Smiley & Kitty Wilson

Bringing Johnny Williams Home

1967 · K-Ark 769 · Nashville, Tennessee

Bringing Johnny Williams Home – Smiley & Kitty Wilson (A-side label)

Artist
Smiley & Kitty Wilson
Title
Bringing Johnny Williams Home
Release
Bringing Johnny Williams Home / To Tough to Die
Year
1967
Label
K-Ark # 769
Format
7" · Single
Language
English
Country
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Songwriter
Maggi Vaughn
Genre
Country · Country
Primary theme
US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs

Annotation

Bringing Johnny Williams Home (Wilson, Smiley & Kitty) Country music. From Alabama, USA. Patriotic: "thank god for the USA". Dead soldier returned to the US, coffin draped in flag. Referenced draft card burning - anti-protest.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

K-Ark Records, Record No. 769 A., 45 R.P.M., 728 16th Ave. So., Nashville, Tennessee; "Bringing Johnny Williams Home" (Maggi Vaughn), Sure-Fire Music, 2:01; produced by John Capps. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes

Patriotic · Flag · K.I.A. · Anti-Protest · Draft Card Burning · Draft

In collections

Draft Songs · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]