Credited on the record as Colleen Lovett with Teddy Phillips' Orch..
Freckle-Faced Soldier
1966 · Dot 16832 · Gallatin, Tennessee
- Artist
- Colleen Lovett
- Credited on the record as
- Colleen Lovett with Teddy Phillips' Orch.
- Title
- Freckle-Faced Soldier
- Release
- Freckle-Faced Soldier / Go-Go Girl
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- Dot # 16832
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Gallatin, Tennessee, USA
- Songwriter
- C. Lovett, T. Phillips
- Genre
- Teen Pop · Teen Pop
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
Freckle-Faced Soldier (Lovett, Colleen) Psychedelic folk. Soldier boy song. California, USA. Young man, 18 off to war. Writes letter home from Vietnam. Proud to serve even if too young to vote. KIA - family received a medal of honor, they gave it to the soldier's sweetheart.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Today his first letter from Vietnam came It looked like a teardrop His photo beside my name
Notes
US issue: Dot 45-16832 (MB-20641), "Ultra High Fidelity" black Dot label dated 2-66; "Freckle-Faced Soldier" (C. Lovett–T. Phillips), Wood River Music Co., ASCAP, time 2:12; Colleen Lovett with Teddy Phillips' Orch.; "Dot Records, Inc., Hollywood, California – A Division of Paramount Pictures Corporation". The Japanese picture sleeve, Dot SJET-1093 (SDOT-1016), "Stereo / Golden Couple Series", bills "帰らぬ少年兵 / 恋する少年兵" ("Freckle-Faced Soldier" / "Wait For Me, Sue") sung by コリーン・ラベット, and its back prints the full English lyrics of both songs: "Freckle-Faced Soldier" tells of an eighteen-year-old who writes home from Vietnam, then never writes again, his mother receiving a medal of honour, while "Wait For Me, Sue" tells of a girl waiting after a "Missing in action" telegram. "Manufactured by Victor Record Company Ltd., Japan, by agreement with Cosdel Inc."; 発売元 日本ビクター株式会社; price ¥400. [From…
About the artist
Born 3 November 1946, Texas, USA. Currently Los Angeles, USA.
Themes
Home Front Perspective · Draft Inequality · Vote · Medals · Medal of Honor · K.I.A. · Draft