Then I'll Come Home Again
1966 · Mercury 72550 · USA
- Artist
- Dave Dudley
- Title
- Then I'll Come Home Again
- Release
- Viet Nam Blues / Then I'll Come Home Again
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- Mercury # 72550
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Tom T. Hall
- Genre
- Country · Honky Tonk
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation — US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Vietnam Blues (Dudley, Dave) (Mercury Records # 72550). - written by Kris Kristofferson, released originally by Jack Sanders - The Viet Nam Blues (Dot Records # 16766).1 Then I'll Come Home Again (Dudley, Dave) - written by Tom T. Hall. Both featured on the 1966 patriotic, war concept album There's a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere (Mercury Records # MG 21 057).2Sources1Billboard, 28 August 1965↩2lpdiscography.com↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Mercury 72550, vocal, "From Mercury's Album, There's a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere – MG-21057", producer Jerry Kennedy; "Viet Nam Blues" (K. Kristofferson), YW1-33683, Buckhorn Music (BMI), 2:41; flip "Then I'll Come Home Again" (T.T. Hall), YW1-33678, New Keys Music, Inc. (BMI), 2:38; "Vendor: Mercury Record Corporation". In a Mercury "America's Favorite Hits" company sleeve, "Established in 1947 on a sound basis!", Mercury Record Corporation, Chicago, Ill. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
American country singer, born 3 May 1928 in Spencer, Wisconsin; known for truck-driving country and Vietnam-era hits ('What We're Fighting For', 'Vietnam Blues'); died 22 December 2003 in Danbury, Wisconsin. [Source: Wikipedia]
Themes
In collections
US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]