We Are the Americans (Short Version)
Ramar RR-111 · USA
- Artist
- Mike Martin
- Title
- We Are the Americans (Short Version)
- Release
- We Are the Americans
- Label
- Ramar # RR-111
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Michael Ray Martin
- Genre
- Rockabilly · Rockabilly
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
About the artist
Vocalist of the patriotic rockabilly/country-pop 45 'We Are the Americans' (long and short versions, with the Rumble, RR-111, c.1980), written in response to the Iranian Hostage Crisis and Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, with lyrics warning against repeating the history of Vietnam. Possibly Michael Ray Martin (b. 29 September 1949, Texarkana, Arkansas), who recorded as 'Mike Martin' in the mid-1980s before finding country chart success as Martin Delray - identity unconfirmed. [Source: Rate Your Music / lyricstranslate credit / Wikipedia (Martin Delray)]
Themes
Carter · Iranian Hostage Crisis · Patriotic · JFK · Reagan · George H. Bush · Ford · Anti-Communism · Russia · OPEC