Credited on the record as Rodd Keith and the Raindrops.
Country Boy
1967 · Preview 1281 · Hollywood, California
- Artist
- Rodd Keith
- Credited on the record as
- Rodd Keith and the Raindrops
- Title
- Country Boy
- Release
- Country Boy / I'm the Wife
- Year
- 1967
- Label
- Preview # 1281
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Hollywood, California, USA
- Songwriter
- David Nagele
- Genre
- Traditional Pop · Traditional Pop
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation — Song Poems
- "Country Boy" - Label: Preview Records # 1281 - Artist: Rodd Keith and the Raindrops - Songwriter: David Nagele - Traditional pop, patriotic, K.I.A. - Ramblin Roy, left homeland, sailed across the sea - Fight for what is right, to save democracy - Mum prayed to lord above (religion) - Received a telegram, son is K.I.A. - Gave love for the red, white, and blue (flag)
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Preview Records Inc. #1281-A (U4KM-6323), light-blue label; "Country Boy" (David Nagele), 2:10, Arthur Music, A.S.C.A.P.; Rodd Keith and the Raindrops. [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
Patriotic · K.I.A. · Religion · Flag · Home Front Perspective · Song Poem
In collections
Song Poems · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]