Calvin Prickett Jr.

Credited on the record as Calvin Prickett, Jr. with Curly Williams and The Southernaires.

I'm Going to Viet Nam

Apogee · USA

I'm Going to Viet Nam – Calvin Prickett Jr. (A-side label)

Artist
Calvin Prickett Jr.
Credited on the record as
Calvin Prickett, Jr. with Curly Williams and The Southernaires
Title
I'm Going to Viet Nam
Release
I'm Going to Viet Nam / Sitting by the Telephone
Label
Apogee
Format
7" · Single
Language
English
Country
USA
Songwriter
Calvin Prickett Jr.
Genre
Country · Bluegrass · Country
Primary theme
US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs

Annotation

I'm Going to Viet Nam (Prickett, Calvin Jr.) Country music. Unknown date and location. Featured Curley Williams on fiddle.1 Narrator a soldier on his way to Vietnam. To help the other soldiers fight for freedom. Patriotic, plight of the soldier.Sources1Hillbilly-Music.com↩

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Hi-Fi Apogee Records, yellow label, side A, no catalogue number printed; "I'm Going to Viet Nam" (Calvin Prickett, Jr.), Tex-Sound Music, BMI, 2:20; Calvin Prickett, Jr. with Curly Williams and the Southernaires, vocal Calvin Prickett, Jr. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes

Patriotic · Soldier's Perspective

In collections

US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

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