Credited on the record as コリーン・ラベット.
Wait for Me, Sue
1967 · Dot SJET-1093 · Tokyo, Japan
- Artist
- Colleen Lovett
- Credited on the record as
- コリーン・ラベット
- Title
- Wait for Me, Sue
- Release
- 帰らぬ少年兵 / 恋する少年兵 [Freckle-Faced Soldier / Wait for Me, Sue]
- Year
- 1967
- Label
- Dot # SJET-1093
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Tokyo, Japan
- Genre
- Teen Pop · Teen Pop
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Lyrics
English: "Missing in action" the telegram read O' but I know in my heart he can't be dead His heart must beat or mine will die, too
Notes
B-side of the Japanese single only (Dot SJET-1093, Golden Couple Series, also numbered SDOT-1016; Victor Company of Japan). The US single (Dot 16832) has "Go-Go Girl" on the B-side. US issue: Dot 45-16832 (MB-20641), "Ultra High Fidelity" black Dot label dated 2-66; "Freckle-Faced Soldier" (C. Lovett–T. Phillips), Wood River Music Co., ASCAP, time 2:12; Colleen Lovett with Teddy Phillips' Orch.; "Dot Records, Inc., Hollywood, California – A Division of Paramount Pictures Corporation". The Japanese picture sleeve, Dot SJET-1093 (SDOT-1016), "Stereo / Golden Couple Series", bills "帰らぬ少年兵 / 恋する少年兵" ("Freckle-Faced Soldier" / "Wait For Me, Sue") sung by コリーン・ラベット, and its back prints the full English lyrics of both songs: "Freckle-Faced Soldier" tells of an eighteen-year-old who writes home from Vietnam, then never writes again, his mother receiving a medal of honour, while "Wait For Me…
About the artist
Born 3 November 1946, Texas, USA. Currently Los Angeles, USA.
Themes
In collections
US Domestic Perspective Songs [War Years] · P.O.W. / M.I.A. Songs