Credited on the record as Red Allen and the Yates Bros..
A Purple Heart
1966 · County C-45-7001 · USA
- Artist
- Red Allen
- Credited on the record as
- Red Allen and the Yates Bros.
- Title
- A Purple Heart
- Release
- A Purple Heart / Who's Shoulder Will You Cry On
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- County # C-45-7001
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Curley Sechler
- Genre
- Country · Bluegrass
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
Purple Heart, A (Allen, Red)
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
County Records C-45-7001, red label, 307 E. 37th St., New York, N.Y.; "A Purple Heart" (Curley Sechler), 2:41, Peer International, BMI; Red Allen and the Yates Bros., vocal trio, featuring Porter Church on 5-string banjo, produced by David Grisman. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
American bluegrass singer, born 12 February 1930 in Pigeon Roost, Kentucky; died 3 April 1993 in Dayton, Ohio. [Source: Wikipedia]