# Warren Entner

Warren Entner (born 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).
It was with The Grass Roots that Entner practiced his first efforts as band manager that he would fine tune to become a professional manager for other groups after 1974. Entner identified several songs written by other composers that proved successful when The Grass Roots covered them. He was instrumental in identifying "Let's Live For Today", "Midnight Confessions" and "Lovin' Things" (written by Artie Schroeck) to name a few.
In 1970, he married the Welsh actress, model and beauty queen, Miss World 1961, Rosemarie Frankland. In 1976, she gave birth to their only child together, a daughter. The couple divorced in 1981. He was married again on May 25, 1985, to Stacey Elizabeth Babbitt, who gave birth to his second child in 1986.

## 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 | Chart Positions | Chart Positions |
| Release date | Title | Flip side | Record Label | US Billboard | US Cashbox | UK |
| 1967 | Let's Live for Today | Depressed Feeling | Dunhill | 8 | 5 | |
| 1967 | Things I Should Have Said | Tip of My Tongue | Dunhill | 23 | 36 | |
| 1967 | Wake Up, Wake Up | No Exit | Dunhill | 68 | 61 | |
| 1968 | Melody For You | Hey Friend | Dunhill | 123 | | |
| 1968 | Feelings | Here's Where You Belong | Dunhill | | | |
| 1968 | Midnight Confessions++ | Who Will You Be Tomorrow | Dunhill | 5 | 5 | |
| 1969 | Bella Linda+++ | Hot Bright Lights | Dunhill | 28 | 20 | |
| 1969 | Melody For You | All Good Things Come to an End | Dunhill | | | |
| 1969 | Lovin' Things | You And Love Are The Same | Dunhill | 49 | 35 | |
| 1969 | River Is Wide, The | (You Gotta) Live For Love | Dunhill | 31 | 16 | |
| 1969 | I'd Wait A Million Years | Fly Me To Havana | Dunhill | 15 | 12 | |
| 1969 | Heaven Knows | Don't Remind Me | Dunhill | 24 | 13 | |
| 1970 | Walking Through The Country | Truck Drivin' Man | Dunhill | 44 | 30 | |
| 1970 | Baby Hold On | Get It Together | Dunhill | 35 | 25 | |
| 1970 | Come On And Say It | Something's Comin' Over Me | Dunhill | 61 | 39 | |
| 1970 | Temptation Eyes | Keepin' Me Down | Dunhill | 15 | 16 | |
| 1971 | Sooner Or Later | I Can Turn Off The Rain | Dunhill | 9 | 12 | |
| 1971 | Two Divided By Love | Let It Go | Dunhill | 16 | 8 | |
| 1972 | Glory Bound | Only One | Dunhill | 34 | 22 | |
| 1972 | Runway, The | Move Along | Dunhill | 39 | 29 | |
| 1972 | Anyway The Wind Blows | Monday Love | Dunhill | 107 | | |
| 1973 | Love Is What You Make It | Someone To Love | Dunhill | 55 | | |
| 1973 | Where There's Smoke There's Fire | Look But Don't Touch | Dunhill | | | |
| 1973 | We Can't Dance To Your Music | Look But Don't Touch | Dunhill | | | |
| 1973 | Stealin' Love (In The Night) | We Almost Made It Together | Dunhill | | | |
++ – Gold Record – RIAA Certification
+++ – Composed by Italian superstar Lucio Battisti)

### Albums

| Release date | Title | Record Label | Chart Positions | Chart Positions | Chart Positions |
| Release date | Title | Record Label | US Billboard | US Cashbox | UK |
| 1967 | Let's Live for Today | Dunhill | 75 | | |
| 1968 | Feelings | Dunhill | | | |
| 1968 | Golden Grass ++ | Dunhill | 25 | | |
| 1969 | Lovin' Things | Dunhill | 73 | | |
| 1969 | Leaving It All Behind | Dunhill | 36 | | |
| 1970 | More Golden Grass | Dunhill | 152 | | |
| 1971 | Their 16 Greatest Hits ++ | Dunhill | 58 | | |
| 1972 | Move Along | Dunhill | 86 | | |
| 1973 | Alotta' Mileage | Dunhill | | | |
++ – Gold Record – RIAA Certification