A Soldier's Plea
1969 · Specialty 920 · Houston, Texas
- Artist
- The Pilgrim Travelers
- Title
- A Soldier's Plea
- Release
- A Soldier's Plea / Mother Bowed
- Year
- 1969
- Label
- Specialty # 920
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Houston, Texas, USA
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Gospel
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation — Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs
- Gospel, religion, soldier's perspective
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Stock single. Matrix: 7003 (A) / 7004 (B). BMI. No writer credits on Discogs. 'A Soldier's Plea' first issued 1949 on Specialty SP 345 (10" 78, coupled with 'Nothing Can Change Me', Discogs release 10034278). Both sides also on LP The Best Of The Pilgrim Travelers (Discogs master 1006666, 1970).
About the artist
Gospel quartet formed in 1936 in Houston, Texas; moved to Los Angeles in 1942 and recorded hits for Specialty Records c.1948–1950, with leads Kylo Turner and Keith Barber and later Lou Rawls; the original group disbanded in 1956 and James Wafer formed a new version. [Source: Wikipedia]