Cruces Boricuas en Vietnam
Dial 1016 · New York City, New York
- Artist
- Odilio Gonzalez
- Title
- Cruces Boricuas en Vietnam
- Release
- Cruces Boricuas en Vietnam / Todos de Parranda
- Label
- Dial # 1016
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- Spanish
- Country
- New York City, New York, Puerto Rico
- Songwriter
- German Rosario
- Genre
- Hispanic Music · Jibaro
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation — Draft Songs
The "Cruces Boricuas en Vietnam" ("Puerto Rican Crosses in Vietnam") (Dial Record # 1016) leaned towards the anti-war perspective, focusing on the Puerto Ricans who died in the Vietnam War. It released on New York label Dial Record, which released Puerto Rican music. This recored was released by Odilio González, born 5 March 1937 in Lares, Puerto Rico, in the in the Jibaro genre: "traditionally played by the eponymous mountain-dwelling Latin American culture that live primarily in Puerto Rico". Jíbaro is used in Puerto Rico to refer to the countryside people. (1) The song was composed by Germán Rosario, who also composed and performed the song "Caidos en Vietnam", below. The narrator recalled how by "mandatory draft" (the draft) the soldiers were sent to Vietnam, who "fought desperately". The song ended on a sad note: "for every ten Puerto Ricans, there is a cross in Vietnam". Featured on the album Alegre Navidad (LaFlor # LP-109), below.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Puerto Rican Songs
The "Cruces Boricuas en Vietnam" ("Puerto Rican Crosses in Vietnam") (Dial Record # 1016) leaned towards the anti-war perspective, focusing on the Puerto Ricans who died in the Vietnam War. It released on New York label Dial Record, which released Puerto Rican music. This recored was released by Odilio González, born 5 March 1937 in Lares, Puerto Rico, in the in the Jibaro genre: "traditionally played by the eponymous mountain-dwelling Latin American culture that live primarily in Puerto Rico". Jíbaro is used in Puerto Rico to refer to the countryside people. (1) The song was composed by Germán Rosario, who also composed and performed the song "Caidos en Vietnam", below. The narrator recalled how by "mandatory draft" the soldiers were sent to Vietnam, who "fought desperately". The song ended on a sad note: "for every ten Puerto Ricans, there is a cross in Vietnam". Featured on the album Alegre Navidad (LaFlor # LP-109), below.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Born 5 March 5, 1937, Lares, Puerto Rico
Themes
In collections
Draft Songs · Puerto Rican Songs · US Combat Perspective Songs