Daddy Come Home for Christmas
1972 · Today T-1517 · Buffalo, New York
- Artist
- Lucky Peterson
- Title
- Daddy Come Home for Christmas
- Release
- Daddy Come Home For Christmas / Florene
- Year
- 1972
- Label
- Today # T-1517
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Buffalo, New York, USA
- Songwriter
- James Peterson
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Soul
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation — Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs
- Soul, Christmas, Child - please come home daddy - 3 years since you went away - My mama don't understand, doing best she can - It does not mention war, possibly Vietnam-related?
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Producers David Jordan, Patrick Adams; Written-By, Arranged By James Peterson. Published by Patrick Bradley Music Corp. (BMI); Record company Perception Ventures, Inc.; (P) Today Records, Inc. Matrix: T-1517A 11-22-72 / T-1517B 11-22-72. Also track B5 on James & Lucky Peterson LP 'The Father The Son The Blues' (Today, 1972) per soulbluesmusic.com. Today Records T-1517-A, red and yellow peace-sign "Promotion Copy" label; Patrick Bradley Music Corp. (BMI), time 3:10; ℗ 1972 Today Records, Inc., a subsidiary of Perception Ventures Inc. [From the record label]
About the artist
Judge Kenneth 'Lucky' Peterson (born 13 December 1964, Buffalo, New York; died 17 May 2020, Dallas, Texas) was a child prodigy discovered by Willie Dixon at his father James Peterson's Buffalo club, later an internationally touring blues musician based in Dallas. [Source: Wikipedia]
Themes
In collections
US Domestic Perspective Songs [War Years] · Christmas Songs · Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs