Soldier's Last Letter
1967 · Nugget NR-261 · Goodlettsville, Tennessee
- Artist
- Redd Stewart
- Title
- Soldier's Last Letter
- Release
- The American Service Man / Soldier's Last Letter
- Year
- 1967
- Label
- Nugget # NR-261
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Goodlettsville, Tennessee, USA
- Songwriter
- Redd Stewart
- Genre
- Country · Western Swing
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation — US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
American Service Ma, The (Stewart, Redd) Soldier's Last Letter (Stewart, Redd) Servicemen - backbone of the country, from France to Vietnam. Army, navy, marine. B-side: written for WW2.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Nugget Records NR-261, black label with purple rainbow and pot of gold, "Good as Gold", Nugget Records, Box 400, Goodlettsville, Tennessee. "The American Service Man" (Redd Stewart), (SoN 46361), Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc., BMI, time 2:28, "Originally Recorded Live at Ft. Rucker, Ala.". Flip: "Soldier's Last Letter" (Redd Stewart), (SoN 46362), Noma Music, BMI, time 3:05, "Produced and Distributed by Nugget Sound Studios". Issued in a matching Nugget company sleeve. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Born 27 May 1923, Ashland City, Tennessee, USA. Died 2 August 2003, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
Themes
Home Front Perspective · Soldier's Perspective · K.I.A. · Patriotic · WW2 · Combat · Trench
In collections
US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]