Our Day Is Here
1974 · Blue Candle 1504 · USA
- Artist
- J.P. Robinson
- Title
- Our Day Is Here
- Release
- Our Day Is Here / Keep Me Satisfied
- Year
- 1974
- Label
- Blue Candle # 1504
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Soul
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
In the track "Our Day Is Here" (Blue Candle # 1504) the narrator, a soldier, welcomed the end of the war, so that he could return to his loved one: "the storm is past, the war is over...I'm so glad we can start". The soldier had been gone for "5 long years", and had thought about his girl "every minute in Vietnam". This track was by J.P. Robinson (aka John Pooderue Robinson), based in West Palm Beach, Florida during his recording years (c.1968-1974).12 It was released by Blue Candle - an R&B subsidiary of Henry Stone's T.K. Records (Hialeah, Florida).3 Earlier, he had been a member of doo-wop group The Chanteers formed at the Roosevelt Senior High School.4 He also released an obscure track called "Lonely Man" with his nephew, under the name "Vick & John".5Sources1garryjcape.com (archived copy)↩2HenryStoneMusic: J. P. Robinson, Classic R&B from the 1960s↩3Both Sides Now Publications↩4doo-wop.blogg.org (archived copy)↩5Sir Shambling's Deep Soul Heaven: Vick john↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Our day is here, no more spending my nights alone / Our day is here, and it'll be worth it for the time I've been gone / The storm is past, the war is over / Honey I'm so glad we can start all over / True love will be our four leaf clover... / 5 long years I've been without you / Every minute in Vietnam I thought about you / But I want you to know, I never doubted you / Our day is here, no more spending my nights alone
About the artist
John Henry Robinson (born 8 September 1938 in Ocilla, Georgia; died 15 November 2025 in West Palm Beach, Florida, aged 87) recorded as J.P. Robinson and was a leading figure in the South Florida rhythm and blues scene. He began with the Chanteers, a vocal group formed at Roosevelt High School, released eleven singles across several labels between 1968 and 1974 - much of his output written and produced by Clarence Reid and Willie Clarke - and opened for the Temptations and James Brown at venues including Miami's Jim Jam Club; he later worked on a General Motors assembly line in New Jersey…