Prayer From a Twelve Year Old Boy
1970 · Kent 4541 · Los Angeles, California
- Artist
- Raymond Myles
- Title
- Prayer From a Twelve Year Old Boy
- Release
- Prayer From a Twelve Year Old Boy / You Made a Man Out of Me, Baby
- Year
- 1970
- Label
- Kent # 4541
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Songwriter
- Albin Ford
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Soul
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation — Children on Record
Prayer From a 12 Year Old Boy (Myles, Raymond) Soul, child, religion, anti-war People fighting all over the world Pray for god to bring peace
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Dear Lord, what is our world coming to? We have wars in every country; People fighting all over the world; Children crying, fathers dying, mothers moaning, sweethearts hoping
Notes
Kent KS 4541, "The Original Blues Label", white promotional label marked "Promotional Not for Sale", stereo, Side 1; "Prayer From a Twelve Year Old Boy" (A. Ford), 3:00, Modern Music, BMI; produced by Albin Ford, arranged by Wardell Quezergue; "Released through the courtesy of Peek-A-Boo Records, New Orleans, La." The picture sleeve front shows a head-and-shoulders portrait of the young Raymond Myles in suit and tie, b/w "You Made a Man Out of Me, Baby". The back (Kent KS-4541, stereo; Kent Records, 5810 S. Normandie Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90044; photo by Tipery) prints the full text of the spoken prayer, beginning "Dear Lord, what is our world coming to? We have wars in every country". [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Born 14 July 1958, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Died 11 October 1998, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Themes
In collections
Children on Record · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years] · Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs