The Silver Star
1969 · Jubilee 5620 · New York City, New York
- Artist
- Tony Dean
- Title
- The Silver Star
- Release
- The Silver Star / I Wear the Shoes of a Man
- Year
- 1969
- Label
- Jubilee # 5620
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Songwriter
- T. Howard, B. Kiria
- Genre
- Traditional Pop · Traditional Pop
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
The Silver Star I Wear the Shoes of a Man (Dean, Tony) Child narration, both sides. Father died in Vietnam. KIA.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Jubilee Record No. 45-5620, 45 R.P.M., white label marked "Advance Release – Disc-Jockey Record – Not for Sale"; vocal with inst. accomp., Tash Music/Jillbern Music (BMI); produced by Herb Bernstein & Tash Howard, arranged by Herb Bernstein. "The Silver Star" (T. Howard–B. Kiria), side JB-12776, time 2:39, marked "*Plug Side"; "I Wear the Shoes of a Man" (T. Howard–H. Bernstein), side JB-12777, time 1:58. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
In collections
Children on Record · US Combat Perspective Songs [War Years]