Just Before the Battle
1967 · Top Dog 101 · Detroit, Michigan
- Artist
- Don Rondo
- Title
- Just Before the Battle
- Release
- Just Before the Battle
- Year
- 1967
- Label
- Top Dog # 101
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Songwriter
- Artie Fields
- Genre
- Easy Listening · Easy Listening
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
Just Before the Battle (Rondo, Don) Easy listening, anti-protest, patriotic, draft card burning. Detroit, Michigan, USA Soldier's perspective. I'm scared, but would rather die than be yellow. College students burn their draft cards. I'm here to keep the faith. Teach my son to be a man
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Top Dog A-101, yellow label with a top-hatted bulldog, Top Dog Record Co., 9430 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich. 48202; "Just Before the Battle" (Artie Fields), Artie Fields Publ. BMI, 2:36; producer Artie Fields. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Born 5 January 1930, Ware, Maryland, USA. Died 27 January 2011
Themes
Patriotic · Soldier's Perspective · Religion · Draft Card Burning · Anti-Protest · Draft
In collections
Draft Songs · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]