Credited on the record as Norman Burns.
Twenty-Three
1963 · Sterling S-284 · Boston, Massachusetts
- Artist
- Norm Burns
- Credited on the record as
- Norman Burns
- Title
- Twenty-Three
- Release
- Twenty-Three / Lost in Hopes of You
- Year
- 1963
- Label
- Sterling # S-284
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Songwriter
- Mary Genco, Lew Tobin
- Genre
- Traditional Pop · Traditional Pop
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation — Song Poems
- "Twenty-Three" - Label: Sterling Records # S-284 - Songwriter: Mary Genco, Lew Tobin - Lyrics by Mary Genco - Music by Lew Tobin - 1963, song poem, traditional pop - Draft, patriotic, soldier's perspective - I'm 23, Uncle Sam is calling me, don't if it will be land or sea - I'll be brave and strong, proud of my country - Will have to part my sweetheart, one day we'll have a family, but need to serve my country first - Boston, MA, USA
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Draft Songs
Twenty-Three (Burns, Norm) Song poem. Draft. Traditional pop
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Sterling Records S-284 (10701), "Unbreakable", 45 RPM, ASCAP, blue label; "Twenty-Three" by Mary Genco & Lew Tobin, 2:15; vocal: Norman Burns, Lew Tobin's Orchestra. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Norm Burns, American song-poem vocalist: lead house singer for the Sterling Records song-poem label in the 1960s-70s, here with the Satellites. [Source: songpoemmusic.com (AS/PMA)]
Themes
In collections
Draft Songs · Song Poems · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]