A Viet Nam
1970 · Elegante LPP-121 · Caguas, Puerto Rico
- Artist
- Moralito
- Title
- A Viet Nam
- Release
- Jíbaro de tierra adentro
- Year
- 1970
- Label
- Elegante # LPP-121
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- Spanish
- Country
- Caguas, Puerto Rico
- Genre
- Hispanic Music · Jibaro
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation — Puerto Rican Songs
The song "A Viet Nam" ("To Vietnam") (Elegante Records # LPP-121) by Moralito, born 20 June 1924, in Caguas, Puerto Rico, died 21 July 1988, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. No date is on the record, although copyright was established in 1970.1 Additionally, the song appeared on the VA compilation Asi es nuestra navidad. His brother Ramito also released a Vietnam War song: "Recuerdos de Vietnam", below. This is played 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.2.Sources1Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series (Library of Congress. Copyright Office, 1970)↩2Wikipedia: Jíbaro↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
No date on the record; copyright 1970. Also on the compilation Asi es nuestra navidad.
About the artist
Moralito - born 20 June 1924, Caguas, Puerto Rico; died 21 July 1988, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Brother of Ramito.