Prisoner of War (Welcome Back Home)
1973 · P.O.W.-M.I.A. SCM-594 · USA
- Artist
- Billy Holeman
- Title
- Prisoner of War (Welcome Back Home)
- Release
- Prisoner of War (Welcome Back Home) / They Want to Know
- Year
- 1973
- Label
- P.O.W.-M.I.A. # SCM-594
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
The track "Prisoner of War (Welcome Back Home)" - released in 1973 on a one-off record label called P.O.W. M.I.A. (# 594) by the country musician Billy Holeman. The first collection of verses focused on the soldier as he sat on an airplane, heading home. On landing, a "band plays a special song", while he greeted his wife, his parents, and the child that he had never met. This song captured the return of the P.O.W.s under the 1973 Operation Homecoming. String arrangement by Dave Barry. Produced and arranged by Glenn Barber.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
1960s-70s country singer described by Discogs as 'from Texas'; he debuted with 'Lana Jean' (Kool, 1962) and recorded for B&G, Capri, Juke-Box, Pixie and Rampart Street; 'Prisoner of War (Welcome Back Home)' (P.O.W. M.I.A. Records, 1973, written and produced by Glenn Barber Sr.) was later anthologized on Bear Family's 'Next Stop Is Vietnam' box. [Source: Discogs]