Staff Sgt. Bob Lay
2 records in the archive · 1968
Credited on records as GySgt Bob Lay USMC.
About the artist
Robert G. 'Bob' Lay, American Marine and singer-guitarist who retired as a First Sergeant, USMC. As a staff sergeant in 1966, hearing Barry Sadler's 'The Ballad of the Green Berets' and wondering why the Corps had no answer, he wrote and recorded 'The Marine's Ballad' (set, with permission, to the tune of Johnny Horton's 'Sink the Bismarck') and 'Make a Marine'; popular with leathernecks, both have been re-released several times over the years, including digitally in 2014. [Source: Leatherneck Magazine (SoundCloud) / Apple Music]