Mr. Khrushchev
1962 · Checker LP 2984 · Chicago, Illinois
- Artist
- Bo Diddley
- Title
- Mr. Khrushchev
- Release
- Bo Diddley
- Year
- 1962
- Label
- Checker # LP 2984
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Songwriter
- Ellas McDaniel
- Genre
- Blues · Electric Blues · R&B
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation — Blues songs
Bo Diddley, famous Electric Blues artist, also associated with Rhythm & Blues and Rock & Roll, born Ellas Otha Bates, on 30 December 1928 in McComb, Mississippi, USA. He released the Cold War track "Mr. Khrushchev" (Checker Records # LP 2984) released just as the Vietnam War was building up, another interesting reflection of the contemporary period which creates context for later, specific Vietnam War songs. The title of course referred to the Russia leader, Никита Хрущев [Nikita Khrushchev], and the lyrics reference the US president, John F. Kennedy. In this case, the narrator wanted to go to war, "I want to go overseas, I want to see Khrushchev", in order to hep the president, "JFK can't do it by his self".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Track A2 'Mr. Khrushchev' (credited E. McDaniel). Mono LP, black label. Producer Ralph Bass; supervised by Phil Chess; engineer Ron Malo; cover Don Bronstein. Published by Arc Music (BMI, misprinted 'BIM' on some label tracks). Lacquer cut at Ter Mar Studios; pressed by Plastic Products; Chess Producing Corp. / Checker Record Corp.
About the artist
Bo Diddley (born Ellas Otha Bates, later McDaniel) was born on 30 December 1928 in McComb, Mississippi, grew up on Chicago's South Side, and died on 2 June 2008 in Archer, Florida. [Source: Wikipedia]