Everybody Wants a 'Lil Peace'
Kom-A-Day 302 · Ville Platte, Louisiana
- Artist
- Sonny Starns
- Title
- Everybody Wants a 'Lil Peace'
- Release
- Everybody Wants a 'Lil Peace' / You Ought to See Her Box
- Label
- Kom-A-Day # 302
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Ville Platte, Louisiana, USA
- Songwriter
- S. Starns
- Genre
- Rock · R&B · Blues Rock
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Sonny Starns - very obscure rockabilly artist, with no biographical details known at this time, released the song "Everybody Wants a 'Lil Peace'" (Kom-A-Day Records # 302). The record label was founded by Floyd Soileau, and is based in Ville Platte, Louisiana, owned by the "Flat Town Music Co", which still exists today, and has a record shop, called "Floyd's Record Shop".1 Starns also released the 78rpm shellac "Baton Rouge, La." on Lanyap Records, based out of Baton Rouge, LA., and the 7" single Tangi-paho, released in Hammond, LA (on Silon Records). The narrator pleaded with the United Nations for peace, and suggested that one needed to go live in Alaska with an Eskimo to achieve that goal. The lyrics noted "in the far east, in Vietnam, they just gave a little to Uncle Sam".Sources1Flat Town Music Company↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: From the north to the south, from the east to the west / This whole world is in a mess / No matter where you go, near or far / Everybody is scared of that next damn war / The United Nations on a crusade / The suspense is killing me / Everybody want a 'lil peace... / Up in Alaska, they got a lot snow, if you want a little peace, you got to see an Eskimo... / Way down south where I live, if you want a little peace, you got to kill, kill... / In the far east, in Vietnam, they just gave a little to Uncle Sam...
Notes
Kom-A-Day Records No. 302 (KOM-3), 45 RPM, marked "Party Record – Not for Radio Play"; "Everybody Wants a 'Lil Peace'" (S. Starns), 2:39, Flat Town Music Co., BMI. [From the record sleeve and labels]