Mr. President
1969 · Peacock 3182 · Houston, Texas
- Artist
- Pilgrim Jubilees
- Title
- Mr. President
- Release
- Mr. President / Swing Low
- Year
- 1969
- Label
- Peacock # 3182
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Houston, Texas, USA
- Songwriter
- H. Blount
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Gospel · Soul
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Mr. President (Pilgrim Jubilees) Gospel, anti-war. Released in 1969. Houston, Texas, USA. I've heard rumors of war - please Mr. President, leave our boys alone. Why should they lose their lives? Reference to WW1, WW2, Korea.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs
Mr. President (Pilgrim Jubilees) Gospel, anti-war. Released in 1969. Houston, Texas, USA. I've heard rumours of war - please Mr. President, leave our boys alone. Why should they lose their lives? Reference to WW1, WW2, Korea.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Peacock Records 3182, "World's Greatest Spirituals", black label with silver print, 45 R.P.M., Peacock Records, Inc., 2809 Erastus Street, Houston 26, Texas; "Mr. President" (H. Blount), Lion Publishing Company, Inc., MCR 8685, BMI, 2:53; producer Willie Dixon. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Formed 1934, Houston, Mississippi, USA. Currently Chicago, Illinois, USA
Themes
Anti-War · WW1 · WW2 · Attack on Pearl Harbor · Korea
In collections
Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years] · Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs