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Edwin Starr

Edwin Starr is a person from Detroit, active from 1942.

Person Detroit 1942–2003 soul funk disco

TOTAL PLAYS

1,137

SONGS PLAYED

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2006-05-10 13:08 · Radio 2 — "Stop Her On Sight (S.O.S.)"

LAST PLAYED

2 months ago · Radio 2 — "Headline News"

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2006 — 2026

200 150 100 50 0

'06 '09 '12 '15 '18 '21 '24

◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 728 64%

6 Music 387 34%

1Xtra 14 1%

Radio 1 8 1%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 18:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 25 Miles 323 2026-05-13

2 H.A.P.P.Y. Radio 172 2026-05-02

3 Contact 159 2026-04-02

4 Stop Her On Sight (S.O.S.) 154 2026-02-28

5 War 133 2026-02-19

6 Agent Double O Soul 33 2016-07-21

7 Headline News 31 2026-05-23

8 Agent Double-O-Soul 19 2025-06-19

9 Time 10 2025-06-07

10 Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On 9 2017-12-22

11 S.O.S. (Stop Her On Sight) 9 2017-11-27

12 My Weakness Is You 7 2024-01-13

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-23 00:55 Headline News Radio 2

2026-05-13 22:49 25 Miles Radio 2

2026-05-02 00:04 H.A.P.P.Y. Radio Radio 2

2026-04-06 11:24 It Ain't Fair Radio 2

2026-04-02 22:17 Contact Radio 2

2026-03-28 18:37 H.A.P.P.Y. Radio Radio 2

2026-02-28 01:32 Stop Her On Sight (S.O.S.) Radio 2

2026-02-21 07:05 25 Miles Radio 2

2026-02-19 10:16 War Radio 2

2026-02-12 22:13 25 Miles Radio 2

2026-02-03 15:35 H.A.P.P.Y. Radio Radio 2

2026-01-24 02:11 Stop Her On Sight (S.O.S.) Radio 2

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

50 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

24 Hours (To Find My Baby) —

1 2015-03-05 ▶

25 Miles —

323 2026-05-13 ▶

25 Miles (Skeewiff Rewiff) —

1 2024-05-18 ▶

Agent Double O Soul —

33 2016-07-21 ▶

Agent Double-O Soul —

2 2016-07-27 ▶

Agent Double-O-Soul —

19 2025-06-19 ▶

Ain't It Hell Up In Harlem —

1 2013-09-29 ▶

All Around The World —

2 2020-08-29 ▶

Back Street —

4 2024-11-18 ▶

Burns Like Fire —

2 2011-10-22 ▶

Contact —

159 2026-04-02 ▶

Contact (12") —

6 2019-02-02 ▶

Contact (Radio 2 All Star Party, 30 Sept 2017) —

1 2017-10-01 ▶

Contact (UK 7" Single Version) —

1 2023-06-30 ▶

Easin' In —

6 2024-07-08 ▶

Eye to eye contact —

1 2016-06-18 ▶

Funky Music (Sho' Nuff Turns Me On) —

2 2016-01-25 ▶

Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On —

9 2017-12-22 ▶

Get Up Whirlpool (12") —

2 2022-05-14 ▶

Get Up Whirlpool (Eric Duncan Edit) —

2 2017-01-30 ▶

H.A.P.P.Y. Radio —

172 2026-05-02 ▶

Happy Radio —

1 2017-03-04 ▶

Headline News —

31 2026-05-23 ▶

I Have Faith In You —

3 2021-02-27 ▶

I Just Wanna Do My Thing —

1 2023-04-21 ▶

I Want My Baby Back —

4 2020-11-02 ▶

It Ain't Fair —

1 2026-04-06 ▶

My Only Weakness Is You —

1 2018-12-01 ▶

My Weakness Is You —

7 2024-01-13 ▶

Oh How Happy —

1 2014-09-26 ▶

Runnin' —

1 2020-06-13 ▶

Running Back And Forth —

3 2024-04-27 ▶

S.O.S —

1 2011-05-08 ▶

S.O.S. (Stop Her On Sight) —

9 2017-11-27 ▶

Sos Stop Her On Sight —

2 2014-07-05 ▶

Stop Her On Sight (S.O.S.) —

154 2026-02-28 ▶

Stop Her On Sight (SOS) —

1 2007-05-28 ▶

Storm Clouds On The Way —

1 2020-01-03 ▶

There You Go —

1 2017-12-16 ▶

Time —

10 2025-06-07 ▶

Time (Recorded Live at the Northern Soul Prom) —

1 2023-09-09 ▶

Time Please Double Check This Is The Right One I Ripped!! —

1 2009-03-19 ▶

Twenty Five Miles —

4 2024-07-28 ▶

Twenty-Five Miles —

1 2020-11-28 ▶

War —

133 2026-02-19 ▶

War (King Britt Mix) —

6 2020-09-19 ▶

War (King Britt Remix) —

1 2022-09-30 ▶

War (Pebble Mill, 3 Feb 1995) —

3 2020-10-18 ▶

Way Over There —

3 2021-07-24 ▶

You've Got My Soul On Fire —

2 2017-10-13 ▶