Mickey Woods

Credited on the record as Mickey Wood.

Please Mr. Kennedy

1962 · Tamla 54052 · Detroit, Michigan

Please Mr. Kennedy – Mickey Woods (A-side label)

Artist
Mickey Woods
Credited on the record as
Mickey Wood
Title
Please Mr. Kennedy
Release
Please Mr. Kennedy / (They Call Me) Cupid
Year
1962
Label
Tamla # 54052
Format
7" · Single
Language
English
Country
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Songwriter
B. Gordy, L. Wakefield
Genre
Soul, Gospel & Funk · Doo-Wop
Primary theme
Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective

Annotation

Please Mr. Kennedy (Woods, Mickey) (Tamla Records # 54052) Draft song, doo-wop. Motown. 1 2Sources1Motown Junkies: 140. Mickey Woods — "Please Mr Kennedy" (25 April 2010)↩2University of Michigan Library↩

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Annotation — Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs

Please Mr. Kennedy (Woods, Mickey) (Tamla Records # 54052) Draft song, doo-wop. Motown.12Sources1Motown Junkies: 140. Mickey Woods — "Please Mr Kennedy" (25 April 2010)↩2University of Michigan Library↩

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Tamla 54052, Tamla Records, Detroit, Michigan, white "Disc Jockey" / "Not for Sale" label, 45 RPM; "Please Mr. Kennedy" (B. Gordy, Jr. - L. Wakefield), 2:34, Jobete - BMI, matrix ZTSC 84120; produced by Berry Gordy, Jr.; artist credited as Mickey Wood. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes

Draft · JFK · Soldier's Perspective · Draft Reluctance

In collections

Draft Songs · Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs