Viet Nam Blues
1966 · Duke 408 · USA
- Artist
- Sylvia Maddox
- Title
- Viet Nam Blues
- Release
- Got to Be Free / Viet Nam Blues
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- Duke # 408
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- S. Crite
- Genre
- Blues · Soul Blues
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
The track "Viet Nam Blues" appears to be the only single by the obscure R&B / soul singer Sylvia Maddox. Released on the Memphis, Tennessee label Duke Records (#408) in 1966, the song expressed a mother's loneliness, because "Uncle Sam has taken my baby...to Vietnam".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Uncle Sam has taken my baby / Shifted him to Vietnam / Ain't it so lonely here / When you take so many mother's sons / You can't love him, you can't hug him / You can't hold him close at night / You can't do little things the way you should / Well I'm sitting here writing letters
Notes
Duke 408 (UV 7227), orange label, 45 RPM; "Viet Nam Blues" (S. Crite), 2:30, Don Music Co., BMI. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
In collections
US Domestic Perspective Songs [War Years] · Blues songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years] · Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs