Color Him Father
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“Color Him Father” | ||
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Single by The Winstons | ||
A-side | Color Him Father | |
B-side | Amen, Brother | |
Released | 1969 | |
Format | 7" | |
Genre | Rhythm and blues | |
Length | 3:06 | |
Label | Metromedia | |
Writer(s) | Richard Lewis Spencer | |
Producer | Don Carroll |
“Color Him Father” is a song released by funk and soul group The Winstons.
It was released in 1969, and received reached number 2 on the R&B charts and number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 that same year. The Winstons also won a Grammy Award for Best R&B song in 1970.[1]
“Color Him Father” is one of the most known songs by The Winstons. It was released as a single, and the B-side contained a song entitled “Amen, Brother”. “Amen, Brother” contains what has now become one of the most heavily sampled drum breaks in the course of electronic music, especially jungle and breakbeat hardcore. This break has become known as the Amen Break.
The lyrics of “Color Him Father” express the love of a man, who has come into a boy’s life and taken the role of his father, being that his real father had been killed in the Vietnam War.
[edit] References
- ^ Harrington, Richard: A Celebration of Home-Grown Soul, The Washington Post, June 30, 2006.