The Silent American
Twin TRP-G9 · Miami, Florida
- Artist
- Charles Grimsley
- Title
- The Silent American
- Release
- The Silent American / Big Al
- Label
- Twin # TRP-G9
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Miami, Florida, USA
- Songwriter
- Augie Ruotolo
- Genre
- Traditional Pop · Traditional Pop
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
Silent American, The (Grimsley, Charles)
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Silent American, The (Grimsley, Charles) Nixon's silent majority, patriotic. Probably from 1969-71
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Unknown - spoken-word 45 credited to 'The Honorable Charles Grimsley', written by Augie Ruotolo, produced by Bill Stith and George Roberts, arranged by Dave Chiodo, on Twin Record Productions / World Of Hits (TRP-G9) b/w 'Big Al'. No citable source identifies who Grimsley was. [Source: Discogs]
Themes
Patriotic · Demonstration · Generation Gap · Drugs · Nixon · Silent Majority