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War
Actor, Composer
War is an American funk band from Long Beach, California, known for several hit songs .
Formed in 1969, War is a musical crossover band that fuses elements of rock, funk, jazz, Latin, rhythm and blues, and reggae. Their album The World Is a Ghetto was Billboard's best-selling album of 1973. The band transcended racial and cultural barriers with a multi-ethnic line-up. War was subject to many line-up changes over the course of its existence, leaving member Leroy "Lonnie" Jordan as the only original member in the current line-up; four other members created a new group called the Lowrider Band.
Formed in 1969, War is a musical crossover band that fuses elements of rock, funk, jazz, Latin, rhythm and blues, and reggae. Their album The World Is a Ghetto was Billboard's best-selling album of 1973. The band transcended racial and cultural barriers with a multi-ethnic line-up. War was subject to many line-up changes over the course of its existence, leaving member Leroy "Lonnie" Jordan as the only original member in the current line-up; four other members created a new group called the Lowrider Band.
Filmography
| 2014 | |
| 2013 | The Queen Latifah Show (2013) (TV Series) · as Themselves - Musical Guest |
| 2008 | The Bonnie Hunt Show (TV Series) · as Themselves |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Themselves - National Unfriend Day Band |
| 1999 | Where Are They Now? (TV Series) · as Themselves |
| 1997 | Behind the Music (TV Series) · as Themselves |
| 1995 | Soul Music Festival: Part 1 · as Themselves |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) · as Themselves - Musical Guest |
| 1976 | Cos (TV Series) · as Themselves |
| 1974 | Dinah! (TV Series) · as Themselves |
| 1973 | Don Kirshner's Rock Concert (TV Series) · as Themselves |
| 1972 | BBC In Concert (TV Series) · as Themselves |
| 1972 | The Midnight Special (TV Series) · as Themselves |
| 1971 | Soul Train (TV Series) · as Themselves |
| 1969 | The David Frost Show (TV Series) · as Themselves |
| 1966 | The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (TV Series) · as Themselves |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Themselves - Rock Group |
| 1952 | American Bandstand (TV Series) · as Themselves |