Credited on the record as Rod Rogers with the Film City Orchestra.
The A.D.C.
Film City FC 1071 · Hollywood, California
- Artist
- Rodd Keith
- Credited on the record as
- Rod Rogers with the Film City Orchestra
- Title
- The A.D.C.
- Release
- The A.D.C. / The Six Ninety First
- Label
- Film City # FC 1071
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Hollywood, California, USA
- Songwriter
- Clarence M. Boness
- Genre
- Traditional Pop · Traditional Pop
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation — Song Poems
- Traditional pop, patriotic, both sides - Label: Film City Records # FC 1071 - Artist: Rod Rogers aka Rodd Keith - Songwriter: Clarence M. Boness (both songs) - Released Hollywood, CA - "The A.D.C." - Air Defense Command - Vital job to do to keep our nation free - Watchdogs of the sky, home defense - Guardian of the land, pro-soldier
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
- Traditional pop, patriotic, both sides - Label: Film City Records # FC 1071 - Artist: Rod Rogers aka Rodd Keith - Songwriter: Clarence M. Boness (both songs) - Released Hollywood, CA - "The A.D.C." - Air Defense Command - Vital job to do to keep our nation free - Watchdogs of the sky, home defense - Guardian of the land, pro-soldier - "The Six Ninety First" - Not far from the Gulf of Mexico, if the Six Ninety First unit - Home defense again, Vietnam-era Cold War military focus - Part of the early warning - Sleep good tonight
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Film City (Sunset and Vine), 1485 Vine St., Hollywood 28, Calif., FC 1071-A/B, 45, "A Sandy Stanton Production", Flex Songs, BMI; "The A.D.C." (Clarence M. Boness), 2:10, and on the flip "The Six Ninety First" (Clarence M. Boness), 2:50; both by Rod Rogers with the Film City Orchestra. [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]