The Huey Song
1967 · Action 45-1215 · Fort Worth, Texas
- Artist
- Kass Kanui
- Title
- The Huey Song
- Release
- The Huey Song / Alicia
- Year
- 1967
- Label
- Action # 45-1215
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Fort Worth, Texas, USA
- Songwriter
- Frank Burkett
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation — US Military & Veteran Songs
Huey Song, The (Kanui, Kass) Artist from Pennsylvania, USA. Hawaiian descent Served in Air Force as an Airman 1st Class in Guam Song released when he was 23
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Action 45-1215 (MJ 45-023), released 16 February 1967; "A Gilmore Production"; (Frank Burkett), Green Door Music (BMI), 2:06; P.O. Box 9035, Ft. Worth, Texas. Picture sleeve "The Huey Song (A Different Kind of War)", combat cover picture by Bell Helicopter Company. The song celebrates the Bell UH-1 "Huey" helicopter. B-side "Alicia" not war-related. [From the record label and sleeve; Discogs]
About the artist
Pennsylvania native of Hawaiian descent who served in the US Air Force as an Airman 1st Class in electronics on Guam and at Carswell AFB, Texas, entertaining in service clubs and USO units; aged 23 at release, studying electrical engineering on the GI Bill. [Source: record sleeve]