Tell Me Mr. President
1971 · Atlantic 45-2805 · New York City, New York
- Artist
- Eugene McDaniels
- Title
- Tell Me Mr. President
- Release
- Tell Me Mr. President
- Year
- 1971
- Label
- Atlantic # 45-2805
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Songwriter
- G. Lewis
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Soul
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Tell Me Mr. President (McDaniels) Soul - political themes: civil rights, war and peace, demonstrations, poverty, pollution. References the death of Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK), and Robert F. Kennedy (RFK). Born 12 February 1935, Kansas City, Kansas, USA Died 29 July 2011, Kittery Point, Maine, USA Member of The Admirals & The Sultans in 1950s, a Omaha, Nebraska group.1Sources1The New York Times: Eugene mcdaniels singer songwriter of soul and blues hits dies at 76↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Civil Rights Songs
- Tell Me Mr. President (McDaniels) - Soul - political themes: - civil rights, war and peace, demonstrations, poverty, pollution. - References the death of Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK), and Robert F. Kennedy (RFK). - Born 12 February 1935, Kansas City, Kansas, USA - Died 29 July 2011, Kittery Point, Maine, USA - Member of The Admirals & The Sultans in 1950s, a Omaha, Nebraska group.1Sources1The New York Times: Eugene mcdaniels singer songwriter of soul and blues hits dies at 76↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Atlantic 45-2805, matrix A-21821 SP, mono, 45 R.P.M., vocal; "Tell Me Mr. President" (G. Lewis), time 3:17, Pub. Cotillion, BMI; Eugene McDaniels, "Produced by Joel Dorn", "Strings & Horns Arranged by Thom Bell"; "Mfg. by Atlantic Recording Corp., 1841 Broadway, New York, N.Y."; red-and-white Atlantic company sleeve. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Born 12 February 1935 in Kansas City, Kansas. Died 29 July 2011 in Kittery Point, Maine, USA
Themes
Anti-War · Civil Rights · JFK · RFK · MLK · Demonstration
In collections
Civil Rights Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years] · Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs