I'll Be Home
1968 · Bunky 7758 · Chicago, Illinois
- Artist
- Artie Golden
- Title
- I'll Be Home
- Release
- I'll Be Home / Bad Habits
- Year
- 1968
- Label
- Bunky # 7758
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Songwriter
- Arthur Camp
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Soul
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
In the song "I'll Be Home" (Bunky Records Inc. # 7758), a soldier asked his sweetheart to keep up her spirits, because he has "just got nine month to go" until he returns from the war. The soldier also asked to pass a message on: "tell my son, daddy will be home after a while". Artie Golden - born Arthur Eugene Camp, possibly came from Louisiana or East Texas because of the recording of his first release on Dodge Records. (1) This song appeared on Bill "Bunky" Sheppard's Chicago, Illinois label Bunky.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Recording name of Arthur Eugene Camp, a deep-soul singer of the Louisiana-Texas region who recorded mainly in Houston from 1961 (45s on Dodge, Dart, Sunshine and GP); his 1968 Bunky single 'I'll Be Home' is a Vietnam soul ballad. The Houston Chronicle carried a notice of his passing in April 2000. [Source: Sir Shambling's Deep Soul Heaven; Discogs]