Credited on the record as Lorenso Torres y Su Conjunto.
Oracion a el soldado
Bego BG-485 · McAllen, Texas
- Artist
- Lorenso Torres
- Credited on the record as
- Lorenso Torres y Su Conjunto
- Title
- Oracion a el soldado
- Release
- Oracion a el soldado / Karen
- Label
- Bego # BG-485
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- Spanish
- Country
- McAllen, Texas, USA
- Songwriter
- Lorenso Torres
- Genre
- Hispanic Music · Ranchera · Tex-Mex
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation — US Domestic Perspective Songs
The song "Oracion a el Soldado" ("Prayer to the Soldier") (Bego # BG-485) was released in the Vietnam-era by Mexican-American Lorenso Torres, in McAllen, Texas, USA, on one of the record labels owned by Arnaldo Ramírez, the others being ARV, Falcon, and Bronco, all Mexican-American focused, based in Texas, USA. He featured in Billboard on 25 November 1972, in an article focusing on the explosion of Tex-Mex music.1Sources1Billboard, 25 November 1972↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Bego BG-485, red label, "Ranchera", 415 South 17th, McAllen, Texas; "Oracion a el Soldado" (Lorenso Torres), by Lorenso Torres y Su Conjunto. [From the record sleeve and labels]
In collections
US Domestic Perspective Songs [War Years] · Mexican-American / Hispanic Songs