Picture of Carylon Sue
1975 · Stupid BS 415 · USA
- Artist
- Dick Lee
- Title
- Picture of Carylon Sue
- Release
- Blame it On Nixon / Picture of Carylon Sue
- Year
- 1975
- Label
- Stupid # BS 415
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Terry Thomas, Bobby D. Jackson
- Genre
- Traditional Pop · Traditional Pop
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation — Song Poems
- Song poem, traditional pop. Both sides relevant. - Label: Stupid # BS 415 - Songwriter (both sides): Terry Thomas, Bobby D. Jackson - Unknown location. Other Vietnam record by this artist released in Hollywood, CA. - B-side: "Picture of Carylon Sue": P.O.W. - war is over, men coming home from Vietnam. Soldier kept a picture of wife ion his pocket while a P.O.W. Came back to US, wife had left him. He returned a hero, but killed himself
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Themes
P.O.W. · Coming Home · Vet · Dear John Letter · Suicide · Song Poem