Credited on the record as Noah's Ark featuring Rodney Justo.
Purple Heart
1970 · Liberty 56157 · Hollywood, California
- Artist
- Noah's Ark
- Credited on the record as
- Noah's Ark featuring Rodney Justo
- Title
- Purple Heart
- Release
- Purple Heart / Stormy
- Year
- 1970
- Label
- Liberty # 56157
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Hollywood, California, USA
- Songwriter
- Buie, Cobb
- Genre
- Rock · Folk Rock
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
Purple Heart (Noah's Ark) Folk rock. Soldier's perspective. Combat Went to war, don't know why, but did my part I was only 17, won a purple heart People at home did not understand War flashbacks - early reference to PTSD like symptoms.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Liberty 56157 (LB-2806), black label with rainbow band and Statue of Liberty logo, marked "Not for Sale" and "Promotional Copy"; Liberty/UA, Inc., Los Angeles, California; "Purple Heart" (Buie - Cobb), 2:38 (:07 intro time), Unart Music Corp., BMI; Noah's Ark featuring Rodney Justo, arranged by Buie & Cobb, produced by Buddy Buie, an A.B.B.C. Production. Blue Liberty Records company sleeve, "Entertainment from Transamerica Corporation". [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Formed Tampa, Florida, USA