War (band)

War is an American funk/rock/soul/Latin 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, psychedelia, and reggae. According to music writer Colin Larkin, their "potent fusion of funk, R&B, rock and Latin styles produced a progressive soul sound", while Martin C. Strong calls them "one of the fiercest progressive soul combos of the '70s". 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.

3 August 1949

Born on the same birth date (3 August 1949): Philip Casnoff • Sue Slipman

Born on the same birth day (3 August): Argyro Strataki • Cécile Aubry • David Knox (rugby union) • Evangeline Lilly • Frederick William III of Prussia • Harry Heilmann • John Eisenhower • Jourdan Dunn • Justin Lehr • Max Fatchen • Nadia Ali (singer) • Pablo Ibáñez • Pat Crawford • Ralph Wright (footballer) • Sue Slipman

Born in the same month (August 1949): Ann Murray • Bertalan Farkas • Bettina Arndt • Dino Bravo • James Fallows • Nigel Griggs • Rijkman Groenink • Shelley Long • Sib Hashian • Stephen McKinley Henderson • Ted Ammon • Willy Rey