Superstar
Murray Head
1969
Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release/version source checked.
Release: 1969
Release: 1969Source checked
Composer timeline dates Murray Head and Trinidad Singers single to November 1969, before the 1970 concept album. Later chart runs do not make it a new 1971 recording.
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Superstar - release / recording history
Composer timeline dates Murray Head and Trinidad Singers single to November 1969, before the 1970 concept album. Later chart runs do not make it a new 1971 recording. Source consulted 2026-10-13; not a complete discographic audit.
Former annual assignments retained as history
These appearances were removed from the main annual lists. They are not original release dates.
- 1971: older return
Inspiration and background
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From the concept album of "Jesus Christ Superstar," this version gained popularity in 1971.
Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 1971.html, song-list position 74
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Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Chronology-screened editorial addition; dated source reviewed; popularity rank not assigned.
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Superstar - date and recording source
Composer timeline dates Murray Head and Trinidad Singers single to November 1969, before the 1970 concept album. Later chart runs do not make it a new 1971 recording. Selected as a contemporary editorial supplement, not assigned an invented chart rank.
Billboard year-end 1971 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Historical source retained for identity/context only. It does not establish a chart rank in this newly selected year.
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