Ballad of Two Brothers
1968 · Epic 5-10389 · New York City, New York
- Artist
- Autry Inman
- Title
- Ballad of Two Brothers
- Release
- Dont Call Me (I'll Call You) / Ballad of Two Brothers
- Year
- 1968
- Label
- Epic # 5-10389
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Songwriter
- Bobby Braddock/Buddy Killen/Curly Putman
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
The song "Ballad of Two Brothers" (Epic Records # 5-10389) strongly criticised the anti-war movement and took an anti-communist, pro-government position. Released by Autry Inman, a country singer from Florence, Alabama (1929-1988). (1) (2) Written by B. Braddock, C. Putman, and B. Killen, and produced by Glenn Sutton and Billy Sherrill. It featured on the album Ballad of Two Brothers (Epic Records # BN 26428), an entire album of Vietnam related songs, including the famous "Ballad of the Green Berets", "Vietnam Blues", and "Ain't I Right". The single received decent airplay on radio, and in its first week, reached # 49 in the Billboard country chart, on 2 November 1968. (3) It moved up to # 43 on 9 November. (4) In week four it moved into Billboard Hot 100, at # 92, while moving into # 31 in the Country Hot Singles (23 November). (5) In week six it moved up to # 18 in the country chart, and # 56 in the Hot 100 (7 December). (6) It moved to # 15 in the country chart on 23 December. (7) On 28 December, it moved marginally to # 14 in the country chart, and to # 54 in the Hot 100. (8) So this song received some attention. The narrator told two sides of a story - one brother, Bud, who…
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Draft Songs
Must We Fight Two Wars - draft card burning, anti-protest, patriotic
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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
In collections
Draft Songs · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs