Rod McKuen

Credited on the record as Rod McKuen with The Stanyan Strings.

Soldiers Who Want to Be Heroes

1971 · Warner Bros. 7420 · Burbank, California

Soldiers Who Want to Be Heroes – Rod McKuen (A-side label)

Artist
Rod McKuen
Credited on the record as
Rod McKuen with The Stanyan Strings
Title
Soldiers Who Want to Be Heroes
Release
Soldiers Who Want to Be Heroes / My Mother's Eyes
Year
1971
Label
Warner Bros. # 7420
Format
7" · Single
Language
English
Country
Burbank, California, USA
Songwriter
Rod McKuen
Genre
Singer Songwriter · Singer Songwriter
Primary theme
Peace, Protest & Anti-War

Notes

Warner Bros. Records 7420 (NA18840), white "Promotion – Not for Sale" label; "Soldiers Who Want to Be Heroes" (Rod McKuen), 2:49 (intro :09), Almo Music, ASCAP, "from the album Rod McKuen Live at the London Palladium"; Rod McKuen with The Stanyan Strings; produced by Rod McKuen for Stanyan Records; arranged by Arthur Greenslade & Rod McKuen. Housed in a brown Warner Bros. company sleeve. [From the record sleeve and labels]

About the artist

Born 29 April 1933, Oakland, California, USA. Died 29 January 2015, Beverly Hills, California, USA

Themes

Soldier's Perspective · Anti-War · Anti-Government · LGBTQ+

In collections

Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]