Grandpa Jones

Bill's Gonna Soon Be Home

1968 · Monument Mn45-1069 · Nashville, Tennessee

Bill's Gonna Soon Be Home – Grandpa Jones (A-side label)

Artist
Grandpa Jones
Title
Bill's Gonna Soon Be Home
Release
Bill's Gonna Soon Be Home / These Hills
Year
1968
Label
Monument # Mn45-1069
Format
7" · Single
Language
English
Country
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Songwriter
Boudleaux Bryant
Genre
Country · Traditional Country
Primary theme
Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective

Annotation

Bill's Gonna Soon Be Home (Grandpa Jones) Monument Records # Mn45-1069123 Country. Plight of soldier, veteran. Born 20 October 1913 Niagara, Kentucky. Died 19 February 1998 Nashville, Tennessee. Married to Ramona JonesSources1Billboard, 4 May 1968↩2Billboard, 29 June 1968↩3Hillbilly-Music.com↩

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Monument Mn45-1069 (F9W-2146), "Monument Record Corp., Nashville, Tenn. and Hollywood, Calif., U.S.A."; "Bill's Gonna Soon Be Home" (Boudleaux Bryant), 2:25, House of Bryant Publications (BMI); prod. by Fred Foster. Issued in a green Monument company sleeve, "monument is artistry", "monument record corporation, u.s.a." [From the record sleeve and labels]

About the artist

American country and banjo entertainer, born 20 October 1913 in Niagara, Kentucky; died 19 February 1998 in Nashville, Tennessee. [Source: Wikipedia]

Themes

Soldier's Perspective

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