Johnny Willow
1966 · Capitol 5658 · Los Angeles, California
- Artist
- Frankie Laine
- Title
- Johnny Willow
- Release
- Johnny Willow / What Do You Know
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- Capitol # 5658
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Songwriter
- De Lory-Van Winkle-Darian
- Genre
- Country · Country Pop
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
The song "Johnny Willow" (Laine, Frankie) (Capitol Records #5658) Reference to Vietnam, Vietcong. remake of Fred Darian 1961 single Johnny Willow about the Civil War. Billboard advertisement, 25 June 1966: "In the big Frankie Laine tradition, a belting new ballad of our fighting men in Viet Nam: Johnny Willow".1Sources1Billboard, 25 June 1966↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Capitol 5658 (45-55890), yellow and red swirl label; "Johnny Willow" (de Lory–Van Winkle–Darian), Sunflower Music, Inc., ASCAP, 2:42; produced, arranged and conducted by Al de Lory. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
American singer, born 30 March 1913 in Chicago, Illinois; died 6 February 2007 in San Diego, California. [Source: Wikipedia]
Themes
In collections
US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]