How Will It Be?

Annotation

Eve Plumb, born on 29 April 1958, in Burbank, California, a childhood star of the TV program The Brady Bunch (playing the role of middle sister Jan Brady) released the song "How Will It Be" (RCA Records # 0409) at the age of 12. Her father Neely Plumb (a jazz saxophonist) arranged, conducted, produced and co-wrote the record. On 20 February 1971 Billboard reported on the new single below a picture of Plumb: "KMPC's Jim Lange introduced new RCA artist, Eve Plumb, on a remote broadcast from Universal Studios in Hollywood, with the young performer coming out to talk about her single, 'How Will It Be' and her role in the TV series The Brady Bunch". (1) The single took an anti-war position. The narrator, who had just turned twelve, imagined what the world would look like when she entered her twenties, including the possibility of being recruited to fight in a war: "by 22 I could be a soldier, when they run out of boys I guess they'll have to start taking girls too" - which reflected the high number of US deaths in Vietnam by the time of this record in 1971. She then recalled seeing her sister's friend on TV protesting the war: "I saw...Carrie...on TV once carrying a big sign, it said…

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Annotation — Children on Record

Eve Plumb, born on 29 April 1958, in Burbank, California, a childhood star of the TV program The Brady Bunch (playing the role of middle sister Jan Brady) released the single "How Will It Be" (RCA Records # 0409) at the age of 12. Her father Neely Plumb (a jazz saxophonist) arranged, conducted, produced and co-wrote the record. On 20 February 1971 Billboard reported on the new single below a picture of Plumb: "KMPC's Jim Lange introduced new RCA artist, Eve Plumb, on a remote broadcast from Universal Studios in Hollywood, with the young performer coming out to talk about her single, 'How Will It Be' and her role in the TV series The Brady Bunch". (1)The single took an anti-war position. The narrator, who had just turned twelve, imagined what the world would look like when she entered her twenties, including the possibility of being recruited to fight in a war: "by 22 I could be a soldier, when they run out of boys I guess they'll have to start taking girls too" - which reflected the high number of US deaths in Vietnam by the time of this record in 1971. She then recalled seeing her sister's friend on TV protesting the war: "I saw...Carrie...on TV once carrying a big sign, it said…

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

childhood star of the TV program The Brady Bunch (playing the role of middle sister Jan Brady)

About the artist

Born Burbank, California.

Themes

Child · Anti-War · Demonstration · Kent State

In collections

Children on Record · Kent / Jackson State Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs