Credited on the record as Rodd Keith and the Raindrops.
God Bless Our Soldier Boys in Viet Nam
1966 · Preview 1029 · Hollywood, California
- Artist
- Rodd Keith
- Credited on the record as
- Rodd Keith and the Raindrops
- Title
- God Bless Our Soldier Boys in Viet Nam
- Release
- To the Sons of America / God Bless Our Soldier Boys in Viet Nam
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- Preview # 1029
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Hollywood, California, USA
- Songwriter
- Hazel Erickson
- Genre
- Traditional Pop · Traditional Pop
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation — Song Poems
- "God Bless Our Soldier Boys in Viet Nam" - performed by Rodd Keith, songwriter: Hazel Erickson - Label: Preview Records # 1029 - Patriotic both sides - Traditional pop - Hollywood, California
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
God Bless Our Soldier Boys in Viet Nam (Keith, Rodd) To the Sons of America (Raindrops, The) Song poem, patriotic, anti-protest, traditional pop A-side: support the troops, fighting of the land and flag B-side: God bless our soldiers, fight for us. Anti-protest comment.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Preview Records Inc. #1029-A/B, Arthur Music, A.S.C.A.P.; side A "To the Sons of America" (Lucy Lorse-Lew Tobin), 1:47, The Raindrops; side B "God Bless Our Soldier Boys in Viet Nam" (Hazel Erickson), 3:30, Rodd Keith and the Raindrops. The B-side label carries a handwritten "Jan. 28, 1966" and "Hazel Erickson". [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]