The Battle Hymn Of Lt. Calley
1971 · Royal American RA-34 · Nashville, Tennessee
- Artist
- John Deer
- Title
- The Battle Hymn Of Lt. Calley
- Release
- The Battle Hymn of Lt. Calley / Sittin' in Atlanta Station
- Year
- 1971
- Label
- Royal American # RA-34
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Songwriter
- Julian Wilson and James M. Smith
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
The song "The Battle Hymn of Lt. Calley" (Royal American # RA-31), a cover of the track above, was one of three songs released in April 1971 about My Lai. As noted in Billboard on 17 April 1971, "three manufacturers of the record on release are claiming fast and surging disk jockey play and sales action....The second release is another version of Battle Hymn of Lt. Calley. This disk is by John Deer and is on the Dick Heard-owned Royal American. The single is a cut from the album bearing the same name".1 This single bubbled under the Hot 100 on 1 May 1971, at # 114.2Sources1Billboard, 17 April 1971↩2Billboard, 1 May 1971↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs
The song "The Battle Hymn of Lt. Calley" (Royal American # RA-31), a cover of the track above, was one of three songs released in April 1971 about My Lai. As noted in Billboard on 17 April 1971, "three manufacturers of the record on release are claiming fast and surging disk jockey play and sales action....The second release is another version of Battle Hymn of Lt. Calley. This disk is by John Deer and is on the Dick Heard-owned Royal American. The single is a cut from the album bearing the same name".1 This single bubbled under the Hot 100 on 1 May 1971, at # 114.2Also featured in: Sources1Billboard, 17 April 1971↩2Billboard, 1 May 1971↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Royal American RA-34A, red, white and blue label with stars; "The Battle Hymn of Lt. Calley" (J. Wilson, J. M. Smith), time 3:05 (:17 fade), published by Shelby Singleton Music, Inc. & Quick-It, BMI; produced by Dick Heard; Royal American Records, Inc., 813 18th Avenue South, Nashville 37203. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
My Lai · Pro-Calley · Patriotic · Calley-Order · Calley-Chaos · Calley-Danger · VC · Anti-Protest · Demonstration · Combat · Pro-Soldier
In collections
My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]