Joey's Prayer

Annotation

A double-sided child narrated Vietnam record (Imperial Records # 66273), that also goes down as a Christmas song.& . Both sides written by Jeanne Castle, and produced by Dick Shepp. Little is known of Joey Martin's biography, but he probably came from the US. Released in 1967, the narrator said that he was "just in my teens". In the song "Joey's Prayer", on the a-side, Joey wrote a letter (in the form of a prayer) to his brother, Mike Martin, fighting in Vietnam. It is another song representing the sibling of a soldier, who felt the absence of his brother, particularly during the Christmas festive season.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Annotation — Children on Record

A double-sided child narrated Vietnam record (Imperial Records # 66273), that also goes down as a Christmas song.. Both sides written by Jeanne Castle, and produced by Dick Shepp. Little is known of Joey Martin's biography, but he probably came from the US. Released in 1967, the narrator said that he was "just in my teens". In the song "Joey's Prayer", on the a-side, Joey wrote a letter (in the form of a prayer) to his brother, Mike Martin, fighting in Vietnam. It is another song representing the sibling of a soldier, who felt the absence of his brother, particularly during the Christmas festive season.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Imperial 66273, "Audition Record" promotional labels, "A Product of Liberty Records", Liberty Records, Inc., Los Angeles; "Joey's Letter" (Jeanne Castle), matrix IM-6416, 2:40, and "Joey's Prayer" (Jeanne Castle), matrix IM-6415, 2:10, both Metric Music Co., BMI; "A Gemini Production", produced by Dick Shepp. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes

Christmas · Child · Home Front Perspective · Religion

In collections

Children on Record · Christmas Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]