Dear Mr. President
1969 · Kapp K-972 · New York City, New York
- Artist
- Young Sam
- Title
- Dear Mr. President
- Release
- Dear Mr. President / Call on Me
- Year
- 1969
- Label
- Kapp # K-972
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Songwriter
- Raymond Cranley
- Genre
- Rock · Pop Rock
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Dear Mr. President (Young Sam) Kapp Records (# K-972) - New York Girl wrote to the president asking him not to draft her father. Draft opposition, plight of the soldier/family. Minor peace references.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Unknown - "Dear Mr. President" (Kapp Records K-972, 1969, one-sided styrene promo). "Young Sam" reads as a topical persona playing on Uncle Sam; no writer credit or later discography exists under the name. [Source: Discogs]