7 O'Clock News (Silent Night)
1966 · Mercury 72637 · Chicago, Illinois
- Artist
- The Hopeful
- Title
- 7 O'Clock News (Silent Night)
- Release
- 7 O'Clock News (Silent Night) / 6 O'Clock News (America the Beautiful)
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- Mercury # 72637
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Songwriter
- P. Simon
- Genre
- Folk · Contemporary Folk
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Notes
Mercury 72637, produced by Artie Kornfeld. "7 O'Clock News (Silent Night)" (YW1-39092), adapted by P. Simon, Electric Music (BMI), 1:54, newscast by Frank Costa; "6 O'Clock News (America the Beautiful)" (YW1-39093), adapted by A. Kornfeld, MRC Music, Inc. (BMI), 2:12. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
Christmas · Anti-War · MLK · Civil War · Demonstration · Nixon
In collections
Christmas Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]