S.O.S.
1966 · Valiant V-756 · Los Angeles, California
- Artist
- Terry Randall
- Title
- S.O.S.
- Release
- S.O.S. / Tell Her
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- Valiant # V-756
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Songwriter
- Randy Benjamin, Ron Tennes
- Genre
- Garage Rock · Garage Rock
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Garage rock, protest, demonstration
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Garage Rock Songs
- Garage rock, protest, demonstration
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Also known as Randy Benjamin
About the artist
Unknown - "S.O.S." b/w "Tell Her" (Valiant Records V-756, December 1966), written by Randy Benjamin: a garage-rock single responding to the November 1966 Sunset Strip curfew riots, reportedly picked as a Billboard spotlight that December (the spotlight claim reaching us via a collector blog, banned tier - reported only). The performer is otherwise undocumented. [Source: Discogs]
Themes
Anti-War · Demonstration · Counter-Culture & Hippies · Draft Resistance · Draft