No Sun Today
1968 · Verve VK-10592-SS · New York City, New York
- Artist
- Arthur Prysock
- Title
- No Sun Today
- Release
- No Sun Today
- Year
- 1968
- Label
- Verve # VK-10592-SS
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Songwriter
- James Last, Fred Anisfield, Scott English
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Soul
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
No Sun Today (Prysock, Arthur) Traditional pop. Combat, soldier's perspective. Message to mother, describes the sounds of war. Afraid to fight. Can I kill? He had to kill in the battle, killed a boy. Leans towards anti-war
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Verve Records VK-10592-SS (104,447), "MGM Records – A Division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc."; "No Sun Today" (James Last – Fred Anisfield – Scott English), 2:36, Helios Music (BMI); arranged and conducted by Claus Ogerman; produced by Hy Weiss and Pete Spargo. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Born 2 January 1929, Spartanburg, South Carolina. Died 7 June 1997, Hamilton, Bermuda.
Themes
In collections
Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years] · Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs