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Release Hello Vietnam: Country & Western War Songs
Year 1965
Label Diplomat # D 2376
Format LP · Album
Country USA
Language English
Songs here 10 in the archive
Citation: Justin A. Brummer, Vietnam War Song Project (VWSP) — The Lonesome Valley Singers, Hello Vietnam: Country & Western War Songs; cite each song by its SongID

Hello Vietnam: Country & Western War Songs

1965 · Album · Diplomat # D 2376 · USA
10 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: Patriotic, Soldier's Perspective.
Annotation
The country group The Lonesome Valley Singers produced a whole album in support of the soldiers fighting in South East Asia (Diplomat Records # D 2376). They also released two other Vietnam themed albums, discussed below - Men in the Green Berets (1966) and God Bless the Working Man. This album included a version of two Tom T. Hall songs discussed above - the track "Hello Vietnam" (made famous by Johnnie Wright) and "What We're Fighting For" (released by Dave Dudley and others). The track "It's All Worth Fighting For" looked at the objectives of the war. The lyrics propagated the "domino theory" - that the collapse of South Vietnam into the control of the communist north would trigger the collapse of democracy in other countries and threaten the US - the idea of which came from President Eisenhower, during a press conference on 7 April 1954.1 The group sung that if the US "give Vietnam to the enemy" , then there would be "no stopping" them. Thus, the US needed to "call a halt to this transgression" . The end of the song compared Vietnam to the Second World War and Korea, as examples of worthy conflicts: "World War Two and Korea...it's all worth fighting for" .
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Collection
Songs from this release appear in this curated collection.
The songs
1.
1965 · Album · Diplomat # D 2376 · USA · Hello Vietnam: Country & Western War Songs

Diplomat D 2376 (labels 2376 A / 2376 B), black label with a magenta sunburst over the Diplomat logo, "Long Playing, 33⅓ RPM — High Fidelity Record Mfd. by Synthetic Plastics Co., Newark, N.J., U.S.A."; labels are titled "Country and Western War Songs". Side 1: Hello Vietnam, Jungle War, Tell the Folks I Miss 'Em, I'm Just a Lonesome Soldier, It's All Worth Fighting For; Side 2: Don't Worry, Just Pray, It's Got to Be Done, What We're Fighting For, Why Doesn't Someone Write to Me, Goodbye Curly Head. No writers, publishers or times are printed. The front cover shows a rifle with bayonet, steel helmet, field pack and grenades propped against a tree trunk under the title "Country & Western War Songs — Hello Vietnam". The back cover carries Diplomat's house text ("Fine records need not be expensive"), a note that all songs are listed on the front cover and label, a Diplomat catalogue list with the address 88 St. Francis St., Newark, N.J., and "a product of Synthetic Plastics Co." [From the record sleeve and labels]

Theme: Patriotic
2.
1965 · Album · Diplomat # D 2376 · USA · Hello Vietnam: Country & Western War Songs

Diplomat D 2376 (labels 2376 A / 2376 B), black label with a magenta sunburst over the Diplomat logo, "Long Playing, 33⅓ RPM — High Fidelity Record Mfd. by Synthetic Plastics Co., Newark, N.J., U.S.A."; labels are titled "Country and Western War Songs". Side 1: Hello Vietnam, Jungle War, Tell the Folks I Miss 'Em, I'm Just a Lonesome Soldier, It's All Worth Fighting For; Side 2: Don't Worry, Just Pray, It's Got to Be Done, What We're Fighting For, Why Doesn't Someone Write to Me, Goodbye Curly Head. No writers, publishers or times are printed. The front cover shows a rifle with bayonet, steel helmet, field pack and grenades propped against a tree trunk under the title "Country & Western War Songs — Hello Vietnam". The back cover carries Diplomat's house text ("Fine records need not be expensive"), a note that all songs are listed on the front cover and label, a Diplomat catalogue list with the address 88 St. Francis St., Newark, N.J., and "a product of Synthetic Plastics Co." [From the record sleeve and labels]

3.
1965 · Album · Diplomat # D 2376 · USA · Hello Vietnam: Country & Western War Songs

Diplomat D 2376 (labels 2376 A / 2376 B), black label with a magenta sunburst over the Diplomat logo, "Long Playing, 33⅓ RPM — High Fidelity Record Mfd. by Synthetic Plastics Co., Newark, N.J., U.S.A."; labels are titled "Country and Western War Songs". Side 1: Hello Vietnam, Jungle War, Tell the Folks I Miss 'Em, I'm Just a Lonesome Soldier, It's All Worth Fighting For; Side 2: Don't Worry, Just Pray, It's Got to Be Done, What We're Fighting For, Why Doesn't Someone Write to Me, Goodbye Curly Head. No writers, publishers or times are printed. The front cover shows a rifle with bayonet, steel helmet, field pack and grenades propped against a tree trunk under the title "Country & Western War Songs — Hello Vietnam". The back cover carries Diplomat's house text ("Fine records need not be expensive"), a note that all songs are listed on the front cover and label, a Diplomat catalogue list with the address 88 St. Francis St., Newark, N.J., and "a product of Synthetic Plastics Co." [From the record sleeve and labels]

4.
1965 · Album · Diplomat # D 2376 · USA · Hello Vietnam: Country & Western War Songs

Diplomat D 2376 (labels 2376 A / 2376 B), black label with a magenta sunburst over the Diplomat logo, "Long Playing, 33⅓ RPM — High Fidelity Record Mfd. by Synthetic Plastics Co., Newark, N.J., U.S.A."; labels are titled "Country and Western War Songs". Side 1: Hello Vietnam, Jungle War, Tell the Folks I Miss 'Em, I'm Just a Lonesome Soldier, It's All Worth Fighting For; Side 2: Don't Worry, Just Pray, It's Got to Be Done, What We're Fighting For, Why Doesn't Someone Write to Me, Goodbye Curly Head. No writers, publishers or times are printed. The front cover shows a rifle with bayonet, steel helmet, field pack and grenades propped against a tree trunk under the title "Country & Western War Songs — Hello Vietnam". The back cover carries Diplomat's house text ("Fine records need not be expensive"), a note that all songs are listed on the front cover and label, a Diplomat catalogue list with the address 88 St. Francis St., Newark, N.J., and "a product of Synthetic Plastics Co." [From the record sleeve and labels]

Theme: Patriotic
5.
1965 · Album · Diplomat # D 2376 · USA · Hello Vietnam: Country & Western War Songs

Diplomat D 2376 (labels 2376 A / 2376 B), black label with a magenta sunburst over the Diplomat logo, "Long Playing, 33⅓ RPM — High Fidelity Record Mfd. by Synthetic Plastics Co., Newark, N.J., U.S.A."; labels are titled "Country and Western War Songs". Side 1: Hello Vietnam, Jungle War, Tell the Folks I Miss 'Em, I'm Just a Lonesome Soldier, It's All Worth Fighting For; Side 2: Don't Worry, Just Pray, It's Got to Be Done, What We're Fighting For, Why Doesn't Someone Write to Me, Goodbye Curly Head. No writers, publishers or times are printed. The front cover shows a rifle with bayonet, steel helmet, field pack and grenades propped against a tree trunk under the title "Country & Western War Songs — Hello Vietnam". The back cover carries Diplomat's house text ("Fine records need not be expensive"), a note that all songs are listed on the front cover and label, a Diplomat catalogue list with the address 88 St. Francis St., Newark, N.J., and "a product of Synthetic Plastics Co." [From the record sleeve and labels]

Theme: Patriotic
6.
1965 · Album · Diplomat # D 2376 · USA · Hello Vietnam: Country & Western War Songs

Diplomat D 2376 (labels 2376 A / 2376 B), black label with a magenta sunburst over the Diplomat logo, "Long Playing, 33⅓ RPM — High Fidelity Record Mfd. by Synthetic Plastics Co., Newark, N.J., U.S.A."; labels are titled "Country and Western War Songs". Side 1: Hello Vietnam, Jungle War, Tell the Folks I Miss 'Em, I'm Just a Lonesome Soldier, It's All Worth Fighting For; Side 2: Don't Worry, Just Pray, It's Got to Be Done, What We're Fighting For, Why Doesn't Someone Write to Me, Goodbye Curly Head. No writers, publishers or times are printed. The front cover shows a rifle with bayonet, steel helmet, field pack and grenades propped against a tree trunk under the title "Country & Western War Songs — Hello Vietnam". The back cover carries Diplomat's house text ("Fine records need not be expensive"), a note that all songs are listed on the front cover and label, a Diplomat catalogue list with the address 88 St. Francis St., Newark, N.J., and "a product of Synthetic Plastics Co." [From the record sleeve and labels]

7.
1965 · Album · Diplomat # D 2376 · USA · Hello Vietnam: Country & Western War Songs

Diplomat D 2376 (labels 2376 A / 2376 B), black label with a magenta sunburst over the Diplomat logo, "Long Playing, 33⅓ RPM — High Fidelity Record Mfd. by Synthetic Plastics Co., Newark, N.J., U.S.A."; labels are titled "Country and Western War Songs". Side 1: Hello Vietnam, Jungle War, Tell the Folks I Miss 'Em, I'm Just a Lonesome Soldier, It's All Worth Fighting For; Side 2: Don't Worry, Just Pray, It's Got to Be Done, What We're Fighting For, Why Doesn't Someone Write to Me, Goodbye Curly Head. No writers, publishers or times are printed. The front cover shows a rifle with bayonet, steel helmet, field pack and grenades propped against a tree trunk under the title "Country & Western War Songs — Hello Vietnam". The back cover carries Diplomat's house text ("Fine records need not be expensive"), a note that all songs are listed on the front cover and label, a Diplomat catalogue list with the address 88 St. Francis St., Newark, N.J., and "a product of Synthetic Plastics Co." [From the record sleeve and labels]

Theme: Patriotic
8.
1965 · Album · Diplomat # D 2376 · USA · Hello Vietnam: Country & Western War Songs

Diplomat D 2376 (labels 2376 A / 2376 B), black label with a magenta sunburst over the Diplomat logo, "Long Playing, 33⅓ RPM — High Fidelity Record Mfd. by Synthetic Plastics Co., Newark, N.J., U.S.A."; labels are titled "Country and Western War Songs". Side 1: Hello Vietnam, Jungle War, Tell the Folks I Miss 'Em, I'm Just a Lonesome Soldier, It's All Worth Fighting For; Side 2: Don't Worry, Just Pray, It's Got to Be Done, What We're Fighting For, Why Doesn't Someone Write to Me, Goodbye Curly Head. No writers, publishers or times are printed. The front cover shows a rifle with bayonet, steel helmet, field pack and grenades propped against a tree trunk under the title "Country & Western War Songs — Hello Vietnam". The back cover carries Diplomat's house text ("Fine records need not be expensive"), a note that all songs are listed on the front cover and label, a Diplomat catalogue list with the address 88 St. Francis St., Newark, N.J., and "a product of Synthetic Plastics Co." [From the record sleeve and labels]

Theme: Patriotic
9.
1965 · Album · Diplomat # D 2376 · USA · Hello Vietnam: Country & Western War Songs

Diplomat D 2376 (labels 2376 A / 2376 B), black label with a magenta sunburst over the Diplomat logo, "Long Playing, 33⅓ RPM — High Fidelity Record Mfd. by Synthetic Plastics Co., Newark, N.J., U.S.A."; labels are titled "Country and Western War Songs". Side 1: Hello Vietnam, Jungle War, Tell the Folks I Miss 'Em, I'm Just a Lonesome Soldier, It's All Worth Fighting For; Side 2: Don't Worry, Just Pray, It's Got to Be Done, What We're Fighting For, Why Doesn't Someone Write to Me, Goodbye Curly Head. No writers, publishers or times are printed. The front cover shows a rifle with bayonet, steel helmet, field pack and grenades propped against a tree trunk under the title "Country & Western War Songs — Hello Vietnam". The back cover carries Diplomat's house text ("Fine records need not be expensive"), a note that all songs are listed on the front cover and label, a Diplomat catalogue list with the address 88 St. Francis St., Newark, N.J., and "a product of Synthetic Plastics Co." [From the record sleeve and labels]

10.
1965 · Album · Diplomat # D 2376 · USA · Hello Vietnam: Country & Western War Songs

Diplomat D 2376 (labels 2376 A / 2376 B), black label with a magenta sunburst over the Diplomat logo, "Long Playing, 33⅓ RPM — High Fidelity Record Mfd. by Synthetic Plastics Co., Newark, N.J., U.S.A."; labels are titled "Country and Western War Songs". Side 1: Hello Vietnam, Jungle War, Tell the Folks I Miss 'Em, I'm Just a Lonesome Soldier, It's All Worth Fighting For; Side 2: Don't Worry, Just Pray, It's Got to Be Done, What We're Fighting For, Why Doesn't Someone Write to Me, Goodbye Curly Head. No writers, publishers or times are printed. The front cover shows a rifle with bayonet, steel helmet, field pack and grenades propped against a tree trunk under the title "Country & Western War Songs — Hello Vietnam". The back cover carries Diplomat's house text ("Fine records need not be expensive"), a note that all songs are listed on the front cover and label, a Diplomat catalogue list with the address 88 St. Francis St., Newark, N.J., and "a product of Synthetic Plastics Co." [From the record sleeve and labels]