Please, Mr. Johnson
1966 · Sing-O-Tek 4177 · Florida
- Artist
- Chuck Blake
- Title
- Please, Mr. Johnson
- Release
- Please, Mr. Johnson / Shout It
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- Sing-O-Tek # 4177
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Florida, USA
- Songwriter
- Chuck Blake
- Genre
- Garage Rock · Garage Rock
Annotation
The song Please, Mr. Johnson (Blake, Chuck) (Sing-O-Tek # 4177) Florida based. Garage rock. Draft song. To the tune of "Mr. Custer". Similar to "Please. Mr. Kennedy" by the The Goldcoast Singers. "Please Mr. Johnson, I don't want to go Please Mr. Johnson, please don't make me go The Vietcong are waiting out there... Can't you send my sergeant instead Cause I don't want wind up red or dead... Please Mr. Johnson, I don't want to go Please Mr. Johnson, please don't make me go...
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Draft Songs
The song Please, Mr. Johnson (Blake, Chuck) (Sing-O-Tek # 4177) Florida based. Garage rock. Draft song. To the tune of "Mr. Custer". Similar to "Please. Mr. Kennedy" by the The Goldcoast Singers. "Please Mr. Johnson, I don't want to go / Please Mr. Johnson, please don't make me go / The Vietcong are waiting out there... / Can't you send my sergeant instead / Cause I don't want wind up red or dead... / Please Mr. Johnson, I don't want to go / Please Mr. Johnson, please don't make me go..."
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Unknown - a Chuck Blake appears in US 45 credits of the late 1960s/early 1970s but no biography, birthplace or career record for him exists in any sanctioned source. [Source: Discogs]