When Johnny Comes Marching Home
1968 · MGM K 13928 SS · Detroit, Michigan
- Artist
- Kim Weston
- Title
- When Johnny Comes Marching Home
- Release
- The Impossible Dream (The Quest) / When Johnny Comes Marching Home
- Year
- 1968
- Label
- MGM # K 13928 SS
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Songwriter
- Marty Paich
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Soul
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation — Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs
Vietnam-era revival of Civil War song
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
MGM Records K 13928 SS – 'SS' (Sound Saturation) suffix means the 45 plays in stereo (Discogs promo note). Track also on LP This Is America (MGM SE-4561, 1968), produced by William 'Mickey' Stevenson, arranged by Marty Paich; LP credits the song 'Adapted By, Arranged By: Marty Paich'. A-side 3:16. MGM K13928 SS (L 622), yellow "Special Disc Jockey Record – Not For Sale" promo label; Avant Garde Music ASCAP, time 2:39; arranged and adapted by Marty Paich; produced by Mickey Stevenson; from the album E/SE 4561. In the MGM "The Greatest Name in Entertainment!" company sleeve. [From the record label]
About the artist
Kim Weston (born Agatha Nathalia Weston, 20 December 1939, Detroit, Michigan) is a soul singer who recorded for Motown from 1961 (including 'It Takes Two' with Marvin Gaye) before moving to MGM in 1967–68 with producer Mickey Stevenson. [Source: Wikipedia]
Themes
In collections
US Domestic Perspective Songs [War Years] · Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs