THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

843-Gary Byrd and the GB Experience-The Crown.

1983-Number 6 single.

Best Bit-At 5.30.The musical royalty, that is his highness, Stevie Wonder, obviously.

In America this was the only song released on Stevie Wonder’s short lived ‘Wondirection’ record label, a subsidiary of the Motown label.It failed to chart on Billboard, as at the time of release Motown were in takeover negotiations with MCA records, and the small label received little promotion.

Gary Byrd was born in 1954, in Buffalo, New York, United States,he has been a radio disc jockey since the age of 15, and during the 1980’s he presented a Gospel music programme on BBC Radio 1 called ‘Sweet Inspirations.’Prior to this songs release, Byrd had released the Album ‘The Gary Byrd Experience, and the single ‘Every Brother Ain’t A Brother.’This wasn’t the first time that Byrd and Wonder had teamed up as they had previously collaborated on four songs, including ‘Village Ghetto Land,’ from Wonder’s ‘Songs in the Key of Life’ Album.

The Crown’ was co-written by Stevie Wonder (see also best songs 920-834-682-570-503-366-205-152 and 65) and Gary Byrd, and tells the story of human progress, beginning with the ancient Egyptians, and continuing to the present day.Gary Byrd described the songs meaning,’The idea is not that black, white or anyone is better, but we all have our place. We’ve all made contributions, and mistakes too. Wearing the crown is reaching the top of your potential.’

‘I wear the crown, you wear the crown,so proud to say that we all wear the crown,get down.’