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Release Country Music Goes to War
Year 1966
Label Starday # SLP-374
Format LP · Album
Country USA
Language English
Songs here 4 in the archive
Citation: Justin A. Brummer, Vietnam War Song Project (VWSP) — Various Artists, Country Music Goes to War; cite each song by its SongID

Country Music Goes to War

1966 · Album · Starday # SLP-374 · USA
4 songs from this release are in the archive, listed below in catalogue order. Track positions are not recorded; the release may carry other songs that do not reference the war. Most common themes: Soldier's Perspective.
Notes
"Lonesome Viet Nam" (George Riddle) (Starday Records # SLP-374)

Narrated from perspective of soldier, asking his loved one to remember him, and write letters. Patriotic, pro-government. Country music. Born Auburn, Indiana. Died Indianapolis, Indiana. 21 May 1937-19 July 2014.

Other Vietnam songs on this compilation:
Johnny Bond - A Letter From Home - born 1 June 1915 in Enville, Oklahoma. Died 12 June 1978 in Burbank, California.
Same song as Joe Medwick - Letter to a Buddie (1963).

Rusty Diamond - The Lonely Sentry - recorded in Florida.

Red Sovine - "Dear John Letter"; "The Last Foxhole"
Born 7 July 1917 in Charleston, West Virginia. Died 4 April 1980 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Reference to WW2, Korean War, Vietnam War.
The songs
1.
1966 · Album · Starday # SLP-374 · Madison, Tennessee · Country Music Goes to War

Born Charleston, West Virginia, USA. Died Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

2.
1966 · Album · Starday # SLP-374 · Madison, Tennessee · Country Music Goes to War

Born Auburn, Indiana, USA. Died Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.

3.
1966 · Album · Starday # SLP-374 · Madison, Tennessee · Country Music Goes to War

Born Enville, Oklahoma, USA. Died Burbank, California, USA.

4.
1966 · Album · Starday # SLP-374 · Madison, Tennessee · Country Music Goes to War

Born Auburn, Indiana, USA. Died Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.