Credited on the record as Raymond Mara and the Centars.
Ghosts in the Night
Rocket 65219 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Artist
- Raymond Mara
- Credited on the record as
- Raymond Mara and the Centars
- Title
- Ghosts in the Night
- Release
- Ghosts in the Night / Weird Turtle
- Label
- Rocket # 65219
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Songwriter
- Raymond Mara, Bernard Chianco
- Genre
- Garage Rock · Garage Rock
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Ghosts in the Night (Mara, Raymond) Garage rock, civil rights. KKK - putting sheets on and chasing people of different skin colour. Now I'm at war - no time for playing ghosts. Carrying a gun in this hole, bullets flying. If you want to be American, go to war, don't put a sheet on
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Civil Rights Songs
Ghosts in the Night (Mara, Raymond) - Garage rock, civil rights. - KKK - putting sheets on and chasing people of different skin colour. - Now I'm at war - no time for playing ghosts. - Carrying a gun in this hole, bullets flying. - If you want to be American, go to war, don't put a sheet on
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Garage Rock Songs
- Ghosts in the Night (Mara, Raymond) - Garage rock, civil rights. - KKK - putting sheets on and chasing people of different skin colour. - Now I'm at war - no time for playing ghosts. - Carrying a gun in this hole, bullets flying. - If you want to be American, go to war, don't put a sheet on
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Rocket Records B 65219, orange label with a rocket logo; "Ghosts in the Night" (Raymond Mara & Bernard Chianco), Jastuc Music Co., BMI, time 2:57; credited to Raymond Mara and the Centars. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
In collections
Civil Rights Songs · Garage Rock Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]