A un hijo en Viet Nam
ALADH 1003 · Puerto Rico
- Artist
- Angel Vazquez
- Title
- A un hijo en Viet Nam
- Release
- A un hijo en Viet Nam / Jesus Nazareno
- Label
- ALADH # 1003
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- Spanish
- Country
- Puerto Rico
- Songwriter
- Angel Vazquez
- Genre
- Hispanic Music · Jibaro
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation — Puerto Rican Songs
The song "A un hijo en Viet Nam" ("To a Son in Viet Nam") (ALADH # 1003) by Puerto Rican artist Angel Vazquez, who also released records under the name Angel Vazquez El Rey De Los Jibaritos. He lived in New York and New Jersey and released several records there, in the Jibaro genre - "traditionally played by the eponymous mountain-dwelling Latin American culture that live primarily in Puerto Rico". Jíbaro is used in Puerto Rico to refer to the countryside people.12Sources1Discogs: Angel Vazquez 2↩2Wikipedia: Jíbaro↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Also on the LP "Puerto Rico Traditional Christmas Songs: Aguinaldos de Pasión y Música de Monte Adentro" (ALADH LP-001), red label, 33 1/3 R.P.M.; Cara A track 1: "A Un Hijo En Vietnam" – Aguinaldo, "autor Angel Vazquez". Accompanied by José Antonio Nieves y su conjunto típico. The sleeve notes say Vazquez was born in Jayuya, Puerto Rico, and sang as a trovador on the radio programme "Tribuna del Arte" directed by Rafael Quiñonez Vidal. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Also recorded as Angel Vazquez El Rey de los Jibaritos; lived in New York and New Jersey.