The Opportunity Please Knock Chorus
I'll Be Back
1968 · Ramsel 1000 · Chicago, Illinois
- Artist
- The Opportunity Please Knock Chorus
- Title
- I'll Be Back
- Release
- All This Talk About Freedom / I'll Be Back
- Year
- 1968
- Label
- Ramsel # 1000
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Songwriter
- O. Brown Jr.
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Soul
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
I'll Be Back (Opportunity Please Knock Chorus, The) Soul / funk from Chicago, Illinois. Group created by Oscar Brown Jr.123 A-side: civil rights B-side: soldier off to war - mother don't cry, I'll be back. I'll write and pray for you. Going to marry my sweetheart when the war is over.Sources1darkjive.com: Opportunity please knock chorus oscar brown jr s collaboration with the blacksto↩2A Century of Musicals in Black and White (Bernard L. Peterson Jr., 1993)↩3Ebony, August 1967↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Ramsel Records, Chicago, Illinois, 1000 (68-101), ram's-head logo with blue stripes; "I'll Be Back" (O. Brown, Jr.), Edward B. Marks Music, BMI, time 2:58; The Opportunity Please Knock Chorus, produced by Harry J. Coombs, arranged by Cleveland Eaton. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Formed Chicago, Illinois, USA
Themes
In collections
Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years] · Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs