Latin & Central American, & Caribbean Music

131 songs · chronological within each section · A–Z by artist

Annotations and notes by Justin A. Brummer

Entries are numbered (#1, #2 …) for reference on this page; the numbers shift when entries are added or split.

René Mederos, "Como en Viet Nam, Mes de la Ofensiva del Tet" (Month of the Tet Offensive), ca. 1970, Cuba¹

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There is cross-over between genres and geographical location. For example, Caribbean music performed by artists in South America and Europe. Divided by genre, and chronological within each section..

#1 The Ram Ram Go-Go Biz. Man Vietnam Cries U.S.A. 1966 · Single · Vietnam Cries U.S.A. / It's Nice to Be Home · Halagala # HG 30 · UK

A British ska anti-war song from 1966 called "Vietnam Cries U.S.A." (Halagala # HG 30) which pleaded with President Johnson to stop the war: "we don't want no war in this world Mr. Johnson...stop bombing Vietnam" . Released on the rare, obscure British reggae label Halagala, formed by Terry Nelson in the 1960s - born in Guyana, he moved to London and wrote this song.¹² Like J.B. Lenoir above, he particularly drew attention to the mistreatment of African-Americans: "you must set the Negroes free in the USA and we'll live by your laws and obey" - i.e. African-American answered the draft call, but they did not receive equal treatment in the US. The label released an instrumental version of this song, called U.S.A. Out-Cry (Halagala # HG 26), performed by what appears to be a house band of the label, called the Ram-Ram-Go-Go-Sound.

Halagala HG 30 AE, yellow and green label, 45 R.P.M., (P) 1966, "Copy-R.C."; "Vietnam Cries U.S.A." (Nel Fraser), credited to The Ram Ram Go-Go Biz. Man. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Anti-War LBJ Civil Rights

Genres: ♪ ReggaeSka

Also in: ▤ Civil Rights Songs▤ Draft Songs▤ European Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#2 Roy Richards South Vietnam 1966 · Single · South Vietnam / You Must Be Sorry · Island # WI-3000 · UK

Roy Richards (aka Leroy Richards), born in 1941, in Jamaica released the instrumental ska song "South Viet Nam" (Island Records # WI-3000). The title does not show a pro or anti approach to the war, but released in 1967, it displays the prominence of the issue. It could also mean that records with "Vietnam" in the title, or those referring to other events and topical issues, sold well in the market.¹ He was discovered by Clement 'Coxsone' Dodd of the famous reggae label Studio One.²

Island Records WI-3000 (A), 45 R.P.M., ℗ 1966, white and red label; "South Viet Nam" by Roy Richards (no writer or time printed); Island Records Ltd., 108 Cambridge Road, London, N.W.6. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Theme: Themes Pending

Genres: ♪ ReggaeSka

Also in: ▤ European Songs

#3 Otis Wright Prayer for Viet Nam 1967 · Single · Redeemed / Prayer for Viet Nam · Star [Jamaica] # S.R. 103 · Jamaica

The song "Prayer for Vietnam" (Star Records # SR 103) by Otis Wright, a Jamaican gospel singer, from Merrywood District in St Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica. He died in 2014.¹ It is in the Mento genre - which is an acoustic, folksy genre that developed in Jamaica, which incluenced the later Reggae beat. The song is narrated from the soldier's perspective, who prayed to god to help the soldier's return home. It is hard to hear the full lyrics due to the low quality of the vinyl. Manufactured by West Indies Records Ltd., Jamaica.

B-side of "Redeemed" (Star S.R. 103, Jamaica); label spelling "Prayer For Viet Nam"; manufactured by West Indies Records Ltd. Written by O. Wright. The same recording also came out on Gospelight, Remnant and Glades (US), undated. Star Records, 1405 South Jefferson Street, Athens, Alabama. [From the Rate Your Music label page]

Themes: Soldier's Perspective Religion Coming Home

Genres: ♪ ReggaeMento

#4 Ram-Ram-Go-Go-Sound U.S.A. Out-Cry 1967 · Single · Pep-77 / U.S.A Out-Cry · Halagala # HG 26 · UK

The reggae instrumental "U.S.A. Out-Cry" , by the house band of the Halagala label (# HG 26) - it is the same tune as Vietnam Cries U.S.A. by The Ram Ram Go-Go Biz. Man.

Theme: Anti-War

Genres: ♪ ReggaeSka

Also in: ▤ European Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#5 The Jamaicans With Tommy McCook Peace and Love 1968 · Single · Peace and Love / Woman Go Home · Treasure Isle # TI-7037 · Jamaica

The song "Peace and Love" (Treasure Isle Records # TI-7037) is a collaboration between The Jamaicans (a rocksteady group formed in 1966 in Jamaica) and Tommy McCook (reggae artist, born 3 March 1927, La Habana, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba, died 5 May 1998, Atlanta, Georgia, USA). It took a strong anti-war position, saying that the leaders were focused on war, but that the "people of the world" want "love peace and love" . It pleaded with the government: "don't send my brothers to Vietnam" , and looked at the impact on families: "don't let...mothers mourn, don't let my father know the pain" . Released in Kingston, Jamaica.

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Theme: Anti-War

Genre: ♪ Reggae

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#6 The Rudies Train to Vietnam 1968 · Single · Train to Vietnam / Skaville to Rainbow City · Nu Beat # NB 001 · UK

The Rudies were a UK based reggae group, active between 1966 and 1975. Members included Earl Dunn (lead guitar), Ardley White (bass), Sonny Binns (organ), Danny Smith (drums), Alfred Peters [a.k.a. Freddie Notes] (vocals, drums, ?-1970), Glenroy Oakley (vocals, 1970-75). The song "Train to Vietnam" (Nu Beat # NB 001) leaned towards the anti-war side, questioning the death in Vietnam: "how many Vietnamese...Chinese are dying" . This was the first release on the new label Nu Beat, a sub-label of Pama Records, based in London, UK.

Nu Beat NB.001A, 45 RPM, orange and green label with push-out centre; "Train to Vietnam" (Mitchell), Palmer Music, ℗ 1968; distributed by Pama Records Ltd., London, England. [From the record sleeve and labels]

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Theme: Soldier's Perspective

Genres: ♪ ReggaeSka

Also in: ▤ European Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#7 Freddie Notes & The Rudies Train From Vietnam 1969 · Single · I Don't Wanna Lose That Girl / Train From Vietnam · Down Town # DT 427 · UK

Follow-up song to the one above, "Train From Vietnam" (Down Town # DT 427), sees the narrator returning home: "train from Sout Vietnam...we're just returning, I've got lots of news to tell you, want to hear" . Released in London, UK.

Theme: Anti-War

Genre: ♪ Reggae

Also in: ▤ European Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#8 Al Reid Vietcong 1969 · Single · Vietcong / Me Want Man · Blue Cat # BS 161 · UK

The song "Vietcong" (Blue Cat Records # BS 161) is a highly collectable reggae instrumental single, released in the UK by Al Reid - no biographical details are known at this time. The title may also suggest solidarity with the North Vietnamese / anti-US intervention. Vietcong (or "VC") - the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam (Vietnamese: Mặt trận Dân tộc Giải phóng Miền Nam Việt Nam) (NLFSV or NLF), the political and military resistance to the US and South Vietnamese government from within South Vietnam.

Theme: Soldier's Perspective

Genre: ♪ Reggae

Also in: ▤ European Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#9 Reco & Laurel Aitken Stop the War in Vietnam 1969 · Album · Scandal in a Brixton Market · Economy # ECO-8 · UK

Laurel Aitken, born in Cuba in 1927, moved to Brixton, London in 1960. He released the reggae track "Stop the War in Vietnam" - obviously a protest song from the title, which is repeated over and over, on the obscure and hard to find album Scandal in a Brixton Market (Economy # ECO-8).

Economy ECO-8, mono, 33⅓ r.p.m., "A Pama Records Production", Beverley Music; distributed by Pama Records Limited, 78 Craven Park Road, London N.W.10, printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. The front cover, credited to Girlie and Laurel Aitken, is a red, black and white drawing of a crowded Brixton street market under striped awnings.

Side two (orange label) lists Run Powel Run, Teddy Bear, Mr. Soul and Woke Up This Morning by Laurel Aitken, and Babelon and Stop the War in Vietnam (track 6) by Reco & Laurel Aitken.

The back carries "Short Story Bout Brixton by Raglan Gungo Peas", a comic patois tale (marked "Fiction") of a market-day fight between "Larel" and his wife Girly, which mentions Pama's "Woppi King" record and closes by recommending "de crazy Reggae Beat of Girlie and Laurel Aitken". [From the record sleeve and labels]

Theme: Anti-War

Genres: ♪ ReggaeSka

Also in: ▤ European Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#10 Jimmy Cliff Vietnam 1969 · Single · Vietnam / She Does It Right · Island # 6014 003 · Jamaica

Jimmy Cliff, born James Chambers in 1946, in Adelphi, Saint James, Jamaica became one of the first international reggae stars. He died on 24 November 2025.¹ He wrote and recorded the song "Vietnam" (Trojan Records # TR 7722), which took an anti-war position. It told the sad story of a mother receiving a letter, informing her that her son had died in Vietnam. At the end of the track Cliff shouted: "somebody please stop that war now!" . Featured on the 1969 album Jimmy Cliff (Trojan Records # TRLS 16) released in the UK. Released in 1970 in the US on the album Wonderful World, Beautiful People (A&M Records # SP 4251). Billboard reviewed the US edition on 1 September 1970: "this could be the sleeper LP to break the Jamaican reggae rhythm. It is by far the best LP to be released thus far by Jimmy Cliff...The material was cut in Jamaica with unnamed Jamaican musicians and singers and it accurately portrays the flowing exciting and insistent infectiousness of reggae. Cliff's voice is naval and high pitched but that doesn't detract from his ability to maintain listener influence with stories about hard roads to travel and death in Vietnam".² Produced by Lesley Kong and Larry Fallon. Fallon also arranged and conducted.

Picture sleeve: Island Records 6014 003, "Jimmy Cliff – Vietnam – She Does It Right", with a mirrored photograph of Cliff in a fringed suede jacket and an "Original Reggae" flash. The label shown is Trojan Records TR-7722 A, stereo, Island Music ℗ 1969; "Vietnam" (Cliff); produced by Leslie Kong & Larry Fallon, arranged and conducted by Larry Fallon, "A John P. Kelly production". [From the record sleeve and labels]

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Theme: Anti-War

Genres: ♪ ReggaePop Reggae

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#11 The Blake Boy Cambodia 1970 · Single · Harry J # HJ 1856 · Jamaica

Blake Boy aka: Winston Blake, born 19 November 1940 in Morant Bay, Saint Thomas, Jamaica, and died 27 February 2016 in Kingston, Jamaica, was especially well-known as a Jamaican sound system operator and record producer. He also recorded a few Reggae tracks, such as this anti-war song "Cambodia" (Harry J Records # HJ 1856), released in Jamaica, and the UK, which opposed the US incursion into Cambodia, and called for peace on all-sides of the conflict: "it's time the American and Vietcong...to unite" . It called on them to "find a solution" , and expressed anti-war sentiment: "war ain't no go" . The B-side "Cambodia Version" , by The Jay Boys, aka Harry J All Stars, was an instrumental of the A-side. The group formed in Jamaica in 1968, led by Winston Wright (organ, keyboards), and Val Bennett (saxophone).

This song focussed on the US incursion into Cambodia as part of the Vietnam War. Soon after Richard Nixon’s inauguration in January 1969 he implemented a strategy of "Vietnamisation" - the gradual withdrawal of American forces and the strengthening of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), an element of the Nixon ‘Guam’ Doctrine, announced to reporters at Guam on 25 July 1969. However, Nixon’s strategy also involved the expansion of the war into Cambodia and Laos, and extensive bombing campaigns throughout Indochina and many people in the anti-war movement and in the Congress wanted an immediate and unilateral withdrawal. Nixon publicly announced his Cambodia incursion on 30 April 1970.

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Themes: Anti-War Cambodia VC Nixon

Genre: ♪ Reggae

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#12 The Jay Boys Cambodia Version 1970 · Single · Cambodia · Harry J # HJ 1856 · Jamaica

Annotation: see “Cambodia” above (same release).

Themes: Anti-War Cambodia VC Nixon

Genre: ♪ Reggae

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#13 Leslie Butler Ho Chi Ming Trail 1975 · Single · Ho Chi Ming Trail / Village Soul · Black Wax # 12 · UK

The instrumental reggae song "Ho Chi Ming Trail" - a reference to the trail used by North Vietnamese fighters to go from the north to south via Cambodia during the Vietnam conflict. The record actually misspelled the North Vietnamese leader's name - it should be "Ho Chi Minh". Released on the Birmingham, UK label Black Wax (# Wax 12) in 1975, the label of the well-known record shop, that focused on reggae music. Thanks Anthony Ryan.

Black Wax Wax 12 (Wax 12B), black-and-gold label, ℗ 1975, Copyright Control, Black Wax, 23 Lozells Rd., Birmingham B19 2TL; "Ho Chi Ming Trail", Leslie Butler, produced by H. Chin Loy. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Theme: Ho Chi Minh

Genre: ♪ Reggae

Also in: ▤ European Songs

#14 The Beat I Am Your Flag 1981 · Album · Wha'ppen? · Go Feet # BEAT 3 · UK

The song "I am Your Flag" (Go Feet Records # BEAT 3) by The Beat, formed in March 1979, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK. They disbanded in 1983. Members included Dave Wakeling (vocals, guitar), Andy Cox (guitar), David Steele (bass), Everett Moreton (drums), Ranking Roger (vocals), Saxa (saxophone), Wesley Magoogan (saxophone, 1981-83), Dave "Blockhead" Wright (keyboards, 1981-83). This song fell into the 2 Tone genre - originating "in England in the late 1970s as a revival of the first wave Jamaican Ska movement of the 1960s". This song was a critique of blind patriotism, and the use of nationalistic symbols such as the flag: "took your head in Vietnam, just dying to become a man, well I am your flag" . The song also noted conflicts in Northern Ireland and Afghanistan.

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Genres: ♪ ReggaeSka

Also in: ▤ European Songs

#15 Boys Brigade Saigon 1983 · Album · Boys Brigade · Anthem # ANR-1-1040 · Canada

The reggae track "Saigon" - a reference to the capital of South Vietnam, by the obscure artists' Roland McFarlane & The Pelicans, released in Jamaica.

Theme: Soldier's Perspective

Genres: ♪ RockNew Wave

#16 The Killer Bees Rastaman Go No Viet Nam 1985 · Album · Scratch the Surface · Beehive # BH 1001 · USA

Roots reggae group, formed in 1980 in Shreveport, Louisianna, USA. The group disbanded in 1998 in Austin, Texas, USA. Group members included Malcolm Welbourne [aka Papa Mali] (guitar, vocals), Michael E. Johnson (vocals, percussion), Stanton Hoffman (keyboards, vocals). The released the song "Rastaman Go No Viet Nam" (Beehive Records # BH 1001) in Austin, Texas, USA.

Track B5, the closing track; written by Michael E. Johnson (vocals, percussion, steel drums). Recorded at Pollyfox Studio (Nashville) and Johnson-Trimble Studios.

Themes: Anti-War Draft Resistance Religion

Genre: ♪ Reggae

Also in: ▤ Draft Songs

#17 Scientist Ho Chi Minh 1989 · Album · International Heroes Dub · Tamoki Wambesi # TWLP 1022 · Jamaica

Credited on the record as Scientist With The Forces Of Music.

The song "Ho Chi Minh" (Tamoki Wambesi # TWLP 1022) was a collaboration by the Scientist (born 18 April 1960, in Kingston, Jamaica, and currently based in Los Angeles, California, USA), with Force of Music. This was in the dub, reggae genre, released in the UK. The song paid tribute to the North Vietnamese leader Hồ Chí Minh. Other song titles on the album were Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Nelson Mandela, and other political leaders. Most of these are instrumental.

Track A2 of twelve dubs, each named after a political figure (Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Nelson Mandela and others). Written, arranged and produced by Roy Cousins; Scientist engineer. Recorded and mixed at Channel One, Kingston.

Theme: Ho Chi Minh

Genres: ♪ ReggaeDub

#18 Los Pies Negros Prisionero del VietCong 1993 · Album · Los Pies Negros · Fuera de Orden # 003 · Puerto Rico

Ska band, formed in 1991 in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. They released the song "Prisionero del VietCong" (Fuera De Orden Records ‎# 003) about a US Prisoner of War (P.O.W.) in North Vietnam, from the prisoner's perspective, who thinks that he "will not see the sun anymore". The narrator noted that "you have been tortured", and the prisoner is "in search of freedom". &

Fuera de Orden Rekords F.D.O. 003, cassette, "Los Pies Negros"; Side A track 5: "Prisionero de Viet Com" (no writer credits printed); Fuera de Orden Rekords, P.O. Box 1333, Hatillo, P.R. 00659; "Todos los derechos reservados". Line-up: Juan "Paito" Rivera (vocals, guitar), Wilmer "Wimbo" Laboy del Toro (guitar), Werner "Gugui" Rodríguez del Toro (bass), Lester Irrizarry (drums), Alexis Matos (keyboard). [From the cassette inlay and Discogs]

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Themes: P.O.W. VC

Genres: ♪ ReggaeSka

Also in: ▤ P.O.W. / M.I.A. Songs▤ Puerto Rican Songs

#19 Devon Clarke Stop the War 1995 · Single · Massive B [New York] # B MAS 048 · USA

The song "Stop the War" by Devon Clarke, (Massive B # MAS 048), a reggae artist, based in New York. This is in the Dancehall reggae genre - "style of Jamaican Music that developed from Reggae in the late 1970s, when the music of the previous Roots Reggae era became more stripped down, with an increased emphasis on pure rhythm". (1) Released in the post-war era, this track referenced Vietnam, comparing it to violence in Jamaica: "them running Jamaica like the Vietnam War" .

Themes: Violence Metaphor Vietnam Analogy

Genres: ♪ ReggaeDancehall

Also in: ▤ Vietnam as Comparison

#20 Frisco Kid Vietnam (Edited Version) 1999 · Single · Vietnam (Raw Version) / Vietnam (Edited Version) · Opera House · Jamaica

The reggae song "Vietnam" (Opera House Records), released in Jamaica by Frisco Kid (born in Kingston, Jamaica). The song was about gun / gang crime in ghettos, which compared a soldier / police clampdown to Vietnam: "soldier turn di place upside dung, like a Vietnam, gunshot a wake man" .

Opera House Records, yellow label, ℗© 1999, made in Jamaica; distributed by Platinum Distribution (tel. (876) 926-5077, (876) 929-3726); produced by Andrew "Buccaneer" Bradford. One side is "Vietnam (Edited Version)" and the other "Vietnam (Raw Version)", both (A. Bradford/S. Wray) and credited to Frisco Kid; no catalogue number or times are printed. [From the record sleeve and labels]

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Genres: ♪ ReggaeDancehall

#21 Frisco Kid Vietnam (Raw Version) 1999 · Single · Vietnam (Raw Version) / Vietnam (Edited Version) · Opera House · Jamaica

Annotation: see “Vietnam (Edited Version)” above (same release).

Genres: ♪ ReggaeDancehall

#22 Mathew Nya Vietnam 2011 · Album · Tu sais ce que t'as a faire · Mosaic Music Distribution # 00499779848/100 · France

Franco-Vietnamese reggae / dub artist. Released the song "Vietnam" (Mosaic Music Distribution ‎# 00499779848/100), which starts with the famous quote from the Vietnam War film Good Morning, Vietnam. The artist said that: "I love Métis music, as I myself am, due to my Franco-Vietnamese origins. I like the sharing between cultures, mixtures, meetings, escapades and discoveries… I love nyabinghi and dub poetry, because it is the rhythm of the heart".¹

Credited to Mathew Nya Dub Band. Tracks 10-11 mixed by Dennis Bovell. The song opens with the famous quote from the film Good Morning, Vietnam; issued via Mosaic Music Distribution.

Themes: Film Good Morning, Vietnam Vietnamese Perspective

Genre: ♪ Reggae

Also in: ▤ European Songs

#23 Don Drummond Vietnam 2020 · Archival · Sunshine With My Girl / Vietnam · Prince Buster # RSPB7-014 · Jamaica

Jamaican Ska song "Vietnam" (Prince Buster # RSPB7-014), unreleased at the time, and re-issued in 2020, was an instrumental, by Don Drummond, born 12 March 1932 in Kingston, Jamaica, and died in the same city on 6 May 1969. The song was recorded during the war years, although the exact date is not known. The music is thought to be by the group The Skatalites, of which Don Drummond was a member.

B-side of Prince Buster "Sunshine With My Girl"; previously unreleased war-era recording, first issued 24 April 2020 (Japan, Rock A Shacka). The music is thought to be by The Skatalites.

Theme: Themes Pending

Genres: ♪ ReggaeSka

#24 Savoy All Stars Tribute to Vietnam Single · Where Did He Go I & I Know / Tribute to Vietnam · Savoy's · Jamaica

Roots reggae song "Tribute to Vietnam" (Savoy's) by the Savoy All Stars, was released in Kingston, Jamaica. It is largely instrumental.

Savoy's, white label printed in red, no catalogue number printed; "Tribute to Vietnam", Savoy All Stars; "Promoted & Distributed by Savoy Records, 87 Beeston Street, Kng. Ja."; "Unauthorised copying prohibited". [From the record sleeve and labels]

Theme: Anti-War

Genre: ♪ Reggae

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#25 Bongo Herman Where Did He Go I & I Know Single · Where Did He Go I & I Know / Tribute to Vietnam · Savoy's · Jamaica

Savoy's, no catalogue number printed; "Where Did He Go I & I Know" (Keith & Lionel); Bongo Herman; "Promoted & Distributed by Savoy Records, 87 Beeston Street, Kng. Ja."; "Unauthorised copying prohibited"; cream label printed in red. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Theme: Anti-War

Genre: ♪ Reggae

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#26 Lord Laro Yankee Man in Viet Nam 1967 · Single · Yankee Man in Viet Nam / Soul Finger · National # N.S.P. 188 · Trinidad & Tobago

Credited on the record as Lord Laro acc. by The Society Playboys led by Bert Inniss.

Lord Laro, born 29 February 1940 in Claxton Bay, Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo, Trinidad and Tobago, and currently based in Jamaica, released the calypso song "Yankee Man in Viet Nam" (National Record Company # N.S.P. 188), which at the beginning of the song suggested that people in the Caribbean country want to leave, to go to the more prosperous USA, and that the US was welcoming them, as there is "a shortage of men" . It them moved into the novelty realm, as the narrator said that "when I land in Washington, girls coming from all around" to be with him.

National Record Company label, P.O. Box 793, N.S.P. 188, 45 R.P.M., Side 1; "Yankee Man in Viet Nam" (K. Lara), Sparrow Music; Lord Laro accompanied by The Society Playboys led by Bert Inniss; rim text "All rights reserved – unauthorised public performance, copying, broadcasting forbidden"; dealer's stamp from Trinidad, West Indies. [From the record sleeve and labels]

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Themes: Home Front Perspective Saigon

Genre: ♪ Calypso

#27 King Fighter Send Me Instead 1968 · Compilation · This is Calypso · RA # RA 1012 · Trinidad & Tobago

King Fighter, born 10 March 1928 in Victoria, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana, died 12 December 1999 in Grenada, also Known as Shurland Wilson, featured on this compilation with the patriotic calypso song "Send Me Instead" (Recording Artists Productions # 1012), in which he said that although he was "born in the land of Guyana" , he was grateful to the US, and thus was happy to be sent to fight in the Vietnam War. The song criticised US boxer and Civil Rights campaigner Muhammad Ali for refusing the draft call, calling him by his previous name: "if Cassius Clay don't need to go, send me" . Cassius Clay - later known as Muhammad Ali - tried and failed to obtain conscientious objector status in 1967 (refusing to turn up for induction), and subsequently convicted, famously saying "I ain't got no quarrel with them Vietcong" - this was seen as both a religious and Civil Rights message.¹ The record was released in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

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Themes: Draft Muhammad Ali Patriotic Draft Resistance

Genre: ♪ Calypso

Also in: ▤ Civil Rights Songs▤ Draft Songs▤ US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

#28 The Mighty Stalin Immortal Message of Martin Luther King 1968 · Single · The Immortal Message of Martin Luther King / Miss Tourist Replies · Freedom # FR-002 · USA

The calypso song "Immortal Message of Martin Luther King" (Freedom Records # FR-002) is of course a tribute to Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., assassinated on 4 April 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. While recalling the activities of MLK and his fight for equal rights, it made the important point that African-American fight for the US in Germany and in the Vietnam War, and thus should be treated equally: "out of this land, from Germany to the...hole of Vietnam, what we did for America, now tell me why we can't eat in the same place as you?" The Mighty Stalin, also known as Black Stalin was born on 24 September 1941 in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago. His birth name was Leroy Calliste.

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Themes: Anti-War Civil Rights MLK

Genre: ♪ Calypso

Also in: ▤ Civil Rights Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years] ▤ Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Songs

#29 Lord Brynner Vietnam Moratorium 1970 · Single · Martin Luther King / Vietnam Moratorium · Hilary # LB-406 · USA

The calypso song "Vietnam Moratorium" (Hilary # LB-406) by Lord Brynne - born Kade Simon, in Erin, Trinidad and Tobago, in 1937¹ This song dealt with the mass demonstration called the Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam (15 October 1969 and 15 November 1969, which put much pressure on the Richard Nixon administration. This is also looked at in the song "Moratorium (Bring Our Brother Home)" by Buffy Sainte-Marie, and the track "In Our Time" by Andrea Marcovicci. The lyrics, narrated in the first person, of somebody at the demonstration, took an anti-war position, calling on Uncle Sam to end the "useless war in Vietnam" and to stop "the murders...killing in Vietnam" .

Hilary LB-406B, Side 2, white label with a multicoloured dot border; "Vietnam Moratorium", Lord Brynner. No writer or time is printed. [From the record sleeve and labels]

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Themes: Anti-War VC Demonstration

Genre: ♪ Calypso

Also in: ▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#30 The Shah The My Lai Incident 1970 · Single · The My Lai Incident / Introduction to a Calypsonian · Telco # TW-3427 · Trinidad & Tobago

Credited on the record as The Shah acc. by Telco All Stars Recording Orch..

The calypso song "The My Lai Incident" (Telco # TW-3427) by the Shah came out of Trinidad & Tobago in the Carribean, dealing with the My Lai Massacre, one of the most controversial events of the war, which inspired 290+ songs. This was the mass murder of between 300-500 civilians in the South Vietnamese villages of My Lai and Song My by US forces on 16 March 1968, led by platoon leader Second Lieutenant William Calley. Most of the songs released from 1969-1971, which came out of the US, supported Calley, as reflected in public opinion polls, showing that people were protective of soldiers and veterans during war time. This song took an anti-Calley position, calling it a "sordid atorcity" , which is similar to most My Lai songs released outside of the US. He pleaded: "draw the line Uncle Sam, take your troops out of Vietnam" , saying that the world's eyes were on the US. He also called out President Nixon for hypocrisy: "Nixon, is it peace and love that you preach" . Also note the reference to Ernest Medina, who was a commanding officer of the platoon - he was court-martialed, but found not guilty at trial. The song was released in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

Telco TW-3427 (SP-10864), 45 RPM; "The My Lai Incident" (S. Mohammed), Witelco Music Co.; The Shah accompanied by the Telco All Stars Recording Orchestra led by Richard "Boyie" Lewis; Telco Record Division, W.I.T.&E. Co. Ltd., Trinidad, W.I. Telco company sleeve: "Product of Telco Record Division, W.I. Telecommunications & Electronics Company Ltd.", P.O. Box 890, Port-of-Spain. [From the record sleeve and labels]

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Themes: My Lai Anti-Calley Anti-War VC Medina Nixon

Genre: ♪ Calypso

Also in: ▤ My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs▤ Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

#31 Young Killer Viet Nam Crisis 1971 · Single · Leave Jackie Alone / Viet Nam Crisis · Straker's # S 005 · Trinidad & Tobago

Credited on the record as Young Killer acc. by Carribean Strikers Big Sounds Former Berridge.

Young Killer, a calypso artist born in 1933 in Trinidad and Tobago. He died 26 October 2001, in Brooklyn, New York, USA. His birth name was Daniel Emmanuel Jardine Gilchrist. He released the anti-war song "Viet Nam Crisis" on a New York label, which praised the US for helping friends: "she is generous...courageous" . However, he wondered "what the hell they fighting for" , as many mothers mourn their sons. It noted the role of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, but pleaded with Richard Nixon: "open your hand, will you cut off Vietnam" .

Straker's Records S 005 B, yellow and black label, stereo; "Viet Nam Crisis" (E. Jardine), time 2:30; produced by G. L. Straker; Young Killer accompanied by "Carribean Strikers Big Sounds Former Berridge"; "Exclusively distributed by Straker Records Inc., 479 Nostrand Ave., B'klyn, N.Y." [From the record sleeve and labels]

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Themes: Anti-War LBJ JFK Nixon

Genre: ♪ Calypso

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#32 Mighty Cyper Guerillas 1974 · Single · Watergate / Guerillas · Straker's # GS 146 · Trinidad & Tobago

Calypso song "Guerillas" is a little hard to decipher, but seems to be a novelty, policy satire, and definitely mentioned the Vietnam War, with the line "I say today fight in Vietnam, people see how they are crawling on their belly". The A-side is of course related to President Richard Nixon and the Watergate scandal. Mighty Cypher, also known as Lord Cypher, and Crown Prince of Calypso is from Trinidad and Tobago.

B-side of "Watergate"; arranged and accompanied by Ed Watson Brass Circle, produced by G. Straker, recorded at Semp Studios (Trinidad). Straker's was a Brooklyn label.

Themes: Satire Guerrilla Warfare Police Brutality

Genre: ♪ Calypso

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#33 Sir Jablonski Yes I Want to Be a Yankee Soldier Boy Single · Yes I Want to Be a Yankee Soldier Boy / Meyer's Saxophone · Duque # 45-10014 · USA

Credited on the record as Sir Jablonski and the Unknowns.

The song "Yes I Want to Be a Yankee Soldier Boy" by Sir Jablonski - while unable to find much biographical information about this artist, he featured on a collection of music from Panama (Panama! 2: Latin Sounds, Cumbia Tropical & Calypso Funk on the Isthmus 1967-77), so has some connection to that Central American country. Released in New York City, the back of the picture sleeve said that the composer of the song, Ismael Douglas, wrote the song to help inspire the US troops: "The author of the song, title 'Yes I want to Be a Yankee Soldier Boy', Ismael Douglas; was motivated to write a tune, for the moral of the soldiers now serving in Viet Nam. After making a trip to Viet Nam, as a merchant seaman for four years. He felt that the song could well serve the purpose of filling in the gaps of lonliness of our fighting men in Viet Nam. The fantastic, Sir Jablonski, the voice of echo was presented the opportunity of featuring...whose spontaneous version of this tune makes it a delightful listening material". It take a patriotic position, with the narrator saying that he wanted to add to American history.

Black Duque Records label, New York, N.Y., 45-10014 A; "Yes I Want to Be a Yankee Soldier Boy" by Sir Jablonski and the Unknowns, words and music by Ismael Douglas, arranged by Israel Lopez, time 2:15, B.M.I.

The picture sleeve front shows a close-up photograph of Sir Jablonski in a peaked military-style cap, listing "Yes I Want to Be a Yankee Soldier Boy" and "Meyer's Saxophone".

The back carries a typed note saying Ismael Douglas wrote the song for the morale of the soldiers serving in Viet Nam after four years as a merchant seaman making trips there, to fill "gaps of the loneliness of our fighting men in Viet Nam", and introducing "the fantastic, Sir Jablonski,..the voice of echo", with a photograph of him seated in a director's chair bearing his name. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Soldier's Perspective Patriotic

Genre: ♪ Calypso

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#34 The Ten Sleepless Knights Vietnam Album · Pumpin, V.I. Folk Music - Vol. 1 (Quadrille & Quelbé) · TSK # LP - 001 · US Virgin Islands

Formed in the Virgin Islands in the 1970s by bandleader Stanley Jacobs, currently based in Saint Croix, Virgin Islands. The group is also known as Stanley and his Ten Sleepless Knights. They released the track "Vietnam" (LP - 001) in the calypso genre.

Track B2. Liner notes by Marlon G. Rogiers.

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Genres: ♪ CalypsoQuelbe

#35 Archie Thomas Recording All-Stars Greetings From Vietnam Single · Jump-Up Mama Jump-Up / Greetings From Vietnam · Tarco · US Virgin Islands

Credited on the record as Archie Thomas Recording All Stars.

Rare Calypso song "Greeting From Vietnam" (Tarco Recording Co.) released in St. Croix, Virgin Islands, by Archie Thomas (1919-2002, born and died in St. Croix).¹.²

B-side; the A-side "Jump-Up Mama Jump-Up" is sung by Lord Hexo. No credits on the B-side. Tarco Recording Co., Virgin Islands.

Theme: Soldier's Perspective

Genre: ♪ Calypso

#36 Little Sonnie Mays Trap for Vietnam Single · Trap for Vietnam / Sonnie Mays · Camille # 125 · USA

Credited on the record as Little "Sonnie" Mays.

Calypso anti-war song "Trap for Vietnam" (Camille Records # 125) by Little Sonnie Mays - no further biographical information in known at this time. It was released on a Bronx, New York record label, founded by Camille E. Hodge, who was born in the Virgin Islands, and immigrated to the US when he was 15 years old. His label released many calypso records.¹ The song started with a novelty / comedy approach, suggesting that the best way to win the war was to take the US women and "send them to Vietnam...in a bikini" , to distract the Chinese - hence the title of the song. At the end of the song, the narrator turned serious, taking a strong anti-war position, and bringing a social-economic component into it: "a rich man war, and a poor man fight, let us stop this war now" . The narrator show sympathy for "all the mothers crying" at home and the difficulties of the soldier. It also referenced the Christmas holiday: "let them spend Christmas" at home, and "let us dine hand in hand" .

Camille Records 125 A, 45 RPM, yellow label; "Trap for Vietnam" (C.A. Rogers), Amalie Music, BMI, time 3:50. A division of CAB Records, P.O. Box 620, New York 10027, N.Y. [From the record sleeve and labels]

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Themes: Anti-War Christmas

Genres: ♪ CalypsoNovelty

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Mambo: "Mambo is a dance-oriented music genre that evolved from Danzón during the late 1930s thanks to brothers Orestes and Israel López....it became very popular all over Latin America, especially thanks to Pérez Prado, the King of Mambo, who exported mambo to Mexico".

Salsa: "Musical genre derived from Cuban Son and developed in places such as Colombia, Venezuela, Puerto Rico and New York City. Salsa has diverse influences (Plena, Bomba, Rhythm & Blues, Jazz, Vallenato, Rock, Murga) and has become a part of the musical identity of Latin America".

Guaracha: "The original inspiration of guaracha were the Spanish 'jácaras'. Jácaras were satirical and playful (often using a vulgar language) short monologues and songs played in the entr'actes of theatrical performances during the 16th and 17th centuries. Jácaras evolved into guaracha in Cuba during the 18th century".

Latin Jazz: "Latin jazz is a broad term used originally for talking about Afro-Cuban Jazz but nowadays, due to its evolution, for the eventual fusion of jazz with Latin American rhythms, especially genres with African origin".

Samba: "Samba originated in the 19th century from a blend of various styles of African rhythm music, forming a new sound and musical structure as well as the dance created along with it. Today it is considered one of the most important manifestations of Brazilian culture".

Vallenato: "Vallenato, along with Cumbia, is the most popular folk music of Colombia. It was born in the 1900s in the Caribbean region of Colombia and is traditionally played with accordion, caja vallenata and guacharaca. Vallenato has four main rhythm types: son, paseo, puya and merengue. Today, vallenato is also present in Ecuador and Venezuela".

#37 Pérez Prado Saigon Twist 1962 · Album · Twist Goes Latin · RCA Victor # LPM-2524 · USA

Mambo artist Pérez Prado, born 11 December 1916, in Matanzas, Cuba. He died on 14 September 1989 in Ciudad de México, Mexico. He released the instrumental song "Saigon Twist" (RCA Victor # LPM-2524) in 1962, a very early reference to the South Vietnemse capital. Going by the name, this probably has nothing directly to do with the war, but rather a reference to the Western dance clubs in the city, and thus the US presence.

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Genres: ♪ JazzLatin JazzMambo

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#38 Pucho Vietnam Mambo 1966 · Single · Cantelope Island / Vietnam Mambo · Prestige # 45-426 · USA

Also a Mambo artist, Pucho, born 1 November 1938, and currently based in US, released the song "Vietnam Mambo" (Prestige Records # 45-426), which was an instrumental, and as above, is a reflection of the growing prominence of the Vietnam War in the news and media. Featured on the album Tough! (Prestige Records #PR 7471).

Prestige 45-426, Side 2, white promotional label marked "Not for sale"; "Vietnam Mambo" (Pucho – Prestige Music – BMI), time 3:15; "Pucho", taken from PR 7471, produced by Cal Lampley; Prestige Records Inc., 203 S. Washington Ave., Bergenfield, N.J. [From the record sleeve and labels]

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Genres: ♪ JazzLatin JazzMambo

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#39 Wilson Simonal Balada do Vietnam 1967 · Single · Balada do Vietnam / Duas contas · Odeon # 7B-249 · Brazil

Prolific and well-known Brazilian artist Wilson Simonal - born 26 February 1939 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, died 25 June 2000 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - released the song "Balada do Vietnam" (Odeon # 7B-249), in Portuguese, in the Samba genere - "originated in the 19th century from a blend of various styles of African rhythm music, forming a new sound and musical structure as well as the dance created along with it. Today it is considered one of the most important manifestations of Brazilian culture". (1)

Odeon 7B-249, 7" 33 1/3 rpm compacto; written by David Nasser and Elizabeth Sanches. Discogs lists it as side A with "Duas Contas" (Garôto) on side B.

Theme: Anti-War

Genres: ♪ Brazilian MusicSamba

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#40 La Lupe No matarás 1970 · Album · That Genius Called the Queen... (Ese genio llamado La Reina) · Tico # SLP 1212 · USA

Track A2, printed "No Mataras" ("Thou Shalt Not Kill"); arranged by Joe Cain. Stereo SLP 1212; mono LP 1212.

Themes: Anti-War K.I.A. Religion

Genres: ♪ Hispanic MusicBolero

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#41 Los Pankis Vietnam 1972 · Single · Vietnam / Nancy · Do Re Mi # DRMN 142 F · Peru

The song "Vietnam" (DRMN 142 F) released in Peru, was an instrumental in the Guaracha genre, with 60s psychedelic edge to it- "the original inspiration of guaracha were the Spanish 'jácaras'. Jácaras were satirical and playful (often using a vulgar language) short monologues and songs played in the entr'actes of theatrical performances during the 16th and 17th centuries. Jácaras evolved into guaracha in Cuba during the 18th century". Composed by Isaías Cotos Solís.

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Genres: ♪ Hispanic MusicGuaracha

#42 Moacyr Franco Balada do Vietnam 1975 · Album · Me perderás · Beverly [Brazil] # BLP-81495 · Brazil

The song "Balada do Vietnam" (Beverly # BLP-81495), which is a cover Balada do Vietnam by Wilson Simonal, above, also released in Brazil. Franco was born on 5 October 1936 in Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Track A6; cover of Wilson Simonal's "Balada do Vietnam". Produced by Nazareno de Brito; Beverly was a Copacabana-group label.

Theme: Anti-War

Genres: ♪ Brazilian MusicSamba

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#43 Los Cañaguateros Canto al Vietnam 1975 · Album · Quién ha dicho...? · Caliente # LCS 153-113 · Colombia

Vallenato band from Colombia, led by Pedro García (leader, vocals). Other members in the group included: Florentino Montero (accordion), Gregorio Suárez (bass), Danny Castilla (percussion), Leonel Benítez (cowbell), Nacho Zabarain (tumbadora), Calazan González (tumbadora), José Mindiola (guacharaca), Esteban Salas (guacharaca, chorus), Ramón Arrieta (chorus).¹²

They released the song "Canto al Vietnam" in the Vallenato genre, a form of Hispanic American Folk Music - "Vallenato, along with Cumbia, is the most popular folk music of Colombia. It was born in the 1900s in the Caribbean region of Colombia and is traditionally played with accordion, caja vallenata and guacharaca. Vallenato has four main rhythm types: son, paseo, puya and merengue. Today, vallenato is also present in Ecuador and Venezuela".

Track A3 of "Quién ha dicho...?" (Caliente LCS 153-113, Colombia, 1975), written by Pedro García, who sings lead. The song is not on "Lo último.....", the album named on the RYM list.

Themes: Anti-War Vietnamese Perspective

Genres: ♪ Hispanic MusicVallenato

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#44 Bimbi y su Trío Oriental Me voy pa Viet Nam Album · A fiestar mejor de · Tropical # 4631 · Cuba

The song "Me voy pa Viet Nam" ("I'm going to Viet Nam") (Danny # 500) by Bimbi y su Trio Oriental, formed in 1935 in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Currently based in New York, USA. It has had a revolving line-up, although featuring Maximiliano Sánchez "Bimbi" as the musical director, lead vocalist, and guitarist. This one is in the Guaracha genre.

Genres: ♪ JazzLatin Jazz

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"The Nueva canción latinoamericana ("new song") movement was originally developed in Latin America during the 1960s. It has been associated with the rise of leftist social movements in this region and influenced by historical events such as the Cuban Revolution. Lyrically, nueva canción artists gave special attention to politically-charged messages that had a strong relationship with these series of events, while musically, it strove for a renewal of traditional Latin and South American Folk Music expressions".

#45 Quilapayún Por Vietnam 1968 · Album · X Vietnam · Jota Jota # JJL-01 · Chile

The song "Por Vietnam" (Discoteca del Cantar Popular # JJL-01) by Quilapayún, formed in 1965 in Santiago, Chile. Members included Eduardo Carrasco (wind instruments, vocals), Carlos Quezada (percussion, guitar, vocals), Guillermo Oddó (guitar, percussion, vocals), Hernán Gomez (guitar, charango, vocals), Rodolfo Parada (guitar, tiple, tres, cuatro, zampoña, vocals), Hugo Lagos (strings, quena, zampoña, vocals), and Guillermo García (guitar, percussion, vocals). This album denounced the war in Vietnam and then moved onto other political topics, such as the Spanish revolution and the death of Che Guevara. The narrator warned the US to be careful, saying that "the black eagles break their claws against the heroic people in Vietnam" and that "the guerrilla will defeat you" . The album was very popular in Chile, and throughout South America, released in many countries, including Peru, Venezuela, Argentina, as well as in Spain and France in Europe. It is considered to be one of the first albums in the Chilean Nueva canción movement.¹

Jota Jota JJL-01 is the original Chilean mono LP (1968, Juventudes Comunistas); the album was later reissued in Europe (France: Dicap / Pathé Marconi EMI 2C 062-94.151, 1978; Spanish cassette and 2002 CD) and in Argentina and Peru, and "Por Vietnam" was anthologised on the Italian LP "Generazione Vietnam" (Zodiaco VPA 8251, 1975).

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Themes: Anti-War Guerrilla Warfare

Genres: ♪ FolkTraditional Folk

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#46 Quilapayún & Juan Capra Resfaloza del Vietnam 1968 · Album · Los Chilenos - Juan Capra · Barclay # 820180 · Chile

Credited on the record as Los Chilenos & Juan Capra.

Los Chilenos - Chilean band "Quilapayun" according to contractual problems couldn't be credited with real name on their album recorded in Paris in 1968 with Juan Capra.

Theme: Anti-War

Genres: ♪ Hispanic MusicNueva canción latinoamericana

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#47 Gonzalo Vigil Viet Nam 1969 · Album · Cantamos luchamos · Lince Producciones # 20016 · Uruguay

The song "Viet Nam" (Lince Producciones # 20016) by Gonzalo Vigil, a Uruguan release on an Argentinian record label, the back of the LP said: "tribute to the 7th Congress of Communist Youth, December 1969, Montevideo Uruguay" (Spanish: Homenaje al 7° Congreso de la Juventud Comunista, Diciembre 1969, Montevideo Uruguay). This various artist compilation fitted into the Nueva canción movement of political and socially charged lyrics. It featured several well-known and prominent artists, such as Víctor Jara and Carlos Puebla, both discussed below.

Various artist compilation - "tribute to the 7th Congress of Communist Youth, December 1969, Montevideo Uruguay"

Themes: Anti-War Vietnamese Perspective

Genres: ♪ Hispanic MusicNueva canción latinoamericana

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#48 Rolando Alarcón La ballada de Ho Chi Minh 1969 · Album · El mundo folklórico de Rolando Alarcón · Astral # VBP-264 · Chile

Rolando Alarcón, born on 5 August 1929 in Sewell, Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins, Chile. He died on 4 February 1973 at the age of 43. He was member of the Chilean folk group Conjunto Cuncumén. A key member of the Nueva canción latinoamericana in Chile, he was highly respected in Chile, an influential folklorist and composer. He released the 1971 album Por Cuba y Vietnam about the Vietnam War, discussed below.

This album included a Spanish-language adaptation of the Ewan McCall song "La ballada de Ho Chi Minh" , which paid tribute to the North Vietnamese leader. The back of the LP said: "There was a time not far away, in which folklore song was the passion of some and the obsession of others. But these and those will ignore that the folkloric song should run hand in hand with the evolution and events of the peoples, with the dreams of men and women who people the world, with the history that is usually written with song ... words as huge as the voice of their own destiny, Vietnam, Cuba, country and desperate war, massacre, anxiety, longing for a better world" (Spanish "Hubo un tiempo no lejano, en que la cancioon folklore fue la pasion de algunes yu la obsession de etros. Pero estos y aquellos ignororan que la cancion folklores debla correr a la par con el devenir y acontecer de los pueblos, con los suedos de hombres y mujeres que pueblos el mundo, con la historia que suele escrib con song...Y sue voces y palabres tan enormes como el vocio de su propio destino, Vietnam, Cuba, pas y guerra desesperansa, masacre, ansiedad, anhello de un monde mejor"). The English lyrics of the song praise the North Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh, in his "fight for freedom" for the Indo-Chinese people against the "enemy and against the invader" . It described how fourteen men became a hundred, and then thousands.

Spanish-language adaptation of the Ewan McCall song The Ballad of Ho Chi Minh

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Themes: Anti-War Ho Chi Minh First Indo-China War Saigon Vietnamese Perspective Vietnamese Patriotic

Genres: ♪ Hispanic MusicNueva canción latinoamericana

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#49–51 Alí Primera Canciones de protesta 1969 · Album · Not On Label · Venezuela

All 3 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection

Ali Primera, born 31 October 1941 in Coro, Falcón, Venezuela, and died 16 February 1985 in Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela. He was part of the Nueva canción latinoamericana movement which developed in Latin America in the 1960s, which featured Latin and South American folk with leftist political and social messages. This album, produced by the Partido Comunista de Venezuela (Communist Party of Venezuela), was, as stated in the title, songs of protest, several of which are Vietnam War-related. Also in the album were songs in support of Cuba, Venezulian protest, anti-US imperialism in Latin America, and a tribute to murdered union leader Alberto Lovera. for the suggestion.¹²

First the song "Inolvidable Ho Chi Minh" paid tribute to the North Vietnamese leader, in which the narrator said that the people have "huge desire to fight to achieve" the dream of "Uncle Ho Chi Minh...a poet" , who was "tireless" and "brave" .³ This song re-appeared on the 1973 album Lo primero de Ali Primera. Next, the song "Adelante Vietnam" ( "Forward Vietnam" ), which said that "peoples will rise inspired by your example" because of the "injustice of this war" . It described the US as "Yankee colossus, sower of misery" .⁴ Finally, the song "Guerrillero de piel amarilla" ( "Yellow-Skinned Guerrilla" ) displayed solidarity with the "Vietcong Socialist Vietnam" and "Uncle Ho Chi Minh" . It called on the Vietnamese to "make the Yankees bite the dust" . Also note that Ali Primera released the anti-Vietnam song "Mujer Del Vietnam" (1972), discussed below, and featured on the album De Una Vez.

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#52–54 Various Artists Cancion Protesta: Protest Songs of Latin America 1970 · Album · Paredon # PAR01001 · Cuba

All 3 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection

Compilation of Spanish-language South American protest songs (Paredon Records # PAR01001), released in the US, which included three tracks related to the Vietnam War. Paredon Records was founded by Barbara Dane and Irwin Silber in 1969, whose objective was to "seek out the music and speech, documentary or dialogue, that spring from the conscious artist who relates to people's movements, and which pour from all people in struggle".¹ This record label released several albums either about the Vietnam War or that contained a Vietnam War song, see the note below. Also note that in 1969 Dane and Sliber published the book "The Vietnam Song Book" which included the notation and lyrics of one hundred anti-war songs collected from around the world.

Firstly, this LP included the track "Bajo el arco del sol" ( "Under the Arc of the Sun: Armed Struggle" ) by Silvio Rodríguez, born on 29 November 1946 in San Antonio de los Baños, Havana, Cuba. This song was a protest against imperialism across the world, but made several specific references to the Vietnam conflict: "look at my wounds in those other places, like Indochina" , and "I divided my weeping by colors...and it was like the Mekong" . Note that Silvio Rodríguez was a member of the Cuban group Grupo de Experimentación Sonora del ICAIC, an important band in the Nueva canción latinoamericana movement, featuring several prominent artists. This group released the Vietnam song "Su nombre' Ho Chi Minh (Your Name, Ho Chi Minh)" on the album Cuba va! Songs of the New Generation of Revolutionary Cuba, discussed below.

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#55 Armando Tejada Gómez Informe en las tinieblas del último "marine" en Vietnam 1970 · Album · Poeta de la legua · Qualiton # QH 2004 · Argentina

Argentinian poet Armando Tejada Gómez, born 21 April 1929 in Mendoza, Argentina, died on 3 November 1992 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, often associated with the new song movement in South America, released this LP in Uruguay in 1970, with the track "Informe en las tinieblas del ultimo marine en Vietnam" ("Report in the Darkness of the Last Marine in Vietnam"), which took an anti-war perspective, looking at the position of the US soldier in Vietnam, who cried out "get me out of this hell". Lyrics from Anti-War Songs (AWS)¹

Track A11, written and read by Tejada Gómez. Recorded in Buenos Aires (FONEMA), pressed in Uruguay (Hemisferio, Montevideo); also listed as Macondo GAM 529.

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Themes: Anti-War Soldier's Perspective Combat Marines

Genres: ♪ Spoken WordPoetry

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#56 Victor Jara Derecho de Vivir en Paz 1971 · Album · El derecho de vivir en paz · Dicap # JJL-11 · Chile

Víctor Jara - a pioneer of the Nueva canción latinoamericana genre and activist who wrote many political songs in protest against the government in Chile, and beyond¹² Born on 28 September 1932 in Chillán Viejo, VIII Región del Biobío, Chile, he was tortured and killed during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet on 16 September 1973 in Santiago, Chile. In the song "El Derecho de vivir en Paz" ( "The Right to Live in Peace" ) he turned his attention to the war in Vietnam, saying that the people there had a right to live in peace uner Hồ Chí Minh, the North Vietnamese leader. It referred to the killing as "genocide" and noted the use of "napalm" - chemical weapon Napalm B - a jellied gasoline mixture, with polystyrene, benzene, and gasoline. Declared a war-crime since 1980, the US government extensively used this weapon during the Vietnam conflict, dropping 388,000 tons on Indochina between 1963 and 1973.¹²³

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Themes: Anti-War Ho Chi Minh Napalm Genocide

Genres: ♪ Hispanic MusicNueva canción latinoamericana

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#57 Isabel Parra Como en Vietnam 1971 · Album · De aquí y de allá · Discoteca del Cantar Popular # DCP 27 · Chile

Isabel Parra, born 29 September 1939 in Santiago, Chile, a prominent member of the Nueva canción latinoamericana movement, she collaborated with other well-known artists, such as Quilapayún and Grupo de Experimentación Sonora del ICAIC. The song "Como en Vietnam" (Discoteca del Cantar Popular # DCP 27), took an anti-war position, and described the Vietnamese people as "a distant brother people" - showing solidarity. She described the conflict as the "first line of horror, first line of pain" .

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Themes: Anti-War Vietnamese Perspective

Genres: ♪ Hispanic MusicNueva canción latinoamericana

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#58–62 Rolando Alarcón Por Cuba y Vietnam 1971 · Album · Tiempo # VBP-286 · Chile

All 5 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection

Rolando Alarcón, born on 5 August 1929 in Sewell, Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins, Chile. He died on 4 February 1973 at the age of 43. He was member of the Chilean folk group Conjunto Cuncumén. A key member of the Nueva canción latinoamericana in Chile, he was highly respected in Chile, an influential folklorist and composer. This album Por Cuba y Vietnam (Tiempo # VBP-286) ("For Cuba and Vietnam") was split into two sides, with the A-side dedicated to Cuba, the B-side related to the Vietnam War. The original was released in Chile, but was also released in Argentina (Peña Indoamericana # P.I. 5004) and Italy (Joker # SM 3455). It contained the songs:

Notes

• B1: "Las doradas colinas de Binh Thuan" ("The Golden Hills Of Binh Thuan")
  
• B2: "Hermano, hermano... llorarás" ("Brother, brother...You Will Cry")
  
• B3: "Su nombre puede ponerse en verso (Ho Chi Min)" ("Your Name Can Be Put In Verse (Ho Chi Min)")
  
• B4: "Algun dia Viet-Nam" ("Someday Viet-Nam")
  
• B5: "Cueca Por Viet-Nam" (Briefs By Viet-Nam)

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#63 Grupo de Experimentación Sonora del ICAIC Su nombre, Ho Chi Minh (Your Name, Ho Chi Minh) 1971 · Album · Cuba va! Songs of the New Generation of Revolutionary Cuba · Paredon # P-1010 · Cuba

LP of songs released by the Experimental Sound Collective of the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Arts and Industries (ICAIC), which featured some of the most prominent artist in the Nueva canción latinoamericana movement, including Silvio Rodríguez, Pablo Milanés, Noel Nicola, Sara González, Emiliano Salvador, and Pablo Menéndez. Released in the US on Paredon Records (# P-1010), founded by Barbara Dane and Irwin Silber in 1969, whose objective was to "seek out the music and speech, documentary or dialogue, that spring from the conscious artist who relates to people's movements, and which pour from all people in struggle".¹ This record label released several albums either about the Vietnam War or that contained a Vietnam War song, which are discussed on this list, see the note below. Also note that in 1969 Dane and Sliber published the book "The Vietnam Song Book" which included the notation and lyrics of one hundred anti-war songs collected from around the world.

It featured the song "Su nombre' Ho Chi Minh (Your Name, Ho Chi Minh)" . The lyrics were composed by poet Félix Pita Rodríguez, born on 18 February 1909 in Bejucal, Havana, Cuba. He died in 1990 in Havana, Cuba. The music was written by Pablo Milanés - born on 24 February 1943 in Bayamo, Granma, Cuba. It took a North Vietnamese patriotic position, as suggested in the title, praising the leadership of the country's leader Ho Chi Minh, calling him the "quiet Vietnamese farmer" .¹

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Themes: Anti-War Ho Chi Minh Vietnamese Patriotic Vietnamese Perspective

Genres: ♪ Hispanic MusicNueva canción latinoamericana

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#64 Daniel Viglietti Dinh-hung, Juglar 1971 · Album · Canciones chuecas · Orfeo # SULP 90.558 · Uruguay

The song "Dinh-hung, Juglar" (Orfeo # SULP 90.558) performed by Daniel Viglietti, part of the Nueva canción latinoamericana movement, born and died in Montevideo, Uruguay (24 July 1939-30 October 2017). The lyrics were written by Hector Numa Moraes & Washington Benavides, both songwriters from Uruguay. The song title is named after a Vietnamese poet, born in French Indochina, and died in Saigon (1920-1967).¹ The song tells the story of a massacre in a village.

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Theme: Anti-War

Genres: ♪ Hispanic MusicNueva canción latinoamericana

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#65 Atahualpa Yupanqui Basta ya 1971 · Album · Basta ya · Le Chant du Monde # LDX - 7 4457 · Argentina

Atahualpa Yupanqui, born Héctor Roberto Chavero Aramburu, on 22 January 1908 in Pergamino, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He died 23 May 1992, Nîmes, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. He was known for his acoustic guitar playing, part of the Nueva canción latinoamericana. The song "Basta ya!" (Le Chant du Monde # LDX - 7 4457) called for a stop to US interventions, asking the question: "who won the war in the mountains of Viet Nam? The guerrilla in his land" . This record was released in France.

Record released in Paris, France, Europe

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Themes: Anti-War Guerrilla Warfare

Genres: ♪ Hispanic MusicNueva canción latinoamericana

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#66 Alí Primera Mujer del Vietnam 1972 · Album · De Una Vez · pläne # S 88 106 · Germany

Credited on the record as Ali Primera.

The song "Mujer Del Vietnam" ( "Women of Vietnam" ) (Pläne # S 88 106), released in 1972 by Venezuelan singer Ali Primera, born 31 October 1941 in Coro, Falcón, Venezuela, and died 16 February 1985 in Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela. He was part of the Nueva canción latinoamericana movement which developed in Latin America in the 1960s, which featured Latin and South American folk with leftist political and social messages. On the anti-war side as typically seen in this genre, the song took the interesting perspective of looking at the impact of the war on the women of Vietnam, referred to here as "Ho's mother, Ho's daughter" - a reference to the North Vietnam leader Hồ Chí Minh. He Also released the 1969 anti-war album Canciones de protesta, which included three Vietnam War songs: "Inolvidable Ho Chi Minh", "Adelante Vietnam", and "Guerrillero de piel amarilla".

Pläne S 88 106, stereo, "Serie Sieg 6", Verlag "pläne" GmbH, 46 Dortmund, Ruhrallee 62; back sleeve headed "Ali Primera — Lieder der Dritten Welt — Für eine einzige Welt". "Mujer del Vietnam" (B5), 3.50; Text und Musik: Ali Primera; Arrangements: Wilson de Oliveira; Ali Primera (Venezuela): Gesang, Gitarre, "Cuatro", Percussions; Wilson "Yiyé" de Oliveira (Uruguay): Flöte, Gitarre; Michael Bahner (Westberlin): Kontrabaß; Sherry Bertram (Westberlin): Schlagzeug, Percussion.

Recorded ("aufgenommen") in May 1972; Aufnahmeleitung: Theo König; cover design Bernhard Nickel; photos Ingo Barth.

The front shows Primera in a red polo-neck tuning a guitar; the back carries a German-language essay on the protest song as the voice of Third World peoples, quoting Fidel Castro, ending "Wenn der Maulkorb fällt, ist es leichter, die Ketten zu sprengen" [When the muzzle falls, it is easier to break the chains], with Primera's signature. [From the record sleeve and labels]

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Theme: Anti-War

Genres: ♪ FolkContemporary Folk

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#67 Quilapayún Für Vietnam (Por Vietnam) 1972 · Compilation · 3. Festival des Politischen Liedes · ETERNA # 8 15 058 · Chile

Credited on the record as Various Artists.

This is a recording from the "Festival of Political Songs" held in East Germany between 1970 and 1990. It was hosted by the Free German Youth and featured international artists. This LP (ETERNA # 8 15 058) contained live version of Quilapayún's "Für Vietnam" , discussed above. The record lable was based in Berlin, East Germany.¹

ETERNA 8 15 058 (VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin), stereo LP; live recordings from the 3. Festival des politischen Liedes, Berlin, 13–19 February 1972 (Ag 511/01/73); Musikregie Karl Heinz Ocasek; design Peter Porsch.

Sleeve note: the song prophesies an early victory over the Yankees for the bravely fighting Vietnamese people. Series: Festival des politischen Liedes No. 3. Notes: 'Mitschnitte von Veranstaltungen während des 3. Festivals des politischen Liedes' (recordings of events during the 3rd Festival of Political Song). Record company VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin; pressed VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Potsdam-Babelsberg.

Engineer Gerhard Kossatz; producer (Musikregie) Karl Heinz Ocasek; design Peter Porsch. 1973 repress exists (release 35910481). Durations from linked videos. live version Track B1 of the compilation. Live version recorded at the 3rd Festival des politischen Liedes, Berlin, GDR, 1972; the LP also has Oktober-Klub Berlin's 'Friedenslied'. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Anti-War Anti-Imperialism Protest Vietnamese Patriotic Festival of Political Song

Genres: ♪ Hispanic MusicNueva canción latinoamericana

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#68 Che Guevara Speech on solidarity with the people of South Viet-Nam (1963) (Side A) 1972 · Album · Discursos del Comandante Ernesto Guevara" [Speeches by Commander Ernesto Guevara] · EGREM # LD-DP 7 · Cuba

Che Guevara, born Ernesto Guevara on 14 June 1928 in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. He died on 9 October 1967 in La Higuera, Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Often described as a Marxist revolutionary, and guerilla leader, he played a key role in the Cuban Revolution, and opposing imperialism and colonialism throughtout South & Central America, Africa, and the Asia. This record is a speech delivered in 1963, released on LP on the 5th anniversary (1972) of Che Guevara's death (1967) - in solidarity with the people in South Vietnam. The track name was "Discurso del Cmdte. Ernesto Guevara en el acto de clausura de la semana de solidaridad con el pueblo de Viet-Nam del Sur. (En el teatro de la C.T.C. el 20 De Dic. De 1963)" (in English: "Speech by Cmdte. Ernesto Guevara at the closing ceremony of the week of solidarity with the people of South Viet-Nam. (At the CTC theater on Dec. 20, 1963)". An English transcrip of the speech is available in the Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts, Issue 248. In the speech he ran through some of the history of the Vietnam War, from French occupation after World War Two, to the beginning of US intervention. He then linked that conflict to the situation of South and Central America:

EGREM LD-DP-7, 33 rpm, label "Discursos del Comandante Ernesto Guevara", "En conmemoración al 5to. aniversario de su muerte" [In commemoration of the 5th anniversary of his death], with an orange map of Latin America; "Hecho por EGREM-CNC-La Habana, Cuba".

Side 1: "Discurso del Cmdte. Ernesto Guevara en el Acto de Clausura de la Semana de Solidaridad con el Pueblo de Viet-Nam del Sur. (En el Teatro de la C.T.C. el 20 de dic. de 1963)" [Speech at the closing of the Week of Solidarity with the People of South Viet-Nam, CTC Theatre, 20 December 1963].

The front cover sets a red stencil portrait of Guevara in his starred beret against a collage of Vietnam War photographs; the back is a grid of photographs of Guevara and guerrillas in the bush, captioned with the same speech title. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes: Anti-War North Vietnam Patriotic

Genres: ♪ Spoken WordSpeech

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#69 Che Guevara Speech on solidarity with the people of South Viet-Nam (1963) (Side B) 1972 · Album · Speeches by Commander Ernesto Guevera · EGREM # LD-DP 7 · Cuba

Annotation: see “Speech on solidarity with the people of South Viet-Nam (1963) (Side A)” above (same release).

Themes: Anti-War North Vietnam Patriotic

Genres: ♪ Spoken WordSpeech

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#70 Inda Ledesma, Héctor Alterio & Armando Tejada Gómez Pequeña oda a Vietnam 1972 · Album · Vietnam · Pincén # 0234 · Argentina

Credited on the record as Armando Tejada Gómez, Hector Alterio, Inda Ledesma.

Poetry / spoken-word record, released in Argentina (Pincén # 0234) with writers associated with the Nueva canción latinoamericana movement. This included: Armando Tejada Gómez, born 21 April 1929 in Mendoza, Argentina, died on 3 November 1992 in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Héctor Alterio, born on 21 September 1929 in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Inda Ledesma, an actress, born 29 March 1926, in Coronel Suárez, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and died 26 January 2010 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Track titles included: "Pequeña oda a Vietnam" ("Little Ode to Vietnam"), "Viet Cong" , "Informe del ultimo marine en Vietnam" ("Report of the Last Marine in Vietnam") (discussed above), and "Alerta en Vietnam" ("Alert in Vietnam"). The back of the LP said:

"The songs of the Ho-Chi-Minh jail open this exemplary album and serve as a starting point to delve into these fine poetic expressions of a fighting people. The drama of Viet-Nam, which has given rise to a new dimension to human worth, to its capacity for resistance to suffering, and tempered to the maximum limit its integrity, arouses at the same time indignation and admiration, to the point that nowhere country, and where a division is drawn between the defeat of the most powerful empire and the victory of a poor and modest nation that imposes itself by its proud decision to survive and win.

Poetry has flourished in Vietnamese land with the same need to repel the aggressor, we have compiled poems from both the South and the North and in all of them the urgency to rescue as our own patrimony what was known by the foreigner. And what fine spirituality is expressed in them! It will be noted that the deepest and most eternal human feelings are manifested here: love, nostalgia, memory, the need to fulfill civic duties in the face of threats looming over the country. But, above all, love, love as a nourishing source of the energy of the heart in the midst of battles, love for the companion who shares the sacrifice and sleeplessness, the love that one day will be the supreme conquest of beings in a free land.

No aggression against any nation has aroused so much indignation as the one against Viet-Nam; and the protest has consequently taken on a worldwide character. Since the so-called 'dirty war' began, the international clamor has risen in tone, in the universities and in the labor centers where there may be men with a clear conscience, the repudiation of the massacre and violence has not ceased to be expressed for a single day, adhesion to the combatants.

So also poets from different latitudes and different concerns condemned that war and exalted with love that intrepid and small town. The most important creators of our language, preferably Latin American, were chosen to represent this unanimous song of solidarity with the heroic Viet-Nam. Above all geography these poems come together and a living thread of shuddering passion weaves them together. In order to give greater harmony to these two alternate phases of the song, that of the Vietnamese themselves and that of the Spanish language, and to confer greater pathos and grandeur, Inda Ledesma and Hector Alterio have been chosen, two magnificent interpreters, who harmoniously channel that unique and bleeding song of tribute to Viet-Nam and its faith in its victory. The selection of the poems and the translation of the Vietnamese texts are the work of the Paraguayan poet Elvio Romero. I close this record, accentuating the Argentine adherence, a poem by Armando Tejada Gomez said by himself"
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Spanish: "Las canciones de la carcel de Ho-Chi-Minh abren este disco ejemplar y sirven de punto inicial para adentrarnos en estas finisimas expresiones poeticas de un pueblo combatiente. El drama del Viet-Nam, que ha originado una nueva dimension al valor humano, a su capacidad de resitencia al sufrimiento, y templado hasta el limite maximo su entereza, concita al mismo tiempo la indignacion y la admiracion, hasta el punto que en ningun pais, y donde se traza una divisoria entre la derrota del mas poderoso imperio ya la victoria de una nacion pobre y modesta que se impone per su orgullosa decision de supervivir y vencer. La poesia ha florecido en tierra Vietnamito con la misma neceidad de repeler al agresor, hemos compilado poemas tanto del Sur como del Norte y en todos ellos palpita la urgencia de rescatar como patrimonio propio lo que fue holado por el extranjero. Y que fina espiritualidad se express en ellos! Se podra notar que aqui se manifestan los mas hondos y eternos sentiementos humanos: el amor, la nostalgia, el recuerdo, la necesidad de complir con los deberes civicos ante las amenazas que se ciernen sombre la patria. Pero, sobretodo, el amor, el amor como fuente nutricia de la energia del corazon en medio de las batallas, el amor a la companera que comparte el sacrificio y los desvelos, el amor que un dia sera la conquista suprema de los seres en una tierra liberato.

Ninguno agresion a nacion aiguna ha despertado tanta indignacion como la electuada contra el Viet-Nam; y la protesto ha tomado consiguientemente caracter mundial. Desde que se iniciara la llamda 'guerra sucia', el clamor internacion ha subido de tono, en las universidades y en los centros obreros dondres quiera hayan hombres de conciencia limpia, no ha dejado de expresarse un solo dia el repudio a la mantanza ye la adhesion a los combatientes"

Asi tambien poetas de distintas latitudes y diferentes preocupacions condenaron esa guerra y exaltaron con amor a ese intrepido y pequeno pueblo. Los mas importantes creadores de nuestra lengua preferentemente latinamericanos, fueron los escogidos para representar ese canto unanime de solidaridad al Viet-Nam heroic. Por encima de toda geografia se hermanan estos poemas y un hilo vivo de estremecido pasion los entreiaza. Para dar mayor armonia a estas dos faces alternadas del canto, la de los, Vietnamitas mismos y la proveniente de lengua hispanica, y para conferires mayor patetismo y grandeza, se ha escogido a Inda Ledesma y a Hector Alterio, dos magnificos interpretes, quines encausan armoniosamente esa unica y sangrante cancion de homenaja al Viet-Nam y de su fe en su victoria. La seleccion de los poemas y la traduccion de los textos Vietnamitas son obra del poeta paraguayo Elvio Romero. Cierro esto disco, acentuando la adhesion argentina, un poema de Armando Tejada Gomez dicho por el mismo".

Track B4. Poems from the South and the North of Vietnam and by Tejada Gómez; the record opens with poems from Ho Chi Minh's prison diary (back cover). Discogs lists the catalogue as S.P.D. 22809.

Themes: Anti-War Vietnamese Perspective

Genres: ♪ Spoken WordPoetry

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Areito EPA-6450, Cara B, 45 rpm, "La Musica Cubana Alrededor del Mundo", "Producido y distribuido por EGREM Habana-Cuba"; "Dentro de Viet-Nam", described as "Punto cubano moderno", "Autor y arreglista: Osvaldo Rodriguez"; Los 5 U4, director Osvaldo Rodríguez. Issued in a blue "Producciones egrem" company sleeve printed "Producido por Empresa de Grabaciones y Ediciones Musicales (egrem), San Miguel No. 410, La Habana 2, Cuba - Aptdo.

Postal 2217 - Cable: EGREM". [From the record sleeve and labels]

Genres: ♪ Hispanic MusicCuban MusicGuajira

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Puerto Rico, is getting ready to liberate itself

To have a free country, without fear of the Yankee giant

With the Vietnamese victory

It has been shown once and for all that even though they seem so big

The giants are not so great

And now you see, Puerto Rico, in a very concrete way

How the peoples of smaller lands are rising up

Remember the legend of Goliath, that giant, and little David

Who forced him to surrender and to humble himself

The Yankee has cannons, and knows how to exploit you

But Puerto Rico relies on something else

Puerto Rico has its people

The heirs of Betances who at this historic moment have made up their minds to be free

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Fellow American listen, I'd like to have your attention

So I can tell you a story of love, duty, and devotion

The ballad of Dan Fernandez is the title of this song

He died in South Vietnam while fighting the Viet Cong

As a child he was schooled...he used to run playing...

Then off to South Vietnam where he was destined to die

When he was mortally wounded, the soldier had this to say

Dear lord I'm ready to go, just give me the time to pray

To say an act of contrition, that's all I wish to do

Then my heavenly father I will gladly go with you

He loved New Mexico, you have the right to be proud

One of your sons has distinguished himself today in the crowd

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Let's turn Brazil into a new Vietnam

Where your fears will end or they will multiply

And no one will help, if not I'll help help

Brazil will be the new Vietnam

But here you can not accumulate in a conclusion

We will have to get and no one will stop us

Because we are right and we will win

Brazil will be the new Vietnam

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Our Vietnam

Made of saliva and blood

It is true, and maybe you I will not forgive" ("Nuestro vietnam

Hecho de saliva y sangre

Es verdad

Y tal vez no te voy a perdonar

Nuestro vietnam")

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