Sailor Boy
1966 · Decca 31930 · New York City, New York
- Artist
- Ronnie Wallis
- Title
- Sailor Boy
- Release
- How It All Began / Sailor Boy
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- Decca # 31930
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Songwriter
- Artie Butler
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Girl Group · Soul
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
Sailor Boy (Wallis, Ronnie) Sailor / soldier boy song. Mid-1960s Girl group / teen pop sound
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Decca Record No. 31930 (116,332), pink promotional label marked "Promotion Copy Not For Sale"; "Sailor Boy" (Artie Butler), Trio Music Co. Inc. (BMI), 2:44; Ronnie Wallis, vocal with chorus and orchestra directed by Artie Butler. Issued in a Decca "a new world of sound" company sleeve, the reverse advertising "New Mono and Stereo Decca albums you'll want to own" by Burl Ives, Brenda Lee, Rick Nelson and the Kingston Trio. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
In collections
US Domestic Perspective Songs [War Years] · Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs