Ken Wright and the Palmetto Playboys
While Daddy Is Gone Away
1967 · Travel TRC-5305 · USA
- Artist
- Ken Wright and the Palmetto Playboys
- Title
- While Daddy Is Gone Away
- Release
- While Daddy Is Gone Away / B. Bowman Hop
- Year
- 1967
- Label
- Travel # TRC-5305
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- A. K. Wright
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation — P.O.W. / M.I.A. Songs
Country, home front perspective, M.I.A. 10 year old boys tells man that his father went to Vietnam. But telegram arrived, he's missing in action. Does not mention P.O.W.s
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Travel ("The Sound That Travels"), Record No. TRC-5305 (SO: 4152), 45 RPM, time 2:37; (A. K. Wright); Winall Music Co, BMI; Travel Record Co. Credited "Ken Wright and the Palmetto Playboys". [From the record label]
Themes
In collections
US Domestic Perspective Songs [War Years] · P.O.W. / M.I.A. Songs