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This Warner release, titled as "One Tin Soldier (The Legend of Billy Jack)", reached number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the fall of 1971. [3] [4] The full Coven band then re-recorded the song for their self-titled MGM album, which displayed the band members' whited-out faces on the cover, contrived by the film's producer Tom Laughlin. Coven ...
Coven was an American rock band formed in Chicago in the late 1960s. They had a top 40 hit in 1971 with the song "One Tin Soldier", the theme song of the movie Billy Jack. Coven was composed of vocalist Jinx Dawson, [2] bassist Greg "Oz" Osborne, guitarist Chris Neilsen, keyboardist Rick Durrett (later replaced by John Hobbs), and drummer Steve ...
A cover of Canadian band The Original Caste, the film's theme song, "One Tin Soldier" was recorded by Jinx Dawson, of the band Coven, with session musicians providing the backing and later a re-recording, renamed as "One Tin Soldier (The Legend of Billy Jack)", credited to the band Coven, became a Top 40 hit in 1971 and again in 1973.
The songs employ the use of strings, horns, and organ which adds a swinging, pop-friendly sound. "One Tin Soldier" was a hit in Canada and reached No. 34 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1970. [3] The follow-up single, "Mr. Monday", was a big hit in Japan and Canada but not in the United States. The two singles combined, worldwide, sold ...
One of the songwriters, James Vincent, appears with the name "Jim Donlinger" on the album. Born James Vincent Dondelinger, he was not a member of the band (prior to this he was in the band Aorta), but was asked by Bill Traut, Coven's producer (and founder of Dunwich Records, whose logo also appears on the album), to write, arrange and co-produce the album together with Traut.
Coven (1971): "One Tin Soldier (The Legend of Billy Jack)" (Lambert, Potter) – 3:38 Sound clip (begins at 3:21): Eyewitness account of the Ohio National Guard's shooting of students at Kent State Alice Cooper (1972): " School's Out " ( Vincent Furnier , Michael Bruce , Glen Buxton , Dennis Dunaway , Neal Smith ) – 3:30
Brian August Potter (born 1939) is a British-born American pop music songwriter and record producer.With his writing partner, Dennis Lambert, Potter wrote and produced hits songs for the Four Tops, Tavares, the Grass Roots, Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds, Evie Sands, Coven, Hall and Oates, and Glen Campbell.
"One More Parade" Phil Ochs: 1971 "One Tin Soldier" Coven: 1988 "Orange Crush" R.E.M. 1972 "The Patriot's Dream" Gordon Lightfoot: 1971 "People, Let's Stop the War" Grand Funk Railroad: 1968 "Por Vietnam" Quilapayún: 1970 "Question" The Moody Blues: 1972 "Readjustment Blues" John Denver: 1967 "Requiem for the Masses" The Association: 1992 ...