One Tall Marine

1987 · Ever Fresh EV-1004 · Dayton, Ohio

One Tall Marine – Billy Gee (A-side label)

Artist: Billy Gee
Title: One Tall Marine
Release: One Tall Marine / People Just Got to Be Free
Year: 1987
Label: Ever Fresh # EV-1004
Format: 7" · Single
Language: English
Country: Dayton, Ohio, USA
Genre: Pop · Pop
Primary theme: Post-War

Annotation

One Tall Marine (Gee, Billy) Post-war 80s, patriotic, fanfare / pop Dayton, Ohio, USA Tribute to Oliver North - Vietnam veteran and marine. Regarding the 1985 Lebanon hostage crisis B-side: generic patriotic - people have given their lives in battlefields

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Ever Fresh EV-1004 (U-20653M), stereo, 45 RPM, Side One; "One Tall Marine", time 5:09, intro :05, © ℗ 1987 Advar Music/BMI. White label printed in red with the flag-raising (Iwo Jima) image and a rainbow arc; Hills & Dales Group, 1016 Epworth Ave., Dayton, Ohio 45410, telephone (513) 258-2306. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes

Patriotic · Oliver North · Lebanon Hostages · Iran-Contra Affair