<Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Producer (s) </Th> <Td> Mundell Lowe </Td> </Tr> <P> Singer Jinx Dawson of the band Coven performed the song at a 1971 session with the film's orchestra as part of the soundtrack for the Warner Bros. film Billy Jack . Dawson asked that her band, Coven, be listed on the recording and film, not her name as a solo artist . This Warner release, titled as "One Tin Soldier (The Legend of Billy Jack)", reached #26 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the fall of 1971 . </P> <P> The full Coven band then re-recorded the song for their self - titled MGM album, which displayed the band members' whited - out faces on the cover, contrived again by the film's producer Tom Laughlin . Coven hit the charts again with the song in 1973, in both the new MGM recording and a reissue of their Warner original . The Coven recording was named Number One All Time Requested Song in 1971 and 1973 by the American Radio Broadcasters Association . </P>

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