Credited on the record as Rod Rogers and the Film City Orchestra.
I Am an American
1965 · Film City FC-2067 · Hollywood, California
- Artist
- Rodd Keith
- Credited on the record as
- Rod Rogers and the Film City Orchestra
- Title
- I Am an American
- Release
- I Am an American / NORAD
- Year
- 1965
- Label
- Film City # FC-2067
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Hollywood, California, USA
- Songwriter
- Clarence M. Boness, Art Cain
- Genre
- Traditional Pop · Traditional Pop
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation — Song Poems
- "I Am an American" - Label: Film City Records # FC-2067 - Songwriter: Clarence M. Boness, Art Cain - Traditional pop, patriotic - Proud to be an American, every man is free - Under god, a great society (LBJ) - The elected leaders have stood for the rights of man
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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
Patriotic · Freedom & Liberty · Great Society · LBJ · Religion · Song Poem
In collections
Song Poems · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs