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The Vietnam War Song Project has identified over 100 songs about Lt. Calley and the Mỹ Lai massacre, with music historian Justin Brummer writing in History Today that "The most well-known song defending Calley was the ‘Battle Hymn of Lt. Calley’ (1971), by Terry Nelson, which sold over one million copies". [1]
Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe called it "her most personal song" in 2018. [13] Lee Andresen recounted the story of "My Son" in his book Battle Notes: Music of the Vietnam War. [14] Ken Burns also brought attention to the song in two of his documentaries; 2017's The Vietnam War and 2019's Country Music. In the latter, Burns described the ...
Some anti-war songs lament aspects of wars, while others patronize war.Most promote peace in some form, while others sing out against specific armed conflicts. Still others depict the physical and psychological destruction that warfare causes to soldiers, innocent civilians, and humanity as a whole.
Divided & United: The Songs of the Civil War is a compilation album of American Civil War music recorded by various artists. [1] [2] It was released on November 5, 2013 through ATO Records. The album was produced with the help of music supervisor Randall Poster, whose credits include work with Boardwalk Empire and Moonrise Kingdom. [3]
World War I produced many patriotic American songs, such as "Over There", written by popular songwriter George M. Cohan. Cohan composed the song on April 6, 1917, when he saw some headlines announcing America's entry into the war. [6] Cohan is also famous for penning "Yankee Doodle Dandy," an over-the-top
"Believe," Brooks & Dunn. DOWNLOAD NOW. Country duo Brooks & Dunn tells the story of old man Wrigley, a Navy veteran who has lost his wife and his baby, through the eyes of a young boy.
The Country Music Reader said the song was one of several that "expressed the anger of many hawkish Americans" and "presented country music as the voice of the conservative, pro-war right." [ 16 ] Academic writers have used the song to illustrate specific elements of historical and political concepts.
The song reached No. 1 on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart, where it remained for three weeks. [3] It also charted in the lower regions of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In addition to the studio version of the song, a live version of "The Fightin' Side of Me" was issued as part of Haggard's live album of the same name.