Mike Franklin

A Boy's Prayer

Z/V ZB-10001 · Nashville, Tennessee

A Boy's Prayer – Mike Franklin (Picture sleeve)

Artist
Mike Franklin
Title
A Boy's Prayer
Release
A Boy's Prayer / Construction Man's Son
Label
Z/V # ZB-10001
Format
7" · Single
Language
English
Country
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Songwriter
Mike Franklin
Genre
Country · Country
Primary theme
US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs

Annotation

Boy's Prayer, A (Franklin, Mike)

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English: Plight / Child / Religion / Patriotic

Notes

Z/V Records ZB-10001 (SoN 111781), stereo, 45 RPM, light blue label; "A Boy's Prayer" (Mike Franklin), 3:32, Z/V Pub. Co., ASCAP; produced and arranged by Bill Goodwin and Dave Barton, National Sound Studio, Nashville, Tenn. The yellow picture sleeve shows a sepia photograph of Mike Franklin, billed as "The Colorado Kid", in a western suit and neckerchief standing with an electric guitar, and lists both sides, "A Boy's Prayer" and "Construction Man's Son", with the Z/V Records logo. [From the record sleeve and labels]

About the artist

From Colorado.

Themes

Soldier's Perspective · Child · Religion · Patriotic

In collections

Children on Record · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

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