Warren Entner

Warren Entner (born July 8, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, organist and guitarist for the rock and roll band The Grass Roots. He subsequently became a manager for several successful heavy metal/rock groups.

Overview

Entner is best known for his vocal contributions on some of The Grass Roots' biggest hits, most notably the memorable "1-2-3-4" count-in to the chorus, as well as lead vocal on the chorus, of "Let's Live for Today" and the Middle 8 of the song "Midnight Confessions".

Entner and his group The Grass Roots played at the Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival on Sunday June 11, 1967, in the "summer of love" as their top ten hit "Let's Live for Today" was hitting the airwaves. This music festival is important because it occurred before the Monterey Pop Festival but did not have a movie to document it for the ages (see List of electronic music festivals). On Sunday October 27, 1968, they played at the San Francisco Pop Festival and then played at the Los Angeles Pop Festival and Miami Pop Festival in December of that year as their top ten hit "Midnight Confessions" was hitting the airwaves.

Entner and his group The Grass Roots played at Newport Pop Festival 1969 at Devonshire Downs which was a racetrack at the time but now is part of the North Campus for California State University at Northridge. They played on Sunday June 22 which was the final day of the festival as their top twenty hit "Wait A Million Years" was hitting the airwaves. In Canada, they played at the Vancouver Pop Festival at the Paradise Valley Resort in British Columbia in August 1969 (see List of electronic music festivals).

Compositions and musical release performance

Entner composed twenty-one songs for The Grass Roots. Two of these, "Feelings" and "Come On And Say It", appeared as single "A" sides. His other nineteen compositions appeared on single "B" sides and albums. He wrote frequently with Rob Grill and they were considered a songwriting team. Entner played with the group on their first nine albums, seven of which charted. He took part in the first twenty-five singles released, twenty of which charted.

Group management

After departing from The Grass Roots in the mid 70s, Entner went behind the scenes of the music business and became a manager. Owning his own firm Warren Entner Management, Entner managed a number of hard rock artists including Angel, Quiet Riot, Faith No More, Rage Against the Machine, Deftones, as well as other acts such as The Grays, Failure and Nada Surf.

Discography

Singles

Release date Title Flip side Record Label Chart Positions US Billboard US Cashbox UK 1967 Let's Live for Today Depressed FeelingDunhill 8 5 Things I Should Have Said Tip of My TongueDunhill 23 36 Wake Up, Wake Up No ExitDunhill 68 61 1968 Melody For You Hey FriendDunhill 123 Feelings Here's Where You BelongDunhill Midnight Confessions++ Who Will You Be TomorrowDunhill 5 5 1969 Bella Linda+++ Hot Bright LightsDunhill 28 20 Melody For You All Good Things Come to an EndDunhill Lovin' Things You And Love Are The SameDunhill 49 35 River Is Wide, The (You Gotta) Live For LoveDunhill 31 16 I'd Wait A Million Years Fly Me To HavanaDunhill 15 12 Heaven Knows Don't Remind MeDunhill 24 13 1970 Walking Through The Country Truck Drivin' ManDunhill 44 30 Baby Hold On Get It TogetherDunhill 35 25 Come On And Say It Something's Comin' Over MeDunhill 61 39 Temptation Eyes Keepin' Me DownDunhill 15 16 1971 Sooner Or Later I Can Turn Off The RainDunhill 9 12 Two Divided By Love Let It GoDunhill 16 8 1972 Glory Bound Only OneDunhill 34 22 Runway, The Move AlongDunhill 39 29 Anyway The Wind Blows Monday LoveDunhill 107 1973 Love Is What You Make It Someone To LoveDunhill 55 Where There's Smoke There's Fire Look But Don't TouchDunhill We Can't Dance To Your Music Look But Don't TouchDunhill Stealin' Love (In The Night) We Almost Made It TogetherDunhill

++ – Gold Record – RIAA Certification

+++ – Composed by Italian superstar Lucio Battisti)

Albums

++ – Gold Record – RIAA Certification