Deck of Cards
1965 · Decca 31851 · USA
- Artist
- Bill Wright, Sr.
- Title
- Deck of Cards
- Release
- The Deck of Cards / Men With Guns
- Year
- 1965
- Label
- Decca # 31851
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
Soldier's Alphabet, The (Smith, Bill) Country, soldier's perspective, patriotic, combat. Cincinnati, Ohio. Artist from Texas. Special forces in Vietnam - leader briefed soldiers based on the alphabet. C for casualties, D for darkness, E for enemy, F for firepower, H for heat etc. Combat description.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Bill Wright, Sr. (1928-2021), born in Birmingham, Alabama, was Philadelphia's top-rated WIBG 'Wibbage' morning man (c. 1956-67), later 'Uncle Bill' on WPEN and a 2005 Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame inductee; his Broadcast Pioneers biography lists 'Deck of Cards' (Decca 31851, 1964, b/w 'Men With Guns') among his records. He died in Wayne, Pennsylvania in August 2021. [Source: Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia; Philadelphia Inquirer obituary; Discogs]