I Was Called
Horoscope H-160 · Hollywood, California
- Artist
- Jimmy Chapel
- Title
- I Was Called
- Release
- Concentrate / I Was Called
- Label
- Horoscope # H-160
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Hollywood, California, USA
- Songwriter
- Jimmy Chapel
- Genre
- Rockabilly · Rockabilly
Annotation
I Was Called (Chapel, Jimmy) Rockabilly, soldier's perspective, disabled veteran Hollywood, California, USA Combat - long nights, blood and sweet. Shot in battle Woke up in a hospital bed, you're going home, without a leg Looking forward to seeing sweetheart - but she wed while I was away But I was called, I couldn't say no, no looking back To fight for my love, my bride to be, for the freedom we would share
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Jimmy Chapel (born James S. Chuppetta) is an American singer, entertainer and comedic storyteller who majored in voice at the Cleveland Institute of Music, studied acting with Stella Adler in New York and took a broadcasting degree from the Don Martin School of Radio and Television Arts and Sciences in Hollywood; he later worked as a staff composer at Warner Chappell Music alongside Mars Bonfire, and has spent more than thirty years in cabaret, cruise-ship and Las Vegas and Atlantic City engagements. "I Was Called", which he wrote himself, was the B-side of his single 'Concentrate' on…
Themes
Draft · Combat · Disabled Vet · Coming Home · Lost Love