Credited on the record as Salvador Najera Con Los Molinas Del Norte.
Un gran soldado
Onica OR-1009 · USA
- Artist
- Salvador S. Najera
- Credited on the record as
- Salvador Najera Con Los Molinas Del Norte
- Title
- Un gran soldado
- Release
- Un gran soldado / Esta es mi noche
- Label
- Onica # OR-1009
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- Spanish
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Salvador Najera
- Genre
- Hispanic Music · Corrido · Norteño
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation — Mexican-American / Hispanic Songs
The song "Un gran soldado" ("The Great Soldier") (Onica OR-1009) - unknown biographical details of this artist and record label, and could potentially be Mexican, rather than Mexican-American. It was about a 20 year soldier killed in action (K.I.A.) in the Vietnam War.1Sources1UCLA Frontera Collection: Un gran soldado 0↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Discos Onica OR-1009 (B-side OR-1010 "Esta Es Mi Noche", written by Daniel M. Gonzales); 2:54. Tribute to a 20-year-old soldier killed in Vietnam. Frontera spells the group Los Mollinas Del Norte. No date or address.