Don Holiman & the Sky Pilot Choir
Letter to Hanoi
IPI 1 · USA
- Artist
- Don Holiman & the Sky Pilot Choir
- Title
- Letter to Hanoi
- Release
- Letter to Hanoi
- Label
- IPI 1
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- G. Wells, A. Davis
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
The country music song "Letter to Hanoi" (IPI Records # 1) by Don Holiman & The Sky Pilot Choir dealt with the P.O.W. issue. This record received a minor reference in Billboard magazine on 7 August 1971, in reference to a distribution story: "Pickwick International will release nationwide all products of IPI Records...the first record to be released under the new agreement is Don Holliman's recording of his own composition 'A Letter to Hanoi'." (1) - the article spelt his name "Holliman" in contrast to the single, which went with "Holiman". This may be the country musician who released some singles in Nashville around 1973. (2) He narrated it from the perspective of a US postman. A boy gave him a letter, which said "Dear Mr. Hanoi...I'll be nine years old in a month...you have my daddy". He wanted Hanoi to let him have some contact with his father. The song also contained a patriotic element. The boy's mother explained why his father went to war: "he loved his country and knew his duty". Composed by G. Wells and A. Davis. Produced by Joe Harrelson.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Don Holiman was an American country singer and bass player, described on Discogs as originally from Southern California, who worked with The Detours and The Boondockers. 'Letter to Hanoi' was issued on the IPI label (IPI 1) in 1971 with the Sky Pilot Choir. [Source: Discogs; RCS (Rockin' Country Style)]
Themes
In collections
P.O.W. / M.I.A. Songs · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs