Last Thoughts of a Young Man
1966 · Columbia 4-43571 · New York City, New York
- Artist
- Rick Shorter
- Title
- Last Thoughts of a Young Man
- Release
- City Women / Last Thoughts of a Young Man
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- Columbia # 4-43571
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Songwriter
- R. Shorter
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Soul
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Anti-war, Killed in action (K.I.A.) Psychedelic pop So hard on a mother - her only son So hard on the young woman - her sweetheart Now he's a soldier, they got me, shot me, blood is running. Young man is gone.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Columbia 4-43571 (JZSP 113506), white "Not for Resale – Radio Station Copy" 45 rpm label; "Last Thoughts of a Young Man" (R. Shorter), publisher E.B. Marks Music Corp. (BMI), 2:13; produced by Teo Macero. The picture sleeve front reads "Columbia Records Introduces Rick Shorter – City Women c/w Last Thoughts of a Young Man" over a black-and-white photograph of Shorter climbing the stairs of a BMT "Uptown" subway entrance (Broadway to Times Square / Queens) in the rain (photo: Buck Hoeffler). The back, headed "Introducing Rick Shorter", says he was taught by his father, an ex-jazz guitarist turned clergyman, sang professionally at Gospel camp meetings by age ten, had his own hometown radio show in Rochester during junior high, and had been staff writer for three major publishing houses, with songs recorded by Burl Ives, Gene Pitney, José Feliciano and Woody Herman; it closes: "When you…
About the artist
Born 1 May 1934, United States. Died 1 September 2017, California, USA.
Themes
In collections
Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years] · Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs