Credited on the record as Lonesome Valley Singers.
Whirlybird Crew
1966 · Diplomat 2618 · USA
- Artist
- The Lonesome Valley Singers
- Credited on the record as
- Lonesome Valley Singers
- Title
- Whirlybird Crew
- Release
- Men in the Green Berets
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- Diplomat # 2618
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Genre
- Country · Nashville Sound
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation — US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Another patriotic release (Diplomat Records # DS 2618) by the Lonesome Valley Singers, which included the "Ballad of the Green Beret", "I'll Say Goodbye to Vietnam", and "Sam From Vietnam". Also included on the album is the song "Special Forces", which picked up on a similar theme of the green beret compositions.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Diplomat D 2618 (labels 2618-A Side 1, 2618-B Side 2), long playing 33⅓ RPM high fidelity record, manufactured by Synthetic Plastics Co., Newark, N.J.; black labels with silver print. The front cover shows a Special Forces green beret with its red flash and crest. Side 1: The Ballad of the Green Berets, Special Forces, Whirlybird Crew, The Men in the Green Fatigues, Major Todd (Of the Green Berets); Side 2: The U.S. Rangers, The Young Soldiers, I'll Say Goodbye to Vietnam, The Fighting 101st, Sam From Vietnam. No writers or times are printed. The back is a generic Diplomat Records sleeve ("Fine records need not be expensive") with a catalogue list, Diplomat Records, 88 St. Francis St., Newark, N.J. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Anonymous budget-label studio group that recorded for Diplomat Records; Discogs links the name to aliases including Tex Johnson & His Six Shooters, Billy Bond and The Badmen. [Source: Discogs]
Themes
From the release Men in the Green Berets
In collections
US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]