Is This a Useless War
1966 · King 982 · Nashville, Tennessee
- Artist
- Charlie Moore & Bill Napier
- Title
- Is This a Useless War
- Release
- Country Music Goes To Vietnam
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- King # 982
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Songwriter
- Moore, Napier
- Genre
- Country · Bluegrass
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
Both songs - featured on the LP Country Music Goes to Viet Nam.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
King 982. The front cover is titled "Country Music Goes to Viet Nam" and, on a central panel, "Country Music Goes to War, sung by Moore & Napier", flanked by the seals of the United States Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force on a red, white and blue stars-and-stripes design with silhouetted warplanes and tanks; the bottom slogans read "Moore & Napier sing red blooded songs" and "War songs for the true American". Tracks listed on the cover: God Please Protect America, Is This a Useless War, Banjo Bugle, A Soldier's Prayer, Next Sunday Darling Is My Birthday, A Soldier's Grave, I'll Be Home, Filipino Baby, Have I Come Home to Die, Five String Special, Down Where the River Bends, When the Roses Bloom Again. The related single label for "Is This a Useless War" is King 45-6036 (K-45-12104), High Fidelity, blue label, (Moore-Napier), Soil-BMI, time 2:04, credited to Charlie Moore and Bill…
About the artist
Charlie Moore born 13 February 1935, South Carolina, USA. Died 24 December 1979, Maryland, USA
Themes
From the release Country Music Goes To Vietnam
In collections
US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]