The Dynamic Hughes Gospel Singers
Viet Nam
1971 · Designer 6913 · Memphis, Tennessee
- Artist
- The Dynamic Hughes Gospel Singers
- Title
- Viet Nam
- Release
- Beautiful City / Viet Nam
- Year
- 1971
- Label
- Designer # 6913
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Memphis, Tennessee, USA
- Songwriter
- Hughes & Griffin
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Gospel · Soul
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
Another Civil Rights / Vietnam track, "Viet Nam" (Designer # 6913) by the Dynamic Hughes Gospel Singers, which came out of Memphis, Tennessee, noted that "in Vietnam" people were "fighting together to save the nation", whether black or white. Therefore, why was there continued racial conflict in the US? The narrator cried out at the end of the song: "no more segregation in this land". Interesting to note that it contained patriotic sentiment: "fighting together to save the nation".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — US Combat Perspective Songs
Another civil rights / Vietnam track, "Viet Nam" (Designer # 6913) by the Dynamic Hughes Gospel Singers, which came out of Memphis, Tennessee, noted that "in Vietnam" people were "fighting together to save the nation", whether black or white. Therefore, why was there continued racial conflict in the US? The narrator cried out at the end of the song: "no more segregation in this land".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Unknown - "Viet Nam" b/w "Beautiful City" (Designer Records 45/6913): Designer was Style Wooten's Memphis custom gospel label (1967-77), where artists paid a flat fee (about $469.50) to cut two sides, with Roland Janes engineering most of its 400-500 gospel singles. The Hughes group itself is undocumented beyond the credit. [Source: Discogs; Deep Roots Magazine]
Themes
In collections
Civil Rights Songs · Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs · US Combat Perspective Songs