The Combat Pilots Test
Tin Pan Alley TPA 11-383 · New York City, New York
- Artist
- Lance
- Title
- The Combat Pilots Test
- Release
- The Combat Pilots Test / America, War, Crises and Peace
- Label
- Tin Pan Alley # TPA 11-383
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Songwriter
- Evans-Dienna
- Genre
- Folk · Contemporary Folk
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
Song-poem. Traditional pop. New York. Partial recording only. Combat Pilots Test (Lance) America, War, Crises and Peace (Wilsons, The)
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Song Poems
- Song-poem. Traditional pop. New York. Both sides. - Label: Tin Pan Alley # TPA 11-383 - "Combat Pilots Test" - Artist: Lance - Songwriter: Evans, Dienna - In Saigon, the new pilot arrived. Reference to Choppers (helicopter) - Flying Chopper over Vietcong (VC) jungles - Heard the fatal shots, into the cockpit (combat) - He survived his first encounter. He passed the first crucial test - Soldier's perspective, pro-soldier
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Tin Pan Alley Records TPA 11-383, 45 RPM, black-and-silver label with lyre logo, "Mfg. by Tin Pan Alley, Inc., 1650 Broadway, N.Y.C."; both sides published by Juke Box Alley (ASCAP). Side B (TPA 11-383B): "America, War, Crises and Peace" (Pargmann-Dienna), The Wilsons, time 2:16. Side A (TPA 11-383A): "The Combat Pilots Test" (Evans-Dienna), credited to "Lance", time 2:45. The B-side label carries a "Syble's Golden Oldies, Ft. Worth, Texas" shop sticker. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
In collections
Song Poems · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years] · US Combat Perspective Songs [War Years]