Joey's Prayer
1967 · Imperial 66273 · Los Angeles, California
- Artist
- Joey Martin
- Title
- Joey's Prayer
- Release
- Joey's Prayer / Joey's Letter
- Year
- 1967
- Label
- Imperial # 66273
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Songwriter
- Jeanne Castle
- Genre
- Spoken Word · Spoken Word
Annotation
A double-sided child narrated Vietnam record (Imperial Records # 66273), that also goes down as a Christmas song.& . Both sides written by Jeanne Castle, and produced by Dick Shepp. Little is known of Joey Martin's biography, but he probably came from the US. Released in 1967, the narrator said that he was "just in my teens". In the song "Joey's Prayer", on the a-side, Joey wrote a letter (in the form of a prayer) to his brother, Mike Martin, fighting in Vietnam. It is another song representing the sibling of a soldier, who felt the absence of his brother, particularly during the Christmas festive season. In the second track "Joey's Letter", Joey wrote a letter (rather than a prayer delivered by angels). In it he sought to explain to his big brother in Vietnam that those at home in the US "are marching in parades of peace" so that "this whole mess can be solved". He argued that the only way to achieve peace in the world is for everybody to unite and stand against the war. Therefore, this single took an anti-war position, displaying sympathy with the peace movement and protesters demonstrating.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Children on Record
A double-sided child narrated Vietnam record (Imperial Records # 66273), that also goes down as a Christmas song.. Both sides written by Jeanne Castle, and produced by Dick Shepp. Little is known of Joey Martin's biography, but he probably came from the US. Released in 1967, the narrator said that he was "just in my teens". In the song "Joey's Prayer", on the a-side, Joey wrote a letter (in the form of a prayer) to his brother, Mike Martin, fighting in Vietnam. It is another song representing the sibling of a soldier, who felt the absence of his brother, particularly during the Christmas festive season. In the second track "Joey's Letter", Joey wrote a letter (rather than a prayer delivered by angels). In it he sought to explain to his big brother in Vietnam that those at home in the US "are marching in parades of peace" so that "this whole mess can be solved". He argued that the only way to achieve peace in the world is for everybody to unite and stand against the war. Therefore, this single took an anti-war position, displaying sympathy with the peace movement and protesters demonstrating.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Themes
In collections
Children on Record · Christmas Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs