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One Tin Soldier
1969 song performed by The Original Caste
One Tin Soldier
"One Tin Soldier" is a 1960s counterculture era anti-war song written by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter. Canadian pop group The Original Caste (consisting of Dixie Lee Innes, Bruce Innes, Graham Bruce, Joseph Cavender and Bliss Mackie) first recorded it in 1969 for the T-A record label and the parent Bell Records label. Its debut—ranked #1 of 50 new "Singles Coming Up" by Record World—got "solid heavy airplay"... promptly selling 7,500 copies in Denver, alone. The song, recorded by various artists, charted each year from 1969 to 1974 on various charts in the United States and Canada. It also charted in Australia. "One Tin Soldier" went to number 6 on the RPM Magazine charts, hit the number 1 position on CHUM AM in Toronto on 27 December 1969, and The Original Caste version reached number 34 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart in 1969. It was a bigger hit on the Billboard Easy Listening Chart (Adult Contemporary), reaching number 25 and number 5 on the Canada Adult Contemporary Chart. A 1971...
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