Credited on the record as Rocky Smiley with The Country Classics.
Big Brother Soldier
1968 · Malinda 115 · Lake Charles, Louisiana
- Artist
- Rocky Smiley
- Credited on the record as
- Rocky Smiley with The Country Classics
- Title
- Big Brother Soldier
- Release
- Tour / Big Brother Soldier
- Year
- 1968
- Label
- Malinda # 115
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
- Songwriter
- C. B. Roberson, I. J. Simpson, W. B. Smiley
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation — US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
- Country, patriotic, both sides - Released Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA - A-side: Joined service, in South Vietnam. Helping them with freedom - B-side: Brother in Vietnam jungle, won a silver medal - Fighting for freedom
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Malinda Records 115 (cream label with red print), 45 RPM; credited to Rocky Smiley with the Country Classics, produced by W. B. Smiley. Side A, "Tour" (115-A, LH-4821), credits its writers as "Cpls. T. Umbehgen & D. Adams, Sgts. R. Blair, D. Abessandrine, D. F. Hughes Jr.", Process Music, BMI, 2:05. Side B, "Big Brother Soldier" (115-B, LH-4822), is by C. B. Roberson, I. J. Simpson and W. B. Smiley, Process Music, BMI, 2:05. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
In collections
US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]