Johnny's Gotta Go
1966 · Preview 1284 · Hollywood, California
- Artist
- Rodd Keith
- Title
- Johnny's Gotta Go
- Release
- You're a Goddess - Queen of Angels / Johnny's Gotta Go
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- Preview # 1284
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Hollywood, California, USA
- Songwriter
- Darrell Zeisler
- Genre
- Traditional Pop · Traditional Pop
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation — Song Poems
- "Johnny's Gotta Go" - Label: Preview Records # 1284 - Songwriter: Darrell Zeisler - Traditional pop song poem - Draft - Hollywood, California
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Preview Records Inc. 1284-B (U4KM-6543), light-blue label; "Johnny's Gotta Go" (Darrell R. Zeisler), 2:15, Arthur Music, A.S.C.A.P.; Rodd Keith. [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]