Ed LaVega

Color Me Orange

1970 · Go-Roc-Co-Pop 17201 · Chattanooga, Tennessee

Color Me Orange – Ed LaVega (A-side label)

Artist
Ed LaVega
Title
Color Me Orange
Release
It's Only a War Mom / Color Me Orange
Year
1970
Label
Go-Roc-Co-Pop # 17201
Format
7" · Single
Language
English
Country
Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
Songwriter
Horace Hatcher, E. T. Smith
Genre
Country · Country Pop
Primary theme
US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs

Annotation

It's Only War Mom (LaVega, Ed) Country, anti-war. Tennessee. Impact of war on soldier and home. Mother's son died in Vietnam. What was the war for? Why did all the soldiers die?

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Go-Roc-Co-Pop Records, silver-grey labels, stereo, The Voice Inc., P.O. Box 23854, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37421; "It's Only War Mom" (Angie Hart and B.J. Keener), NR 17201-2, min. 2:49, and "Color Me Orange" (Horace Hatcher and E.T. Smith), NR 17201-1, min. 3:09, both Voice Notes Publishing, ASCAP; music by The Voice Orchestra. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes

Pro-Soldier

In collections

Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years] · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]