Thirteen Marines
Preview 1550 · Hollywood, California
- Artist
- Rodd Keith
- Title
- Thirteen Marines
- Release
- Thirteen Marines / The Vietnam Story
- Label
- Preview # 1550
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Hollywood, California, USA
- Songwriter
- Thomas Sears
- Genre
- Garage Rock · Garage Rock
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
Vietnam Story, The (Keith, Rodd) Thirteen Marines (Keith, Rodd) Song poem
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Song Poems
- Traditional pop, both sides, patriotic - Label: Preview Records # 1550 - Songwriter: Thomas Sears (both sides) - "Thirteen Marines" - One top of a rock pile not far from Con Thiên - America's brave fighting marines, combat description - Two hours before light, enemy fires, the battle had begun - Only two wounded marines survived (K.I.A.)
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Song poem Preview Records 1550, blue and silver label, 6311 Yucca, Hollywood; both sides by Thomas Sears, Arthur Music, A.S.C.A.P., sung by Rodd Keith: "Thirteen Marines" (1550-1), 3:20, and "The Vietnam Story" (1550-2), 3:25. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Born Rodney Keith Eskelin, 30 January 1937. Multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, the best-known figure of the song-poem genre, recording hundreds of compositions from amateur-submitted lyrics under names including Rod Rogers. Died 15 December 1974, falling from an overpass onto the Hollywood Freeway, Los Angeles, California, USA. [Source: Wikipedia; LA Times via Last.fm]
Themes
In collections
Garage Rock Songs · Song Poems · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]