A Marines Diary
1968 · Canadian-American 45-CA-210 · USA
- Artist
- Joey Welz
- Title
- A Marines Diary
- Release
- Forever / A Marines Diary
- Year
- 1968
- Label
- Canadian-American # 45-CA-210
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Tommy Finch, Joey Welz
- Genre
- Rock · Pop Rock
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
A Marine's Dairy - Joey Welz. Piano player for Bill Haley and His Comets in the 1960s.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Draft Songs
A Marine's Dairy - Joey Welz. Piano player for Bill Haley and His Comets in the 1960s. Patriotic
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Draft / Patriotic / WW2
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Canadian American 45-CA-210-B, black label with rainbow stripes; "A Marines Diary" (Tommy Finch, Joey Welz), 2:30, Ursula Music, BMI, and Beachcomer/Enjay, BMI; arranged by Joey Welz; "Produced for Leonard Zimmer by Tommy Finch and Sam Unger"; Dawn Productions; Am/Can Record Corp., P.O. #1755, Grand Forks, N.D., and Canadian American Records Ltd., N.Y. 19, N.Y. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Joey Welz (Joseph W. Welzant, born 17 March 1940 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American pianist, keyboardist, songwriter, producer and label owner, best known for his tenure as pianist with Bill Haley & His Comets from 1963 to 1966, which he joined on leaving the military after having worked as a recording engineer for the Armed Forces Network in Berlin. He began performing in the 1950s with the Jay Rockers, recorded across rockabilly, rock and roll and country for Bat, Leedle, Palmer, Canadian-American and Music City, and became owner and chief executive of Canadian-American Records and…
Themes
In collections
Draft Songs · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]