Soldiers Last Letter
1967 · GNP Crescendo GNP 397 · Hollywood, California
- Artist
- Ray Sanders
- Title
- Soldiers Last Letter
- Release
- Soldiers Last Letter / Two People
- Year
- 1967
- Label
- GNP Crescendo # GNP 397
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Hollywood, California, USA
- Songwriter
- E. Tubb, H. Stewart
- Genre
- Country · Honky Tonk
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
Soldiers Last Letter (Sanders, Ray) Country. Sanders from St. Johns, Kentucky. DJ with WBRT in Bardstown, Kentucky. Soldier KIA. Cover of Ernest Tubb and Redd Stewart WW2 song. But this one directly references Vietnam
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
GNP Crescendo GNP 397 (N-3443), side A, white "Promotion – Not for Sale" label; "Soldiers Last Letter" (Tubb–Stewart), 2:46, Noma Music Inc., BMI; produced by Gary Paxton. "Gene Norman Presents – Hollywood, California, U.S.A." Housed in a black-and-white "Crescendo" / "GNP Crescendo Records" company sleeve. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Born 1935, St. Johns, Kentucky, USA
Themes
Home Front Perspective · Soldier's Perspective · K.I.A. · Patriotic · WW2 · Combat · Foxhole
In collections
US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]