Credited on the record as Mitch Miller and the Gang.
A Ballad from Vietnam (The Rain on the Leaves)
1965 · Decca 31883 · USA
- Artist
- Mitch Miller
- Credited on the record as
- Mitch Miller and the Gang
- Title
- A Ballad from Vietnam (The Rain on the Leaves)
- Release
- A Ballad From Vietnam (The Rain on the Leaves) / That's All for Now
- Year
- 1965
- Label
- Decca # 31883
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Phạm Duy, Steve Addiss
- Genre
- Easy Listening · Easy Listening
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
The easy listening song "A Ballad From Vietnam (The Rain on the Leaves)" (Decca Records # 31883) from 1965. It was originally written by Vietnamese songwriter Phạm Duy, and translated by Steve Addis of the folk duo Addiss and Crofut (they later released the song in 1966: "A Ballad From Vietnam"). Billboard reported on 18 December 1965: "Marking the Decca debut of the Gang, this powerful ballad with strong lyric content has the earmarks of a smash hit". The song considered both those that made it back home and those that didn't:
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: The rain on the leaves is the tears of joy / Of the girl whose boy returns from the war / The rain on the leaves is the bitter tears / When the mother hears her son is no more
Notes
Decca Record No. 31883 (116,764), pink "Promotion Copy - Not for Sale" label, (3:00); "A Ballad From Vietnam - The Rain on the Leaves" (original text and music by Pham Duy, English lyric by Steve Addiss), Melody Trails, Inc. (BMI); Mitch Miller and the Gang, produced by Mitch Miller for Millemka Productions; "Mfg'd by Decca Records, Inc., New York, U.S.A." [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
American conductor and A&R executive, born 4 July 1911 in Rochester, New York; died 31 July 2010 in New York City. [Source: Wikipedia]