Letter to the President
1966 · Jack O' Diamonds 1001 · Nashville, Tennessee
- Artist
- Billy Smith
- Title
- Letter to the President
- Release
- Letter to the President
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- Jack O' Diamonds # 1001
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Songwriter
- Alex Zanetis
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Letter to the President (Billy Smith) Country narration. Patriotic, and peace. Also Christmas. Letter from a soldier to the president. Proud to fight for a just cause , but please end the war. Soldier in combat - wounded or killed while writing the letter.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Jack O'Diamonds 1001 (SoN 39621), gold label, 1314 Pine St., Nashville, Tenn., marked "Not For Sale"; "Letter to the President" (Alex Zanetis), 2:00, Court of Kings / Jack O'Diamonds Pub., BMI; produced by Ben Keith; "Dist. by Sound of Nashville, Inc., 160 2nd Ave. S., Nashville, Tennessee." [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
Patriotic · Anti-War · Soldier's Perspective · Combat · Christmas · K.I.A.
In collections
Christmas Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years] · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]