Dick Flood

Credited on the record as Dick Flood and The Pathfinders.

Miung Sun Lee

1967 · Totem T-1 · Nashville, Tennessee

Miung Sun Lee – Dick Flood (A-side label)

Artist
Dick Flood
Credited on the record as
Dick Flood and The Pathfinders
Title
Miung Sun Lee
Release
Miung Sun Lee / Willow in the Wind
Year
1967
Label
Totem # T-1
Format
7" · Single
Language
English
Country
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Songwriter
Dick Flood
Genre
Country · Country
Primary theme
US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs

Annotation

- Country, soldier's perspective, patriotic - Released in Nashville, Tennessee. - Artist born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died Augusta, Georgia - Soldier went to Saigon on leave and met a Vietnamese girl - Later injured in battle, disabled. She went to look for him, but she died on the battle field - Soldier determined to fight on to make them free (patriotic ending)

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Totem Records T-1, 45 RPM, grey label with a red, white and black totem-bird design; "Miung Sun Lee" (Dick Flood), 2:48, Hemlock Music, BMI; Dick Flood and The Pathfinders; "Produced in Nashville, Tenn. by Dick Flood". Rim text: "Totem Records, Inc. Box 2243 Nashville, Tenn. 37214." [From the record sleeve and labels]

About the artist

Born 13 November 1932, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 9 January 2023, Augusta, Georgia, USA

Themes

Soldier's Perspective · Vietnamese Girls · Disabled Vet · Saigon · R&R · Patriotic

In collections

US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]