Whisperin' Bill
Metromedia MM-169 · New York City, New York
- Artist
- Chill Wills
- Title
- Whisperin' Bill
- Release
- Mama / Whisperin' Bill
- Label
- Metromedia # MM-169
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Songwriter
- C. Wills
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
Mama (Wills, Chill) Whisperin' Bill (Wills, Chill) Country, home front perspective. From Texas, USA A-side: relationship started going wrong when they lost their son (in the war?) Refer to b-side. B-side: Son shot in the head by the Viet Cong - disabled. He volunteered to help his country.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Metromedia Records MM-169, white label marked "Radio Station Copy Not for Sale"; "Mama" (C. Aldridge), ZTSP 222198, 2:40, Central Songs, Inc. (BMI), and "Whisperin' Bill" (C. Wills), ZTSP 222199, 2:57, Valando Music, Inc. (ASCAP); both "From the Metromedia Lp, 'Hello, Cousin'", "Produced by Tommy Allsup & Bob Hinkle", "Arranged by Tommy Allsup"; "A Metromedia Company". [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Born 18 July 1902, Seagoville, Texas, USA. Died 15 December 1978, Encino, California, USA
Themes
Home Front Perspective · Vet · Disabled Vet · Volunteer · VC · Medals