Prayer for My Soldier
1970 · Ja-Wes J-0110 · Chicago, Illinois
- Artist
- Helen Curry
- Title
- Prayer for My Soldier
- Release
- A Prayer for My Soldier / Sad and Blue
- Year
- 1970
- Label
- Ja-Wes # J-0110
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Songwriter
- Robinson & Robinson
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Soul
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
The song "A Prayer for My Soldier" (Ja-Wes # J-0110) by Helen Curry - is this the same Helen Curry in the Chicago soul group The Independents? This is another track with religious content. A woman in the US prayed each night for "my soldier in Vietnam", so that god would "guide him, and protect him, and lead him". Released on the James Shelton group of Chicago labels: Daran, DJO, and Ja-Wes.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Unknown - the record is documented but the performer is not. 'A Prayer for My Soldier' was issued on Ja-Wes J-0110, backed with 'Sad and Blue', arranged by Charles Handy for Daran Recording Co.; no biographical record has been located for the singer credited as Helen Curry. [Source: Discogs (release only)]