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 · Traditional 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
Notes
Nugget NR-249 (SoN 28581), rainbow-and-pot-of-gold "Good as Gold" label, Nugget Records, Box 400, Goodlettsville, Tennessee; "Johnny's Last Letter" (E. Chandler & W. Gilbreath), Lonzo & Oscar Music - BMI, time 2:43; "A Jack Logan Nugget Studios Prod." Issued in a matching Nugget company sleeve (Route 1, Box 400, Goodlettsville, Tenn.). [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
Soldier's Perspective · Combat · Patriotic · Religion · K.I.A.
In collections
US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]