Dear Mom (A Letter From Viet Nam)
Swallow 45-10169 · USA
- Artist
- Vin Bruce
- Title
- Dear Mom (A Letter From Viet Nam)
- Release
- Dear Mom (A Letter From Viet Nam) / Le Jour Est La
- Label
- Swallow # 45-10169
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Anselmi, Bruce, Martin
- Genre
- Cajun · Cajun
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
Dear Mom (A Letter From Viet Nam) (Bruce, Vin) (Swallow Records # 45-10169) Cajun - French lyrics.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Swallow 45-10169 (S-6424), "Cajun-French Vocal"; "Dear Mom (A Letter From Viet Nam)" (Anselmi, Bruce, Martin), Flat Town Music Co. Inc., BMI. Orange label with the swallow logo. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Ervin "Vin" Bruce (born 25 April 1932 in Cut Off, Louisiana; died 8 June 2018 in the Cut Off/Golden Meadow area, buried at Cheramie Cemetery, Galliano, Louisiana) was "the King of Cajun Singers" - among the first Cajun artists on the Louisiana Hayride and Grand Ole Opry, a Columbia signing in 1951 ("Dans La Louisiane", 1952, with Chet Atkins and Grady Martin), and a Swallow Records artist from 1961. "Dear Mom (A Letter From Viet Nam)" b/w "Le Jour Est La" (Swallow 45-10169), written by Harry Anselmi, Leroy Martin and Bruce, is confirmed in his discography. Cajun French Music Association Hall…