Credited on the record as The Dixie Drifter (Enoch Gregory).
Dear John Letter
1968 · Platinum PL-2300 · Englewood, New Jersey
- Artist
- The Dixie Drifter
- Credited on the record as
- The Dixie Drifter (Enoch Gregory)
- Title
- Dear John Letter
- Release
- Dear John Letter / Across the Table
- Year
- 1968
- Label
- Platinum # PL-2300
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Englewood, New Jersey, USA
- Songwriter
- L. Talley, B. Baton, C. Owen
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Soul
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
Dear John Letter (Dixie Drifter, The) Across the Table (Dixie Drifter, The) Soul, Vietnam-era. A-side: Soldier overseas, received a letter from his sweetheart, who married his brother Jimmy! She asked for her picture back and for his blessing. B-side: man sitting at a bar, wishing for his sweetheart back - the soldiers from the a-side?
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Platinum PL-2300 (U4KM-9059), American Music (BMI); "Dear John Letter" (L. Talley, B. Baton, C. Owen), vocal, time 2:58; produced by Joe Robinson; credited to The Dixie Drifter (Enoch Gregory). [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
AKA Enoch Gregory