Billboard.Dickerson was born in 1949 in California and started playing bass at the age of 12.He co-wrote and played on popular War songs including “Low Rider” and “Summer.”War had a Billboard chart number one album in 1973 with “The World Is a Ghetto”, while their single “The Cisco Kid” reached number two.B.B.
also regularly contributed vocals to songs, with him taking the lead on title track “The War Is a Ghetto.”Back in 1962, original members Howard E.
Scott and Harold Brown formed a group called The Creator, with B.B. joining the line-up within a few years.They went on to become War in 1969, and hit the height of their popularity in the 1970s.B.B.
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