This album celebrates African Americans who served in World War II, the Korean War, and the
Vietnam War. African Americans have fought for the United States throughout its history,
defending and serving a country that in turn denied them their basic rights as citizens. Despite
policies of racial segregation and discrimination, African American soldiers played a significant
role from the colonial period to the Korean War. It wasn't until the middle of the 20th century
that African American soldiers began to receive the recognition and equality they deserved.
01. Guitar Slim And His Band - A Letter To My Girlfriend (Jones) Speciality SP-490-45 1954
02. Teddy Reynolds and The Twisters - I Thought The War Was Over (Unknown) Crown CLP 5245 1962
03. Ernest Tucker - Have Mercy, Uncle Sam (Tucker) Jubilee 45-5340 1958
04. Little Bernie and the Cavaliers - Lonely Soldier (Milton) Jove 100 1962
05. Lloyd Price - Mailman Blues (Price) ABC Paramount ABC 277 1959
06. J.B. Lenoir - I'm In Korea (Lenoir) Parrot 802 1954
07. Jerry Butler - A Lonely Soldier (Carter) Abner 1035 1960
08. The Shirelles - Soldier Boy (Dixon, Greenberg) Scepter 1228 1962
09. Luke "Long Gone" Miles - War Time Blues (Redd) Smash S-1755 1962
10. Prince Love & His Royal Knights - Don't Want No War (Stewart) Allah Al-1000 1962
11. The Five Breezes - My Buddy Blues (Gilmore) Bluebird B-8614 1941
12. The Four Fellows - Soldier Boy (Jones, Williams) Glory 45-234 1955
13. Brownie McGhee - Swing, Soldier, Swing (Unknown) Okeh 06472 1941
14. Wee Bea Booze - Uncle Sam Come And Get Him (Grainger) Decca 8619 1942
15. Lightnin Slim - "G I" Slim (West) Excello 45-2169 1959
16. Johnny Moore's Three Blazers - End O' War Blues (McNeil) Exclusive 205 1945
17. The Montells – Soldier Boy (Dell) Golden Crest 582 1963
18. Muddy Waters - She's All Right (Waters) Chess 1537 1953
19. The Illusions - Lonely Soldier (Carman) Mali 104 1962
20. Yank Rachell - Army Man Blues (Unknown) Bluebird B8840 1941
21. Big Bill Broonzy - In the Army Now (Unknown) Okeh 06601 1942
22. Cousin Joe - Desperate G. I. Blues (Reig, Joseph) Savoy 5526 1946
23. "Hot Lips" Page's Hot Seven - Uncle Sams Blues (Unknown) Savoy 605
24. Bobby John - Lonely Soldier (Mayfield) Sony 111 1963
25. Jimmy Witherspoon - Back Home (Witherspoon) Federal 12128 1953
26. The Shondells - Don't Cry My Soldier Boy (Phillips, Simms) King 45-5597 1962
27. Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - The War Is Over (Crudup) RCA Victor 47-5563 1953
28. Ella Fitzgerald - Soldier Boy (Jones, Williams Jnr.) Brunswick 45-05477 1955
