I'm Your Soldier Boy
1962 · Scepter 1230 · USA
- Artist
- The Soldier Boys
- Title
- I'm Your Soldier Boy
- Release
- I'm Your Soldier Boy / You Picked Me
- Year
- 1962
- Label
- Scepter # 1230
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Doo-Wop
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
I'm Your Soldier Boy (Soldier Boys, The) (Scepter Records # 1230) Answer to the The Shirelles - Soldier Boy "Greenberg wasn't above trying to cash in on a big hit, either. After the Shirelles topped the charts with "Soldier Boy" (Scepter 1228) in the spring of 1962, Scepter tried a single by the Soldier Boys ("I'm Your Soldier Boy," Scepter 1230), and a related single by Valli ("Hurry Home to Me (Soldier Boy)", Scepter 1233), but the public wasn't having any ersatz Shirelles. They wanted the real thing". (1) Vietnam War: Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs
I'm Your Soldier Boy (Soldier Boys, The) (Scepter Records # 1230) Answer to the The Shirelles - Soldier Boy "Greenberg wasn't above trying to cash in on a big hit, either. After the Shirelles topped the charts with "Soldier Boy" (Scepter 1228) in the spring of 1962, Scepter tried a single by the Soldier Boys ("I'm Your Soldier Boy," Scepter 1230), and a related single by Valli ("Hurry Home to Me (Soldier Boy)", Scepter 1233), but the public wasn't having any ersatz Shirelles. They wanted the real thing". (1)
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Unknown - "I'm Your Soldier Boy" b/w "You Picked Me" (Scepter Records 1230, 1962), produced by Don Covay and Wally Roker, both New York R&B figures. The 1962 date precedes the ground-war escalation - a fact per the standing rule. Discogs carries no formation statement; the New York association is label/producer geography. [Source: Discogs]