"Too Late the Hero" is a song written and recorded by English rock musician
John Entwistle
John Alec Entwistle (9 October 194427 June 2002) was an English musician who was the bassist for the rock band The Who. Entwistle's music career spanned over four decades. Nicknamed "The Ox" and "Thunderfingers", he was the band's only member ...
, released as the first single from his fifth solo
studio album
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, ''
Too Late the Hero'' (1981). Entwistle's best-selling single, it peaked at No. 76 on the
UK Singles Chart and at No. 101 on the ''
Billboard
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''
Bubbling Under Hot 100. It was Entwistle's only chart placing in the UK.
In the UK the single was released as a
limited-run picture disc of 500, all hand signed by Entwistle in return for a case of the finest
whiskey.
Compilation appearances
The song is also found on Entwistle's compilation albums, ''
Thunderfingers: The Best of John Entwistle'' (1996), ''Anthology'' (1996), and ''
So Who's the Bass Player? The Ox Anthology'' (2005).
Personnel
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John Entwistle
John Alec Entwistle (9 October 194427 June 2002) was an English musician who was the bassist for the rock band The Who. Entwistle's music career spanned over four decades. Nicknamed "The Ox" and "Thunderfingers", he was the band's only member ...
– lead vocals, bass guitar, synthesizers, tambourine, timps
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Joe Walsh – lead guitar, synthesizers
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Joe Vitale – drums, piano, flutes
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Billy Nicholls
William Morris Nicholls Jr (born 15 February 1949) is an English singer, songwriter, composer, record producer, and musical director. He was born into a musical family, his father Billy Nicholls (Sr.) being a double bassist and big band singer, ...
– backing vocals
Charts
References
External links
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{{John Entwistle
1981 songs
Songs written by John Entwistle
Atco Records singles
1981 singles