Episode 85: Vietnam War: The Music - A Letter From Long Binh

Welcome home. And welcome back to The Music Museum. This exhibit is called The Vietnam War: The Music. Our mission here at the Music Museum is to support all Vietnam Veterans and those who serve the United States, then and now. We thank you for your service.
This project started with a story I saw on TV in 2018, a story about a soldier, a 23-year-old Army helicopter sniper, who served in the Vietnam War. Before Christmas 1970, he received a Christmas card from a sixth-grader he didn't know. It had a simple message: "Thank you." He said it helped him get through the war. Over the years, he prized the letter and wondered what happened to the little girl who wrote it.
That got me thinking about a letter that I received in 1968 from a soldier serving in Vietnam. I was a disc jockey in Manchester NH playing the hits every night. In July of that year, I got a letter from the soldier requesting that I play three songs dedicated to his girlfriend who was attending college in the area. I played the songs, and that was that. But I saved that letter for 50 years and in 2018, I started to wonder what had happened to that soldier. I tried to locate him, but, so far, I haven’t made contact. The search however continues. In the meantime, an episode was born. It’s called “A Letter From Long Binh.”
Our goal with The Vietnam War: The Music is to honor the fallen and the survivors with the music that got them through “just one more day”. Our shows are broadcast around the world. They say thank you & “welcome home” to all Vietnam Vets. There is no opinion offered on that War. It’s all about the music.
As a tribute to your service and your sacrifice, this is The Vietnam War: The Music. *****
This episode is called “A Letter From Long Binh” *****
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You’ll hear:
1) Dancing In The Street by David Bowie (w/ Mick Jagger)
2) Welcome Home by Country Joe McDonald
3) Still In Saigon by The Charlie Daniels Band
4) Purple Haze by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
5) Sweet Soul Music by Arthur Conley
6) Camouflage by Stan Ridgway
7) Ride My See-Saw by The Moody Blues
8) Green, Green Grass of Home by Porter Wagoner
9) Revival by The Allman Brothers Band
10) Going To a Go-Go by The Miracles (w/ Smokey Robinson)
11) White Room by Cream
12) Ring Of Fire by Johnny Cash
13) Orange Crush by R.E.M.
14) Suavecito by Malo
15) Jolly Green [To the tune of George Hamilton IV's 1963 hit, "Abilene"] by Bull Durham (lead), Robin Thomas, Saul Broudy & Tom Price
16) Blue Monday by Fats Domino
17) I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag by Country Joe & The Fish
18) She's A Woman by The Beatles
19) Sweet Hitch-Hiker by Creedence Clearwater Revival
20) Kansas City by Wilbert Harrison
21) My Little Marine by Jamie Horton
22) Me And Bobby McGee by Janis Joplin
23) All American Country Boy by Alan Jackson
24) Ball Of Fire by Tommy James & The Shondells
25) Sweets For My Sweet by The Drifters
26) Kentucky Woman by Deep Purple
27) Chain of Fools by Aretha Franklin
28) If the Sun Comes Up by Trace Adkins
29) Oye Como Va by Santana
30) Ba Muoi Ba [the name of a Vietnamese-produced beer, which means "thirty-three (now called "333 Premium Export Beer")] by Chuck Rosenberg (lead) & Bill Ellis
31) California Dreamin' by The Mamas & The Papas
32) Once I Was by Gregg Allman
33) Jailhouse Rock by Elvis Presley
34) The Grand Tour by George Jones
35) The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down by Joan Baez
36) God Bless America by Connie Francis