Bobby Laurel

Whatever Happened to Heroes

1973 · Grant GT-722 · USA

Whatever Happened to Heroes – Bobby Laurel (A-side label)

Artist
Bobby Laurel
Title
Whatever Happened to Heroes
Release
Winning Isn't Everything / Whatever Happened to the Heroes
Year
1973
Label
Grant # GT-722
Format
7" · Single
Language
English
Country
USA
Songwriter
B. Laurel
Genre
Traditional Pop · Traditional Pop
Primary theme
Peace, Protest & Anti-War

Notes

Grant GT-722 (B), 45 RPM, stereo; "Whatever Happened to Heroes" (B. Laurel), 2:58, Murray Hill Pub., Inc., ASCAP, © 1970; Bobby Laurel; "Produced by: B. Laurel"; subtitled "A Musical Thesis on Watergate & Society (Part II)"; yellow Grant label, date-stamped Nov 8 1973. [From the record sleeve and labels]

About the artist

US pop vocalist and film composer active 1959 into the late 1980s: 'Graduation Ring' (Viscount, 1959), the MGM LP 'Beautiful Days of My Youth' (1968, arranged by Don Sebesky), early-70s Grant singles, and co-composer (with Sebesky) of the score for The Rosary Murders (1987); 'Whatever Happened to Heroes' backed 'Winning Isn't Everything'. [Source: Discogs; Wikipedia; RateYourMusic]

Themes

Nixon · Watergate · Anti-War

In collections

Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

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