Ballad of the Green Berets
1968 · Epic BN 26428 · New York City, New York
- Artist
- Autry Inman
- Title
- Ballad of the Green Berets
- Release
- Ballad of Two Brothers
- Year
- 1968
- Label
- Epic # BN 26428
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Songwriter
- Barry Sadler, Robin Moore
- Genre
- Country · Nashville Sound
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Notes
Epic BN 26428, stereo LP "Ballad of Two Brothers" by Autry Inman; Side 2 (XSB 139030), track 1: "Ballad of the Green Berets" (B. Sadler - R. Moore), 2:13, ASCAP; produced by Glenn Sutton (the title track by Glenn Sutton & Billy Sherrill). Sleeve notes by "Moon" Mullins, Music Director, KCKN, Kansas City, who calls the title song "The Battle Hymn of 1968". Manufactured by Epic Records/CBS, Inc., 51 W. 52 Street, New York City. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Born Robert Autry Inman, 6 January 1929, Florence, Alabama, USA. Country and rockabilly singer-songwriter; his 1968 duet with Bob Luman, Ballad of Two Brothers, reached No. 14 on the US country chart. Died 6 September 1988 [death location not stated in approved sources]. [Source: Wikipedia]
Themes
From the release Ballad of Two Brothers
In collections
US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]