Ballad of Gene
1969 · Cadet 5644 · Chicago, Illinois
- Artist
- Dawn
- Title
- Ballad of Gene
- Release
- 5th Day of June / Ballad of Gene
- Year
- 1969
- Label
- Cadet # 5644
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Songwriter
- D. Moseley
- Genre
- Rock · Folk Rock
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
5th Day of June (Dawn) Ballad of Gene (Dawn) Folk rock. Soldier / home front perspective. A-side: man KIA in Vietnam B-side: man blinded by war.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
American pop group formed 1970 in New York City: Tony Orlando with Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson. [Source: Wikipedia]