Credited on the record as Rock Smiley with The Country Classics.
Top Kick Marine (Part I)
1967 · Malinda 109 · Lake Charles, Louisiana
- Artist
- Rocky Smiley
- Credited on the record as
- Rock Smiley with The Country Classics
- Title
- Top Kick Marine (Part I)
- Release
- Top Kick Marine
- Year
- 1967
- Label
- Malinda # 109
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
- Songwriter
- W.B. Smiley
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
- Country, patriotic, both sides - Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA - WW2 vet returns home, an orphan child asks him to be his father - He adopted him, child grows up to join the marines. - Sent to Vietnam
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Malinda Records 109 (cream label with red print), 45 RPM; credited to Rock Smiley with the Country Classics, produced by W. B. Smiley; both parts written by W. B. Smiley, Process Music, BMI. "Top Kick Marine (Part I)" (109-A, 71217A) runs 3:18 and "Top Kick Marine (Part II)" (109-B, 71217B) runs 3:16. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
Patriotic · Orphan · Soldier's Perspective · WW2 · Marines
In collections
US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]