Credited on the record as Rod Rogers and the Film City Orchestra.
The 678th
1965 · Film City FC-2038 · Hollywood, California
- Artist
- Rodd Keith
- Credited on the record as
- Rod Rogers and the Film City Orchestra
- Title
- The 678th
- Release
- John F. Kennedy / The 678th
- Year
- 1965
- Label
- Film City # FC-2038
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Hollywood, California, USA
- Songwriter
- Clarence Boness, R. Rogers
- Genre
- Traditional Pop · Traditional Pop
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation — Song Poems
- "The 678th" - Artist: Rog Rogers aka Rodd Keith - Label: Film City Records # FC-2038 - Songwriter: Clarence Boness, R. Rogers - Traditional pop, patriotic - Praise for the soldier and the 678 company
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Film City, 1354 N. Highland Ave. (Sunset and Highland), Hollywood 28, Calif., FC-2038-B-45; "The 678th" (Clarence Boness-R. Rogers), 1:45, Souvenir Songs, ASCAP; Rod Rogers and the Film City Orchestra. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Born Rodney Keith Eskelin, 30 January 1937. Multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, the best-known figure of the song-poem genre, recording hundreds of compositions from amateur-submitted lyrics under names including Rod Rogers. Died 15 December 1974, falling from an overpass onto the Hollywood Freeway, Los Angeles, California, USA. [Source: Wikipedia; LA Times via Last.fm]
Themes
In collections
Song Poems · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]