Edwin Starr

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{{Short description|American musician (1942–2003)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Edwin Starr
| image = EdwinStarr.jpg
| caption =
| image_size = 
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Charles Edwin Hatcher
| birth_date = {{birth date|1942|1|21|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], [[Tennessee]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2003|4|2|1942|1|21|mf=y}}
| death_place = [[Chilwell]], [[Nottinghamshire]], England<ref name="BBC1">{{cite news|title=Edwin Starr: Miles from home|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-23944922|access-date=10 April 2022|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=24 October 2013}}</ref>
| genre = {{hlist|[[Soul music|Soul]]|[[Rhythm and blues|R&B]]|[[Funk music|funk]]|[[disco]]|[[psychedelic soul]]}}
| occupation = Singer, songwriter
| years_active = 1962–2003
| label = {{hlist|[[Ric-Tic Records|Ric-Tic]]|[[Motown]]|[[20th Century Records|20th Century]]|[[Motorcity Records|Motorcity]]}}
| website = {{URL|edwinstarr.info}}
}}

'''Charles Edwin Hatcher ''' (January 21, 1942 – April 2, 2003),<ref name="Obit"/> known by his [[stage name]] '''Edwin Starr''', was an American singer and songwriter. He is best remembered for his [[Norman Whitfield]]-produced [[Motown]] singles of the 1970s, most notably the number-one hit "[[War (Edwin Starr song)|War]]".<ref name="VF"/>

Born in [[Nashville]] and raised in [[Cleveland, Ohio]], he later lived in [[Detroit]] while singing for [[Ric-Tic Records|Ric-Tic]] and [[Motown]] Records.<ref name="AllMusic"/> He was backed by the band that became known as "[[Black Merda]]". Hawkins and Veasey of the group played on most of his early hits on the Ric Tic Label. Starr's songs "[[Twenty-Five Miles]]" and "Stop the War Now" were also major successes, in 1969 and 1971 respectively. In the 1970s Starr moved to England, where he continued to produce music and resided until his death.<ref name="BBC1"/>

==Early life==
Charles Edwin Hatcher was born in [[Nashville, Tennessee]], on January 21, 1942.<ref name="Obit"/> He and his cousins, soul singers Roger and Willie Hatcher, moved to [[Cleveland]], Ohio, where they were raised.

In 1957, Hatcher formed a [[doo-wop]] group, the Future Tones, and began his singing career.<ref name="Obit"/><ref name="AllMusic"/> However, after just one single he was called up for military service in the [[United States Army]] for three years, where he was posted to Europe. Following the end of his service he decided to make music his career, and joined the musical group of [[Bill Doggett]]. Hatcher adopted the name Edwin Starr at the suggestion of Doggett's manager Don Briggs, and made his solo recording debut in 1965 for the [[Detroit]] record company [[Ric-Tic Records|Ric-Tic]].<ref name="Obit"/><ref name= "BBC2">{{cite web |title=Soul legend Edwin Starr dies |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2911555.stm |publisher=BBC News |access-date=14 April 2022 |date=3 April 2003}}</ref><ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web|last1=Huey|first1=Steve|title=Artist Biography|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/edwin-starr-mn0000046727/biography|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=10 April 2022}}</ref>

==Career==
The song that launched his career was "Agent Double-O-Soul" (1965), a reference to the [[James Bond]] films, already popular at the time. Other early hits included "Headline News", "Back Street", and "[[Stop Her on Sight (S.O.S.)]]". (These first four hits were all co-written by Starr as "C. Hatcher".) While at Ric-Tic, as Edwin Starr he wrote the song "Oh, How Happy", a number 12 [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] hit in 1966 for [[The Shades of Blue]] (he would go on to release a version of the song with [[Blinky (singer)|Blinky]] in 1969) and sang lead for the Holidays on their number 12 R&B hit, "I'll Love You Forever". At Motown he recorded a string of singles before enjoying international success with "[[Twenty-Five Miles]]", which he co-wrote with producers Johnny Bristol and Harvey Fuqua. It peaked at number 6 in both the Hot 100 and [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B Charts]] in 1969.<ref name="VF">{{cite web|title=Edwin Starr Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography |url=https://www.musicvf.com/Edwin+Starr.art|website=Music VF|access-date=2 January 2022}}</ref>

It was when Motown's [[Berry Gordy]] became frustrated with smaller labels like Ric-Tic stealing some of the success of his company that he bought out the label. Many of Starr's Ric-Tic songs (subsequently owned by Motown) like "Back Street" and "Headline News" became favored [[northern soul]] classics. His early Ric-Tic hit "Stop Her on Sight (S.O.S.)", was reissued in Britain (with "Headline News" as its [[B-side]]) in 1968, and it performed better than the original release on the [[UK Singles Chart|UK Chart]], surpassing the original number 35 and peaking at number 11.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> His 1970 song "Time" also helped to establish him as a prominent artist on the northern soul scene.

The biggest hit of Starr's career, which cemented his reputation, was the [[Vietnam War]] [[protest song]] "[[War (Edwin Starr song)|War]]" (1970).<ref name="BBC1"/> Starr's intense vocals transformed a [[The Temptations|Temptations]] album track into a number one chart success, which spent three weeks in the top position on the U.S. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' charts, an anthem for the [[antiwar movement]] and a cultural milestone that continues to resound in movie [[soundtrack]]s and [[hip hop]] music samples. It sold over three million copies, and was awarded a [[Music recording certification|gold disc]].<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs">{{cite book|first=Joseph|last=Murrells|year=1978|title=The Book of Golden Discs|edition=2nd|publisher=Barrie and Jenkins Ltd|location=London|page=[https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/286 286]|isbn=0-214-20512-6|url= https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/286}}</ref> "War" appeared on both Starr's ''[[War & Peace (Edwin Starr album)|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. Music critic [[Robert Christgau]] called the latter album "[[Norman Whitfield]]'s peak production".<ref name="CG"/> His backing singers during this time were Total Concept Unlimited, who later became [[Rose Royce]].

{{quote box|quote="Starr is more naturally strident than any of [[the Temptations]], which suits both '[[War (The Temptations song)|War]],' a song he simply takes away from them, and 'Stop the War,' [[Barrett Strong]]'s most strident protest yet."|source=—''The Best of the Staples Singers'' review in ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]'' (1981)<ref name="CG">{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: S|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=S&bk=70|access-date=March 12, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>|width=21%|align=right|style=padding:8px;}}

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 (film)|Black Caesar]]'', an earlier hit with a soundtrack by [[James Brown]]. In 1979, Starr reappeared on the charts with a pair of [[disco]] hits, "[[Contact (Edwin Starr song)|(Eye-to-Eye) Contact]]" and "[[H.A.P.P.Y. Radio (song)|H.A.P.P.Y. Radio]]". "Contact" was the more successful of the two, peaking at number 65 on the US pop chart, number 13 on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B]] chart, number 1 on the dance chart, and number 6 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book|first=David|last=Roberts|year=2006|title=British Hit Singles & Albums|edition=19th|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited|location=London|isbn=1-904994-10-5|page=524}}</ref> "H.A.P.P.Y. Radio" was also a top ten hit in the UK, reaching number 9 on the chart in mid-1979.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> 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 (where he recorded 1984's "Marvin", a tribute to Marvin Gaye) and Hippodrome (a division of Peter Stringfellow's Hippodrome nightclub). His Starr café empire still enjoys success in and around Essex.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

In 1985, Starr released "It Ain't Fair". Despite garnering the attention of many in the soul and dance clubs, it fell short of becoming a major hit (managing number 56 on the UK Chart).<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> "It Ain't Fair", along with several other singles released around the same time, appeared on Starr's ''Through the Grapevine'' album, which was not released until 1990. Starr appeared on the charity number one single [[Let It Be (song)#Ferry Aid version|"Let It Be" by Ferry Aid]] in 1987. Later that year, Starr teamed up with the [[Stock, Aitken and Waterman]] (SAW) production company for the club hit, "Whatever Makes Our Love Grow". Starr expressed dissatisfaction with the process of making the record, complaining that the producers treated him as an amateur.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman: Ep 28: A Walk In The Park to Whatever Makes Our Love Grow on Apple Podcasts |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/ep-28-a-walk-in-the-park-to-whatever-makes-our-love-grow/id1565879477?i=1000558531126 |access-date=2022-04-30 |website=Apple Podcasts |language=en-AU}}</ref>

In 1989, a number 17 UK hit by the [[Cookie Crew]] called "Got to Keep On" [[sampling (music)|sampled]] a portion of "25 Miles".<ref>{{cite book|last=Warwick|first=Neil|author2=Kutner, Jon|others=Brown, Tony|title=The Complete Book of the British Charts: Singles and Albums|year=2004 |publisher=Omnibus Press|page=261|isbn=1-84449-058-0}}</ref> This track was then featured on a 1990 dance [[Medley (music)|medley]] made for the [[BRIT Awards]], which made number 2 in the UK Singles Chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.everyhit.com/retrocharts/1990-March.html|title=Retrochart for March 1990|publisher=everyHit.com|access-date=2015-08-25}}</ref> A club mix of various artists, it included the previous years remix of "25 Miles".

In 1989, Starr also joined [[Ian Levine]]'s [[Motorcity Records]], releasing six singles and the album ''Where Is the Sound'', as well as co-writing several songs for other artists on the label. Starr resurfaced briefly in 2000 to team up with the UK band [[Utah Saints]] to record a new version of "[[Funky Music Sho' 'Nuff Turns Me On]]". He appeared again in 2002 to record a song with the British musician [[Jools Holland]], singing "Snowflake Boogie" on Holland's compact disc ''More Friends''; and to record another track with Utah Saints, a so-far-unreleased version of his number one hit "War"—his last recording.

In 1995, Starr featured in ''[[Blue Juice]]'', a 1995 British [[drama film]] as a soul singer named Ossie Sands. The songs featured were recorded by Starr for the film. The film has the added attraction of being possibly the first film to include [[Northern soul|Northern Soul]] as a sub-plot.<ref>{{cite web|date=6 December 1997|title=Soul Source, "Blue Juice Review from 90s"|url=https://www.soul-source.co.uk/articles/soul-articles/blue-juice-review-from-90s-r211/|url-status=live|access-date=25 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815134724/https://www.soul-source.co.uk/articles/soul-articles/blue-juice-review-from-90s-r211/|archive-date=August 15, 2020}}</ref>

In late 2002, Edwin Starr appeared with many R&B stars on the "Rhythm, Love, and Soul" edition of the PBS series American Soundtrack. His performance of "25 Miles" was included on the accompanying live album that was released in 2004.

==Personal life and death==
Starr remained a hero on England's [[northern soul]] circuit and moved to England in 1983, continuing to live there for the remainder of his life. He based himself in the [[Midlands]], living for many years at [[Pooley Hall]] at [[Polesworth]], [[Warwickshire]], before moving to [[Bramcote]] in [[Nottinghamshire]].<ref name="Obit">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/apr/04/guardianobituaries.politics|title=Obituary: Edwin Starr|first=Dave|last=Laing|date=April 4, 2003|access-date=December 5, 2017|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="BMES">{{cite news|title=Soul legend Edwin Starr's band and brother Angelo coming to The Night Owl in Birmingham|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/soul-legend-edwin-starrs-band-9769508|newspaper=[[Birmingham Mail]]|access-date=30 January 2021|date=31 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sudden death of a Starr shocks village; QUIET ROCK SINGER WHO RENOVATED MANSION IS MOURNED BY NEIGHBOURS. |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Sudden+death+of+a+Starr+shocks+village%3B+QUIET+ROCK+SINGER+WHO...-a099556827 |website=The Free Library |publisher=Coventry Telegraph |access-date=4 January 2024 |date=3 April 2003}}</ref>

Starr died on April 2, 2003, from a heart attack at his Nottinghamshire home. He was 61.<ref name= "BBC2"/> He is buried at Wilford Hill Cemetery in [[Nottingham]].<ref name="BMES"/> He was survived by his long term partner Jean, and by his son and daughter from earlier relationships.<ref name="Obit"/>

==Honours==
Edwin Starr was inducted into the inaugural class of the Official Rhythm & Blues Music Hall of Fame at [[Cleveland State University]] in August 2013.

Starr was inducted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.michiganrockandrolllegends.com/mrrl-hall-of-fame/283-edwin-starr|title=Michigan Rock and Roll Legends - EDWIN STARR|website=Michiganrockandrolllegends.com|access-date=2019-07-09}}</ref>

Starr is one of the subjects of a mural in [[Beeston, Nottingham]], which is not far from where he lived later in life.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/stunning-pictures-show-completed-beeston-2161480|title=Stunning pictures show completed Beeston street art tributes to famous icons|first=Ben|last=Reid|date=October 29, 2018|newspaper=[[Nottingham Post]]}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of albums, with selected chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:5em;" | Year
! scope="col" colspan="3" | Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" style="width:3em;font-size:90%";" | [[Kent Music Report|AUS]] <ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=291}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" style="width:3em;font-size:90%";" | [[Billboard 200|US]] <ref name="Awards">{{cite web|title=Edwin Starr - Awards|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/edwin-starr-mn0000046727/awards|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=2 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020012930/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/edwin-starr-mn0000046727/awards|archive-date=October 20, 2012}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" style="width:3em;font-size:90%";" | [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|US R&B]] <ref name="Awards"/>
|-
! scope="row" | ''Soul Master''
| 1968
| – || — || —
|-
! scope="row" | ''25 Miles''
| rowspan="2"|1969
| – || 73 || 9
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Just We Two (Blinky and Edwin Starr album)|Just We Two]]'' (with [[Blinky (singer)|Blinky]])
| – || – || –
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[War & Peace (Edwin Starr album)|War & Peace]]''
| 1970
| – || 52 || 9
|-
! scope="row" | ''Involved''
| 1971
| – || 178 || 45
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Hell Up in Harlem|Hell Up in Harlem (Soundtrack)]]''
| 1974
| – || – || –
|-
! scope="row" | ''Free to Be Myself''
| 1975
| – || – || 43
|-
! scope="row" | ''Afternoon Sunshine [UK] Edwin Starr [US]''
| 1977
| – || – || –
|-
! scope="row" | ''Clean''
| 1978
| – || 80 || 22
|-
! scope="row" | ''Happy Radio''
| 1979
| 83 || 115 || 44
|-
! scope="row" | ''Stronger than You Think I Am''
| 1980
| – || – || –
|-
! scope="row" | ''For Sale''
| 1983
| – || – || –
|-
! scope="row" | ''Through the Grapevine'' (includes several of his mid-1980s singles)
| 1990
| – || – || –
|-
! scope="row" | ''You Can Have It''
| rowspan="2"|1991
| – || – || –
|-
! scope="row" | ''Where Is the Sound''
| – || – || –
|-
| colspan="8" style="font-size:90%"| "–" denotes releases that did not chart.
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edwinstarr.info/discography.htm |title=The Official Edwin Starr website|publisher=Edwinstarr.info |access-date=2015-08-25|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815040344/http://edwinstarr.info/discography.htm|archive-date=August 15, 2015 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
! colspan="5"| Chart positions
! rowspan="2"|[[Music recording sales certification|Certifications]]
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! style="width:40px;"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US Pop]] <ref>{{cite book|first=Joel|last=Whitburn|year=2003|title=Top Pop Singles 1955–2002|edition=1st|publisher=Record Research Inc.|location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin|isbn=0-89820-155-1|page=[https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whitbur/page/672 672]|url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whitbur/page/672}}</ref>
! style="width:40px;"| [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|US R&B]] <ref name="whitburnr&b">{{cite book|title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–1995|last=Whitburn |first=Joel|author-link=Joel Whitburn|year=1996|publisher=Record Research|page=418}}</ref>
! style="width:40px;"| [[Dance Club Songs|US Dance]] <ref name="Awards"/>
! style="width:40px;"| [[Kent Music Report|AUS]] <ref name=aus/>
! style="width:40px;"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]] <ref name="betts">{{cite book|first=Graham|last=Betts|year=2004|title= Complete UK Hit Singles 1952–2004|edition=1st|publisher=Collins|location=London|isbn=0-00-717931-6|page=92}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=EDWIN STARR - full Official Chart History|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/12505/edwin-starr/|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=26 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1965
| style="text-align:left;"| "Agent Double-O-Soul"
| 21
| 8
| –
| –
| –
|
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Back Street"
| 95
| 33
| –
| –
| –
|
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1966
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Stop Her on Sight (S.O.S.)]]"
| 48
| 9
| –
| –
| 35
|
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "I'll Love You Forever" (with the Holidays)
| 63
| 7
| –
| –
| –
|
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Headline News"
| 84
| –
| –
| –
| 39
|
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1967
| style="text-align:left;"| "Girls Are Getting Prettier"
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
|
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "You're My Mellow"
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
|
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "I Want My Baby Back"
| 120
| –
| –
| –
| –
|
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1968
| style="text-align:left;"| "I Am the Man for You Baby"
| 112
| 45
| –
| –
| –
|
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Way Over There]]"
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
|
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Stop Her on Sight (S.O.S.)" / "Headline News" (reissue)
| –
| –
| –
| –
| 11
|
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1969
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Twenty-Five Miles]]"
| 6
| 6
| –
| –
| 36
|
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "I'm Still a Struggling Man"
| 80
| 27
| –
| –
| –
|
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Oh How Happy" (as Blinky & Edwin Starr)
| 92
| –
| –
| –
| –
|
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1970
| style="text-align:left;"| "Time"
| 117
| 39
| –
| –
| –
|
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[War (The Temptations song)|War]]"
| 1
| 3
| –
| 37
| 3
|
* [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]]: Silver<ref>{{cite web|title=Edwin Starr - War|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/8058-1478-1|website=bpi.co.uk |access-date=15 January 2022}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Stop the War Now"
| 26
| 5
| –
| –
| 33
|
|-
|| 1971
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Funky Music Sho' 'Nuff Turns Me On]]"
| 64
| 6
| –
| –
| –
|
|-
|| 1972
| style="text-align:left;"| "Who Is the Leader of the People"
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1973
| style="text-align:left;"| "There You Go"
| 80
| 12
| –
| –
| –
|
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "You've Got My Soul on Fire"
| –
| 40
| –
| –
| –
|
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1974
| style="text-align:left;"| "Ain't It Hell Up in Harlem"
| 110
| –
| –
| –
| –
|
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Big Papa"
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
|
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Who's Right or Wrong"
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
|
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1975
| style="text-align:left;"| "Pain"
| –
| 25
| –
| –
| –
|
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Stay with Me"
| –
| 51
| –
| –
| –
|
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Abyssinia Jones"
| 98
| 25
| –
| –
| –
|
|-
|| 1976
| style="text-align:left;"| "Accident"
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
|
|-
|| 1977
| style="text-align:left;"| "I Just Wanna Do My Thing"
| –
| 94
| 28
| –
| –
|
|-
|| 1978
| style="text-align:left;"| "I'm So into You"
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
|
|-
| rowspan="4"| 1979
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Contact (Edwin Starr song)|Contact]]"
| 65
| 13
| 1
| 37
| 6
|
* BPI: Silver<ref>{{cite web|title=Edwin Starr - Contact|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/1504-2974-1|website=bpi.co.uk|access-date=15 January 2022}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[H.A.P.P.Y. Radio (song)|H.A.P.P.Y. Radio]]"
| 79
| 28
| 7
| 54
| 9
|
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "It's Called the Rock"
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
|
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Tell a Star"
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
|
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1980
| style="text-align:left;"| "Stronger"
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
|
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Boop Boop"
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
|
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Get Up, Whirlpool"
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
|
|-
|| 1981
| style="text-align:left;"| "Sweet"
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1983
| style="text-align:left;"| "I Wanna Take You Home"
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
|
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Smooth"
| –
| –
| –
| –
| 90
|
|-
|| 1984
| style="text-align:left;"| "Marvin"
| –
| –
| –
| –
| 89
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1985
| style="text-align:left;"| "It Ain't Fair"
| –
| –
| –
| –
| 56
|
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Missiles"
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1986
| style="text-align:left;"| "Grapevine"
| –
| –
| –
| –
| 83
|
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Soul Singer"
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
|
|-
|| 1987
| style="text-align:left;"| "Whatever Makes Our Love Grow"
| –
| –
| –
| –
| 98
|
|-
|| 1988
| style="text-align:left;"| "Long Line of Lovers"
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
|
|-
|| 1989
| style="text-align:left;"| "25 Miles '89"
| –
| –
| –
| –
| 82
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1990
| style="text-align:left;"| "She's The One"
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
|
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Ain't No Stopping Us Now" (with David Saylor)
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
|
|-
|| 1992
| style="text-align:left;"| "Darling Darling Baby"
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
|
|-
|| 1993
| style="text-align:left;"| "War" (as Edwin Starr and Shadow)
| –
| –
| –
| –
| 69
|
|-
|| 1994
| style="text-align:left;"| "Can't Stop Thinking About You"
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
|
|-
| colspan="8" style="font-size:90%"| "–" denotes releases that did not chart.
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.edwinstarr.info/ Official site]
* {{IMDb name|0823498}}
* {{Discogs artist}}
* [http://www.bluesandsoul.com/feature/393/edwin_starr_october_1992_bands_classi... Edwin Starr interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' 10/92] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110318030700/http://www.bluesandsoul.com/feature/393/edwin_starr_october_1992_bands_classi... |date=March 18, 2011 }}
* [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p5521|pure_url=yes}} Edwin Starr] at [[AllMusic]]
* {{Find a Grave|7322959|access-date=September 3, 2010}}

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