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The song was recorded on March 2, 1965. The song was shown off to Soma Records founder and President Amos Heilicher and he liked it and signed The Castaways on a contract. [5] "Liar, Liar" was the first and only hit single by the Castaways. The song peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1965. [6]
Good Morning, Vietnam is a 1987 American war comedy film written by Mitch Markowitz and directed by Barry Levinson.Set in Saigon in 1965, during the Vietnam War, the film stars Robin Williams as an Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) DJ who proves hugely popular with the troops, but infuriates his superiors with what they call his "irreverent tendency".
"What a Wonderful World" is a song written by Bob Thiele (as "George Douglas") and George David Weiss. It was first recorded by Louis Armstrong on August 16, 1967. In April 1968, it topped the pop chart in the United Kingdom, [3] but performed poorly in the United States because Larry Newton, the president of ABC Records, disliked the song and refused to promote it.
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Arnold McCuller made a version of the song for the soundtrack of the movie The Warriors in 1979. [10] It was later utilized again for the video game adaptation in 2005. [11]In July 1988, following the success of the film Good Morning, Vietnam, the song was re-released in the UK by A&M Records, with James Brown's "I Got You (I Feel Good)" on the flip side.
The music video, however, depicts a couple torn apart by the war in Iraq, which began in 2003 and continues raging to this day. 40. Tony Orlando & Dawn, "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree"
The EP's CD and digital mp3 releases only contain one twenty-minute track to give the feel of a vinyl release. While both the CD and 12" Vinyl releases advertise that the album contains the instrumentals, only the vinyl release actually does, on the B side. The full-length sequel, Good Morning Vietnam 2: The Golden Triangle was released in 2013.