Jody Can Ease the Pain
1974 · Gator G 1201 · USA
- Artist
- Vernon Garrett
- Title
- Jody Can Ease the Pain
- Release
- Jody Can Ease the Pain / Think People
- Year
- 1974
- Label
- Gator # G 1201
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Bobby Lexing, Earl J. Foster Jr., Miles Grayson
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Soul
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation — Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs
Soul, both sides. A-side: Jody theme - girl lonely, Jody will help. B-side: think about the soldiers Younger generation looking for a better way. Civil Rights, poverty, moon race
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Gator G 1201. Produced by Miles Grayson. Runouts: A 'X-39954 G1201AA D-3', B 'G1201-B DCT-3 X-3995'. B-side Think People (2:41) written by Earl Foster; B-side YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMpAEOf7qns Gator G1201 A, yellow label; Playlist Music BMI, time 2:40; "Miles Grayson Production"; 3009 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles. [From the record label]
About the artist
Vernon Garrett (born 18 January 1933) was a US soul and blues singer who grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, later worked mainly in the San Francisco–Oakland area and lived in Dallas 1986–98. [Source: Pine Bluff Commercial; Discogs]
Themes
In collections
US Domestic Perspective Songs [War Years] · Jody Songs · Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs