My Son
1968 · Decca 32407 · USA
- Artist
- Jan Howard
- Title
- My Son
- Release
- My Son / Tip of My Fingers
- Year
- 1968
- Label
- Decca # 32407
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Jan Howard
- Genre
- Country · Nashville Sound
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
"My Son" (Decca Records # 32407) "She dreamed in 1968 that her son, who was fighting in the Vietnam War, would be killed in battle, which came true. She pleaded that her son would return home, but he died that year. The song was a Top 15 country hit in 1969" wikipedia
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Decca 32407 (120,844), "Mfr'd by Decca Records, a division of MCA Inc., New York, U.S.A."; "My Son" (Jan Howard), Stallion Music, Inc. (BMI), (2:46); vocal with chorus and instrumental accompaniment. Black label with rainbow band. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
American country singer, born 13 March 1929 in West Plains, Missouri ('My Son'); her son Jimmy was killed in Vietnam; died 28 March 2020 in Gallatin, Tennessee. [Source: Wikipedia]