Let the People Speak
1968 · WWR 368-375 -6 · USA
- Artist
- Smiley Smith
- Title
- Let the People Speak
- Release
- Stand Up for America / Let the People Speak
- Year
- 1968
- Label
- WWR # 368-375 -6
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- J. Long
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
Let the People Speak (Smith, Smiley) Country, Wallace, LBJ, Vietnam, patriotic. B-side: Elect Wallace - people discontented with Washington. We need law and order. In Vietnam, let them fight to win. Vote Wallace. A-side: Stand up for America and vote Wallace Threat from the federal state and the Great Society (LBJ) State rights must be protected
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Unknown - 'Let the People Speak' by Smiley Smith could not be located in Discogs or web search, and no label/catalogue information was found for it. A 'Smiley Smith' is documented on Discogs across a long, scattered discography of small-label country/novelty singles: a 1948 78rpm side with the Foggy River Boys (Manor), releases in 1959, 1961 (Nashville label) and 1965 (Downing Records), 1966's 'The Miner's Reward / I Wish I Had A Draftcard' (Beverly), and 1968's 'Stand Up For America' (SPS Records) - a recurring patriotic/topical-novelty name reused across unrelated small labels over two…