The Captains

Teenage Marine

R and H 1007 · Muscle Shoels, Alabama

Teenage Marine – The Captains (A-side label)

Artist
The Captains
Title
Teenage Marine
Release
Teenage Marine / Icarus
Label
R and H # 1007
Format
7" · Single
Language
English
Country
Muscle Shoels, Alabama, USA
Songwriter
H. L. Snider
Genre
Teen Pop · Teen Pop · Novelty
Primary theme
Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective

Annotation

Teenage Marine (Captains, The) Teen pop novelty. Soldier boy song. Man enlisted - his girl upset. So she went around town with other men. He returned for a furlough - she said stop knocking at my door, you made your choice. But then she changes her mind - he is now a man!

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

R and H Records, Record No. 1007 (A), matrix SO: 2677; Fame Pub., BMI; "Teenage Marine" (H. L. Snider) by The Captains. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes

Soldier's Perspective · Furlough

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