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Thread #1911 Message #2988421
Posted By: open mike
16-Sep-10 - 10:51 PM
Thread Name: 'Peace on earth/was all it said'
Subject: RE: 'Peace on earth/was all it said'
"One Tin Soldier" is a 1960s era anti-war song written by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter. The Canadian pop group Original Caste first recorded the song in 1969. The track briefly reached limited popularity in Canada and reached Number 34 on the American pop charts in early 1970. A 1972 remake by Skeeter Davis had light success on the American country charts but did very well in Canada, peaking at number 4 on the Canadian country chart and #2 on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart.from wikipedia
"One Tin Soldier" is a 1960s era anti-war song written by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter. The Canadian pop group Original Caste first recorded the song in 1969. The track briefly reached limited popularity in Canada and reached Number 34 on the American pop charts in early 1970. A 1972 remake by Skeeter Davis had light success on the American country charts but did very well in Canada, peaking at number 4 on the Canadian country chart and #2 on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart...
Jinx Dawson of the band Coven sang the song at a 1971 session with the film's orchestra as part of the soundtrack for the Warner Brothers movie Billy Jack. Jinx asked that her band, Coven, be listed on the recording and film, not her name as a solo artist...
here is an animated version that was featured on Sonny and Cher show http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg84L84uop8
Does anyone know of any thing else written by Dennis Lambert or Brian Potter? (Brian August Potter & Dennis Earle Lambert) here is a bio on Dennis http://www.palmbeachpost.com/accent/content/accent/epaper/2008/04/15/a1d_lambert_web_0415.html