Uncle Sam Needs You
1961 · Smash S-1716 · Chicago, Illinois
- Artist
- The Viceroys
- Title
- Uncle Sam Needs You
- Release
- Uncle Sam Needs You / I'm So Sorry
- Year
- 1961
- Label
- Smash # S-1716
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Songwriter
- H.B. Barnum, Frank Robinson
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Doo-Wop
Annotation
Uncle Sam Needs You (The Viceroys) Doo-wop, soul. Draft, soldier's perspective. What does Uncle Sam want with me? Sure got to go (reluctance), back in the army I don't like it in Berlin, in foxhole, with M1 Pre-Vietnam War years.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Featuring Jimmy Norman
Themes
Draft Reluctance · Draft Dodger · Berlin · M1 Rifle · Foxhole · Draft