Soldado raso
Bronco BRLP-043 · McAllen, Texas
- Artist
- Freddie Gomez
- Title
- Soldado raso
- Release
- Porque estamos en Vietnam
- Label
- Bronco # BRLP-043
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- Spanish
- Country
- McAllen, Texas, USA
- Genre
- Hispanic Music · Corrido · Tejano · Tex-Mex · Ranchera
Annotation — US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
"Porque estamos en Vietnam" ("Why We Are in Vietnam") - a various artist compilation of 10 Vietnam War songs, in the Tex-Mex / tejano genres, including the single of the same name above. Released on Bronco (# BRLP-043) - record label owned by Arnaldo Ramírez, who also founded the Mexican-American record labels ARV, Falcon, and Bego, also based in Texas. He featured in Billboard on 25 November 1972, in an article focusing on the explosion of Tex-Mex music. (1) Born on 9 April 1918, in Mission, Texas, USA, he died there on 11 May 1993. 9 out of 10 of these songs took a patriotic perspective, with only one calling for peace in Vietnam. (2)
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Mexican-American / Hispanic Songs
Freddie Gomez song "Soldado raso" (Falcon # 1117), which appeared on both the 1966 album El hijo del soldado raso (Falcon Records # FLP-2014), and the LP Porque estamos en Vietnam (Bronco # BRLP-043), discussed below. Gomez was born in Los Indios, Texas, USA (6 August 1932). He died in Carricitos, Texas, USA on 3 September 2005. These records all featured on the Arnaldo Ramírez Mexican-American record labels in Texas: ARV, Falcon, Bronco, and Bego.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Born 6 August 1932, Los Indios, Texas, USA. Died 3 September 2005, Carricitos, Texas, USA
In collections
Mexican-American / Hispanic Songs · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs · US Combat Perspective Songs