Credited on the record as Addiss & Crofut.
A Ballad From Vietnam (The Rain on the Leaves)
1965 · Columbia 4-43744 · New York City, New York
- Artist
- Addis & Crofut
- Credited on the record as
- Addiss & Crofut
- Title
- A Ballad From Vietnam (The Rain on the Leaves)
- Release
- A Ballad From Vietnam (The Rain on the Leaves) / Simple Gifts
- Year
- 1965
- Label
- Columbia # 4-43744
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Songwriter
- Phạm Duy, S. Addiss
- Genre
- Easy Listening · Easy Listening
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
The Addiss and Crofut version of the song "A Ballad From Vietnam (The Rain on the Leaves)" (Decca Records # 4-43744), released in 1966, was originally written by Vietnamese songwriter Phạm Duy, and translated by Steve Addiss. It was first released by Mitch Miller in 1965: "A Ballad From Vietnam"). Addiss and Crofut visited South Vietnam in 1965, picking up folk songs along the way. As Billboard reported on 6 February 1965: "Bill Crofut and Steve Addiss, American folk singer on the Folkways label, are interviewed in Hue, Vietnam, for CBS-TV's Walter Cronkite show as Vietnamese students add their comments. Crofut and Addiss are touring Southeast Asia for the State Department".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Columbia 4-43744 (JZSP 115283), white "Not for Resale - Radio Station Copy" label, 45 RPM; "A Ballad From Vietnam / The Rain on the Leaves" (P. Duy - S. Addiss), 2:35, published by Melody Trails, Inc. (BMI), produced by John Hammond; credited to Addiss & Crofut. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
American folk duo of Steve Addiss and Bill Crofut, who toured internationally (including South Vietnam) for the US State Department in the 1960s and recorded folk albums together. [Source: Wikipedia]