My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs

212 songs · chronological · Annotations and notes by Justin A. Brummer

A collection of songs and spoken-word recordings referencing Lt. William Calley and the My Lai Massacre This forms part of the larger Vietnam War Song Project, an interpretive examination of over 6,000 Vietnam War songs identified, revealing how the war's significance is represented through music. The project also collects spoken-word recordings about the conflict. This unique collection of voices advances scholarship by providing insights into people’s views about the war over time as represented in music, looking at diverse communities and vibrant music scenes. It is crucial in developing our knowledge of the war and the humanities, through the use of a digital research platform.Note: The…

  1. Big Bill Johnson – Set Lt. Calley Free (1969)
  2. Tom Parrott – The Massacres of My Lai (Song My) and Truong An (1969)
  3. Various Artists – Pinkville Helicopter (1970)
  4. Mike Millius – Ballad of Song My (1970)
  5. Gary Davis – My Lai (In Remembrance of Polynices) (1970)
  6. Matt McKinney – Ballad of My Lai (1970)
  7. Billy Starr – Letter From Vietnam (1970)
  8. T.P. and The Indians – Ally or Enemy (1970)
  9. Pete Hamill – The War Crimes (1970)
  10. Pete Hamill – Deserters (1970)
  11. Pete Hamill – In Memoriam (1970)
  12. Pete Hamill – Killers (1970)
  13. Pete Hamill – Letter From a Soldier (1970)
  14. Pete Hamill – War (1970)
  15. Various Artists – 1970 - A Record of the Year (1970)
  16. Louis Calabro – Latitude 15.09°N (Longitude 108.5°E) (1970)
  17. The Shah – The My Lai Incident (1970)
  18. Maxima – Four Dead in Ohio (1970)
  19. Freddie Hubbard – What a Good Time for a Kent State (1971)
  20. Freddie Hubbard – Sing Me a Song of Songmy, Part I (1971)
  21. Freddie Hubbard – Sing Me a Song of Songmy, Part II (1971)
  22. C Company Featuring Terry Nelson – Battle Hymn Of Lt. Calley (1971)
  23. John Deer – Battle Hymn Of Lt. Calley (1971)
  24. Various Artists – The Battle Hymn of Lt. Calley and Other Hits (1971)
  25. Jones Brothers & the Log Cabin Boys – Battle Hymn of Lt. Calley (1971)
  26. Jimmy Gordon – Battle Hymn of Lt. Calley (1971)
  27. Nelson Truehart – Morning In My Lai (1971)
  28. Merritt Jordan – Pardon This Soldier (And Set Him Free) (1971)
  29. Mutt Cottingham – Free Calley (1971)
  30. Smokey Harless – Hang Lt. Calley (1971)
  31. Free Blue – Set Calley Free Part I (1971)
  32. Free Blue – Set Calley Free Part II (1971)
  33. Rick Riddle – Hang on Bill (1971)
  34. Glenn Reifsteck – Fate of Lt. William Calley (1971)
  35. Roger McDowell – A Tribute to Lt. William Calley (1971)
  36. Roland Johnson – William Calley (1971)
  37. The Adams Brothers – The U.S.A. Soldier (1971)
  38. Butch Christofer – We Done Wrong! (1971)
  39. Johnny Nelms – Lieutenant Calley (1971)
  40. Senators – War's Cross (1971)
  41. Lee Ofman – Young Bill Calley (1971)
  42. Wayne Chaney – Young Bill Calley (1971)
  43. Joe Watford – Rally for Lt. Calley (1971)
  44. Gene Marshall – Ballad of Lt. William Calley (1971)
  45. Gene Marshall – Ballad of Lt. William Calley (1971)
  46. Gene Marshall – Battle of Mai Lai (1971)
  47. Henry Lewis – Soldier's Prayer (1971)
  48. Johnny Campbell – Behold the Voice of the People (1971)
  49. Carlyle Hughey – The Voice From Beyond the Grave (1971)
  50. Bill Bailey – Indictment of the Nation (1971)
  51. Jimy Sims – Ode to Vietnam (1971)
  52. Ronnie Thompson – Rusty the Soldier (Part 1) (1971)
  53. Ronnie Thompson – Rusty the Soldier (Part 2) (1971)
  54. John D. Loudermilk – Lord Have Mercy (1971)
  55. Dale Neal – Story of Lt. Calley as Sung for Gov. Wallace (1971)
  56. Chuck Newton – Ode to Lt. Calley (1971)
  57. Ivan Lee – Cry of My Lai (1971)
  58. Mother of Three – Lieutenant (Had Any Lately?) (1971)
  59. Pete Seeger – Last Train to Nuremberg (1971)
  60. Pete Seeger – Everybody Has the Right to Live (1971)
  61. The Anonymous Soldier – The Coward (?) of My Lai (1971)
  62. Abbie Hoffman – Texas Tweezers (1971)
  63. Abbie Hoffman – Drug Company (1971)
  64. Abbie Hoffman – Our National Anthem (1971)
  65. Asylum Choir – Ballad for a Soldier (1971)
  66. Slumstormerne – Hvordan er dine drømme, Nixon? (1971)
  67. Various Artists – So nah ist dieses land (1971)
  68. South Viet Nam Liberation Radio Orchestra – Airs de Vọng Cổ (1971)
  69. David Bowie – Running Gun Blues (1971)
  70. Birth Control – The Work Is Done (1971)
  71. Denny Guy – My Lai Lad (1972)
  72. Denny Guy – Country Ballad (1972)
  73. Denny Guy – Marching Song (1972)
  74. Denny Guy – The Trouble Maker (1972)
  75. Mason Proffit – Were You There (1972)
  76. Yoko Ono – Now or Never (1972)
  77. Clive Brandy – Sam, You Made the War Too Long (1972)
  78. Gore Vidal – An Evening With Richard Nixon (1972)
  79. Eva Kostolányiová – Pieseň o Vietname (1972)
  80. Covered Wagon Musicians – The Rodeway Nine (1972)
  81. Captain Foam – Will There Ever Be a Time? (1972)
  82. Pete Atkin – All the Dead Were Strangers (1973)
  83. Sonny Blake – Thank God, Calley Wasn't Black (1973)
  84. Marie Rottrová – Květy od My-lai (1973)
  85. David Frye – Dick Nixon's Solid Gold (1973)
  86. Adrienne Rich – Reading at Stanford (1973)
  87. Richard Ryan – Ravenswood Poems (1973)
  88. Various Artists – New Zealand Poets Read Their Works (1974)
  89. Elmer Bernstein – My Lai Massacre (1974)
  90. Various Artists – The Lieutenant (1974)
  91. Jerry Taylor – Amnesty From America (1974)
  92. Storm – Stormvarning (1974)
  93. Gil Scott-Heron/Brian Jackson – H20 Gate Blues (1974)
  94. Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson – Pardon Our Analysis (We Beg Your Pardon) (1975)
  95. The Tune-Timers – In Defense Of (1975)
  96. Bill Oliver – Fourth of July in Chu-Lai (1976)
  97. Holly Near – You Can Know All I Am (1976)
  98. Doonesbury's Jimmy Thudpucker – Greatest Hits With The Walden West Rhythm Section (1977)
  99. Godley & Creme – Englishman in New York (1979)
  100. Thomas Kylau – Sagt mir wie ich meine sprache find' (1979)
  101. Cold Warrior and the Mercenary Band – Vietnam (1980)
  102. Arthur B. Rubinstein – Sunrise at Pinkville (1983)
  103. Arthur B. Rubinstein – Pinkville Strating Run (1983)
  104. The Pogues – Boys From the County Hell (1984)
  105. BAP – Zwesche Salzjebäck un Bier (1984)
  106. Bill McKenna – Vietnam: Still Part of Who I Am (1986)
  107. Obsession – My Lai 31568 / Take No Prisoners (1986)
  108. Impetigo – My Lai (1987)
  109. Grinder – Agent Orange (1989)
  110. The September When – Mother, I've Been Kissed (1991)
  111. Jewel – The Vietnam Requiem (1991)
  112. Shock Treatment – Media Distortion (1993)
  113. Screeching Weasel – El Mozote (1993)
  114. Dog Faced Hermans – Calley (1994)
  115. Aardvarks – Eyes (1994)
  116. My-Laï – My-Laï (1995)
  117. Still Life – Jara (1995)
  118. The Seahorses – Love Is the Law (1997)
  119. David Rovics – Song for Hugh Thompson (1998)
  120. My Lai – 3.16.68 (1998)
  121. Art Studio – Off Limits (1998)
  122. John York – My Lai (1999)
  123. Shed, Inc. – Other (1999)
  124. Various Artists – We Will Not Obey (1999)
  125. Various Artists – Wizards of Gore: A Tribute to Impetigo (2000)
  126. Rodney Oakes – Music for Midi Trombone (2000)
  127. Louie Logic – Trail of Tears (2002)
  128. Witek Kornacki – East-West Inspiration (2003)
  129. Carlo Actis Dato Quartet – Swingin' Hanoi (2003)
  130. Magrudergrind – My Lai Massacre (2004)
  131. Rabid – My Lai (2004)
  132. Embrace the End – The Fathers Right Hand (My Lai) (2005)
  133. Janus – Kadaverstern (2005)
  134. Misery Index – Unmarked Graves (2006)
  135. Proudflesh – Proudflesh (2006)
  136. The OaKs – For Hugh Thompson, Who Stood Alone. My Lai Massacre, Vietnam, 1968 (2007)
  137. The OaKs – Hugh Thompson, The Aftermath (2007)
  138. Revolution 9 – Music by Numbers (2007)
  139. Alistair Cooke – The Essential Letters From America: The 1960s (2008)
  140. Carne Humana – Intracorporal Exposiciòn (2008)
  141. Christian Bland & The Revelators – The Lost Album (album) (2010)
  142. Christian Bland & The Revelators – Murder at My Lai (2010)
  143. Enrico Sabena – My Lai Four (2010)
  144. Slaughter-Fetus – II (2010)
  145. Sic Alps – Napa Asylum (2011)
  146. Baba Scholae – 69 (2012)
  147. Dead City Ruins – Midnight Killer (2012)
  148. Tom Flannery – Love and Streets (2012)
  149. Vinnie Paz – And Your Blood Will Blot Out the Sun (2012)
  150. Vinnie Paz – You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train (2012)
  151. Just Nick – Semi-revolutionary (2012)
  152. Elvis Depressedly – Mickey's Dead (2012)
  153. Various Artists – Seven Psychopaths (2012)
  154. Anonymous – My Lai (2013)
  155. Black Spring Monolith – Rebirthing the Goat (2013)
  156. Michael Nhat – Jesus Was A Gook (2014)
  157. Sgt. Rock – Demos Cassette Collection 1987 (2014)
  158. Cerberus Attack – Cranial Attack (2014)
  159. Chadwick Stokes – The Horse Comanche (2015)
  160. Jasons – Inferno (2015)
  161. The SlayerKing – My Lai (2016)
  162. Ephelant – How to Sew Wounds with Words (2016)
  163. Devil's Witches – Black Cauldron (2017)
  164. Human Fault – Poslední propadne peklu (2017)
  165. Lt. Prelude – Thảm sát Mỹ Lai (2018)
  166. Lil Keed – Ain’t Seen My Face (2018)
  167. Yakisoba – My Lai (2018)
  168. Ölü Körpe – Vol. 2 - Mira, la bruja no esta quemada (2018)
  169. Yung Dmize – Death Toll (2019)
  170. Flying Circus – 1968 (2019)
  171. Horresque – My Lai '68 (2020)
  172. Striations – Vietnamization Mixtape (2020)
  173. Ideation – Blunt Instrument (2021)
  174. Kronos Quartet – Mỹ Lai (2022)
  175. Panzerkrieg 666 – My Lai Massacre (2023)
  176. Wizard Cage – Wizard Cage (album) (2023)
  177. Wizard Cage – Take Me to Vietnam (2023)
  178. Sarcoptes – Massacre at My Lai (2023)
  179. Devo – Art Devo: 1973-1977 [Akron Gold] (2023)
  180. The Uncouth – The Uncouth (2023)
  181. Dżamble – W noc i dzień, Nagrania archiwalne z lat 1969-1972 (2024)
  182. London Philharmonic Orchestra – Orchestral Music, Volume Four (2024)
  183. Trencheard – Nāve Zinātnes Vārdā (2024)
  184. Tituba – Enjoy the Landscape (2024)
  185. Just Urbain – Raw & Alive 78 - 81 (album) (2024)
  186. Just Urbain – My Love My Lai (Studio Coda) (2024)
  187. Gabrielle de Val – I Am the Hammer (2025)
  188. Maya Shenfeld – Cover-Up (Soundtrack From the Netflix Film) (2026)
  189. Star Matriarch – Red Ship (2026)
  190. Johnny Price – Lieutenant's Last Salute
  191. Lucky Clark – My Lai
  192. Beverly Bixler – Plea for Calley
  193. David Daniels III – Boots That Calley Wore
  194. Jamie Reeves – Mother's Salute to Lt. Calley
  195. Pat Ryan – Calley's Cry
  196. Norm Burns – The Babies of My Lai
  197. Lorenzo Martinez – Sigh for My Lai
  198. Larry Williams – I Salute You Sir
  199. Joe Shinall – What Would You Do (In My Lai)
  200. Big Tom – Mai Lai Incident
  201. Big Tom – Fort Stewart Soldier
  202. Lillie Bates – Dilemma
  203. Billie Cee – Ecology Thing
  204. Howard Chandler – For All the Soldiers
  205. Ray Sharp – Many a Man
  206. Curt Curtis – Mr. President - Free Lt. Calley
  207. Rev. C. M. King – Requiem to Lt. Calley
  208. Dave Jones – Ballad of My Lai
  209. Dave Jones – Dear Mr. President
  210. Garland Jones – Set Him Free
  211. Isbie – My Laï
  212. Steve Holtje – Bystander