCK 'N ROLL: SEPTEMBER 11

Tex Williams' SMOKE, SMOKE, SMOKE THAT CIGARETTE was the Number One tune in the nation on September 11, 1947

SMOKE SMOKE THAT CIGARETTE

SMOKE SMOKE SMOKE THAT CIGARETTE

Commmander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen brought it back home to Ann Arbor, Michigan--and then the world!!!--in 1971

A classic "Ragtime" tune, this time recorded by Pee Wee Hunt (Born in 1907, his discography includes Twelth Street Rag and Dixieland. He was a member of Glen Gray & the Casa Loma Orchestra) hits #1 on the U.S. charts on September 11, 1948. 




How does this fit into the EVOLUTION of ROCK 'n ROLL? Check out the intro to Billy Preston's classic Nothing From Nothing

Edwin Starr's WAR was the number one tune on Billboard on this date in 1970. I guess it's as significant today, ten years after the attacks on the United States, now known as "911," as it was in 1970. 

WAR by Edwin Star

GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!