Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima
"Stars And Stripes On Iwo Jima" | ||||
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Single by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys | ||||
B-side | "You Don't Care What Happens to Me" | |||
Released | May 1945 | |||
Recorded | April 25, 1945 | |||
Studio | CBS, Hollywood, California | |||
Genre | Western swing | |||
Label | Okeh | |||
Songwriter(s) | Bob Wills, Cliff Johnsen | |||
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys singles chronology | ||||
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"Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima" is a 1945 song by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys. The song was Bob Wills' second number one on the Juke Box Folk charts, spending a single week at number one and a total of eleven weeks on the chart.[1] The B-side of "Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima", a song entitled, "You Don't Care What Happens To Me" peaked at number five on the same chart.
Later in 1945, Sons of the Pioneers, peaked at number four on the Juke Box Folk Record chart with their version.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. pp. 392, 395.
Categories:
- American patriotic songs
- 1945 songs
- Bob Wills songs
- Songs of World War II
- 1940s country song stubs