Johnny's Last Letter
1966 · Nugget NR 249 · Goodlettsville, Tennessee
- Artist
- Eddy Chandler
- Title
- Johnny's Last Letter
- Release
- Johnny's Last Letter / Like Mom and Dad
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- Nugget # NR 249
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Goodlettsville, Tennessee, USA
- Songwriter
- E. Chandler, W. Gilbreath
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
Johnny's Last Letter (Chandler, Eddy) Country music. Goodlettsville, Tennessee. Vietnam-era - soldier narrated from overseas. About to go into battle - missed his family and USA. But had a job to do - patriotic. Religion.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Unknown - the record is documented but the performer is not. "Johnny's Last Letter" was issued on Nugget NR-249 in 1966, backed with 'Like Mom and Dad' (Sound of Nashville pressing); a second Eddy Chandler 45, 'Hard Heart of Mine' / "If I'm Not the Man" (1967), is also documented, but no biographical record has been located. [Source: Discogs (release only)]
Themes
Soldier's Perspective · Combat · Patriotic · Religion · K.I.A.