Credited on the record as Lalo Guerrero con El Mariachi Colonial.
No naci pa' soldado
Colonial 533 · Monterey Park, California
- Artist
- Lalo Guerrero
- Credited on the record as
- Lalo Guerrero con El Mariachi Colonial
- Title
- No naci pa' soldado
- Release
- Soldado raso / No naci pa' soldado
- Label
- Colonial # 533
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- Spanish
- Country
- Monterey Park, California, USA
- Songwriter
- Lalo Guerrero
- Genre
- Hispanic Music · Ranchera
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation — Mexican-American / Hispanic Songs
Double war-related single, with "Soldado raso" and "No naci pa' soldado" (Colonial # 533), released in Monterey Park, Califorinia, USA, by Lalo Guerrero - born 24 December 1916, in Tucson, Arizona, USA, and died 17 March 2005, in Rancho Mirage, California, USA. He has the nickname "The Father of Chicano Music". He also released La tragedia del 29 de Agosto / Homenaje a Ruben Salazar about the death of Mexican-American journalist Ruben Salazar, who died while covering the Chicano Moratorium protest march on 29 August 1970, discussed below. Also below, is his single Carta de un soldado.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Colonial 533 (matrix CR-974), P.O. Box 734, Monterey Park, California; Ranchera; written by Lalo Guerrero. Frontera subject tags: complaint, war, soldier.
About the artist
Born 24 December 1916, Tucson, Arizona, USA. Died 17 March 2005, Rancho Mirage, California