Soldier
1967 · Mira 8003 · West Hollywood, California
- Artist
- Carmen Carroll
- Title
- Soldier
- Release
- A Soldier / Burning Bridges
- Year
- 1967
- Label
- Mira # 8003
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- West Hollywood, California, USA
- Songwriter
- Carmen Carroll
- Genre
- Traditional Pop · Traditional Pop
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Soldier, A (Carroll, Carmen) Traditional pop, leans towards peace / anti-war. But also patriotic. Impact of the war at home. Mother of a soldier narrated - the mother's husband fought in World War Two, but then KIA in Korea. Now the son fights in Vietnam. The Mother did not raise her son alone to be a soldier. Although, she loved her country.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Unknown - no citable documentation of a Carmen Carroll recording of 'Soldier' could be found; the one Discogs Carmen Carroll (C C & B and Sand Records, 1962-64) does not carry the song and was not assigned.
Themes
Anti-War · WW2 · Korea · K.I.A. · Home Front Perspective · Patriotic