A Thousand Miles Away
1966 · Sur-Speed 214 · Nashville, Tennessee
- Artist
- The Cheques
- Title
- A Thousand Miles Away
- Release
- A Thousand Miles Away / Go on Girl
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- Sur-Speed # 214
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Songwriter
- J. Sheppard, W. H. Millet
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Doo-Wop · R&B · Soul
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
Thousand Miles Away, A (Cheques, The) Vietnam War: Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs
Thousand Miles Away, A (Cheques, The) Soul, reference to Vietnam in intro
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Sur-Speed Records 214 (SO: 3284), "Compatible 45 RPM"; "A Thousand Miles Away" (J. Sheppard-W. H. Millet), 2:30, Nom Music, BMI; produced by Robert Riley, Sr.; 618 Exchange Bldg., Nashville, Tenn. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Band formed on Air Force base in Alexandria, Louisiana. Several of the band members were drafted to fight in Vietnam. https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/blogs/news/deeper-the-cheques-e-mark-windle