Little Dog Tag
1971 · Mobilcolor JM-112 MO · USA
- Artist
- Joey Martin
- Title
- Little Dog Tag
- Release
- Little Dog Tag
- Year
- 1971
- Label
- Mobilcolor # JM-112 MO
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Joey Martin
- Genre
- Folk · Contemporary Folk
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
Little Dog Tag (Martin, Joey) Folk, home front perspective. Father - son died in Vietnam. Only his dog tag remains. Like thousands - victims of the times. He proudly followed the flag.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Mobilcolor Productions, Inc. JM-112 MO, magenta-and-black label, 45 rpm, mono; "Little Dog Tag" (Martin), ASCAP 3:55; produced by Bernard Block. The other side is a white "Cash Box Reviews – Picks of the Week" label reprinting the review ("Mobilcolor 115", 3:55, ASCAP): it calls the record one that "tugs at your emotions" and says that, on hearing of the untimely death of a close friend, Martin wrote this lament to parents whose children were killed in Vietnam, "a statement of our times that should be heard." [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
In collections
US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]