Credited on the record as Rodd Rogers.
What God Might Like to Say About the War in Viet Nam
M.S.R. 329 · Hollywood, California
- Artist
- Rodd Keith
- Credited on the record as
- Rodd Rogers
- Title
- What God Might Like to Say About the War in Viet Nam
- Release
- We Have Overcome / What God Might Like to Say About the War in Viet Nam
- Label
- M.S.R. # 329
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Hollywood, California, USA
- Songwriter
- Violet W. Hickerson
- Genre
- Traditional Pop · Traditional Pop
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation — Song Poems
- Song poem, religion, anti-war, traditional pop, both sides - Label: M.S.R. Records # 329 - Hollywood, California - B-side: "What God Might Like to Say About the War in Viet Nam" - Performer: Rodd Rogers - Songwriter: Violet W. Hickerson - Themes: things getting out of hand in Vietnam - Need peace on earth - Narrated from perspective of god
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Song Poem M.S.R. Records, 6331 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA, 329, maroon label, MAHZL Publishing, BMI; 329-1 "We Have Overcome" (Roger McBride), 2:12, Dick Kent; 329-2 "What God Might Like to Say About the War in Viet Nam" (Violet W. Hickerson), 2:09, Rodd Rogers. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Pseudonym of Rodd Keith (born Rodney Keith Eskelin, 30 January 1937). Multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, the best-known figure of the song-poem genre, recording hundreds of compositions from amateur-submitted lyrics under names including Rod Rogers. Died 15 December 1974, falling from an overpass onto the Hollywood Freeway, Los Angeles, California, USA. [Source: Wikipedia; LA Times via Last.fm]