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"Low Rider" is a song written by American funk band War and producer Jerry Goldstein, which appeared on their album Why Can't We Be Friends?, released in 1975. It reached number one on the Billboard R&B singles chart , peaked at number seven on the Hot 100 singles chart, and number six in Canada (number 69 in the Canadian year-end chart [ 6 ] ).
The Lowrider Band consists of three of the four surviving original core group members of the multi-platinum selling band War: Howard E. Scott, Lee Oskar, and Harold Brown. These members lost the right in federal court to use and tour under the name "War" in the mid-1990s to Far Out Productions (producer and manager Jerry Goldstein ).
Two singles from the album were released: the title track backed with "In Mazatlan", and "Low Rider" backed with "So". Both A-sides were nominated for the Grammy Awards of 1976. Of the songs on this album, an interpolation of the first part of the song "Smile Happy" was used in the song "It Wasn't Me" by Shaggy featuring RikRok.
Ode to Io is the first full-length album from the Swedish Rock band Lowrider, released on Meteor City. [2] [3] [Link to precise page]Early reviews noted a similarity to musical elements used by influential rock bands such as Kyuss and Fu Manchu. [4]
Miller’s deep voice is heard on the War song "Low Rider", and he is credited by many sources as the dominant and initial songwriter of "Low Rider". It was recorded at Wally Heider Studios in San Francisco in 1975 and has been sampled by many artists such as Flo Rida, who used it for his song "G.D.F.R.").
Its lead single, "Lowrider (On the Boulevard)", which was performed by Frost, A.L.T., Markski, Mellow Man Ace, and War, made it to number 15 on the Hot Rap Songs chart. Latin Alliance is regarded as one of the pioneering albums of Hispanic hip hop, being one of the first albums to be released by a group of Latino rappers.
Originally from Mexicali, Mexico, Gonzalez came to the United States and fell in love with lowriders and the culture. His son, Andy Gonzalez, 37, says that his father experienced a rough ...
Sweet Soulful Music (2006) Best of Andy Fairweather Low – Low Rider (2008) Professional ratings; Review scores; Source Rating; AllMusic [3] Blender [4]