Welcome to the U.S. Army
1972 · United Artists 50959 · Los Angeles, California
- Artist
- Bobby Russell
- Title
- Welcome to the U.S. Army
- Release
- This Is the Life / Welcome to the U.S. Army
- Year
- 1972
- Label
- United Artists # 50959
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Songwriter
- B. Russell
- Genre
- Country · Novelty · Country
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
Welcome to the U.S. Army (Russell, Bobby) Country novelty about joining the army. Lots of questions: education, mental health, drug use, gun use. Vietnam-era army/war song
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
United Artists Records 50959 (UAST-10422), stereo, cream label, ℗ 1972 United Artists Records, Inc., Los Angeles, California 90028; "Welcome to the U.S. Army" (B. Russell), 2:22, PixRuss Music, ASCAP; produced by Snuff Garrett for Garrett Music Enterprises, arranged by Al Capps, engineer Thorne Nogar, recorded at Annex Studios. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Born 19 April 1940, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Died 19 November 1992, Nicholasville, Kentucky, USA