A Lonely Soldier
1960 · Abner 1035 · Chicago, Illinois
- Artist
- Jerry Butler
- Title
- A Lonely Soldier
- Release
- A Lonely Soldier / I Found a Love
- Year
- 1960
- Label
- Abner # 1035
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Songwriter
- C. Carter
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Soul
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
Lonely Soldier, A (Butler, Jerry) Doo-wop. Build-up to Vietnam-era. Same as William Bell song of the same name. Generic soldier boy, he wrote a letter to his sweetheart.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Abner 1035 (60-1368), black label with silver bird-and-quill logo, vocal, "Made in U.S.A."; "A Lonely Soldier" (C. Carter), Conrad BMI. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Born 8 December 1939, Sunflower, Mississippi, USA