Thank you 
I agree with you that there are a lot of songs from that era that are not necessarily war themed but were nevertheless part of the servicemens’ experiences.
That is why I have also posted several that would fit in that category. I see nothing wrong with it. I think that it gives a person a feel for the music of those times.
I agree.
A song or two which signify that era.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=23UkIkwy5ZM (Cop the cinched waists!)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=PycKSdKG_74&feature=related
Not a Western pop song
http://youtube.com/watch?v=26NkXQvvPMI&feature=related
A bit overdone, but the heart is there
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3FYUXyCQ1no&feature=related
Girl Groups of the 60’s
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow - by The Shirelles (1963)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIP6FSYx0LQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6tjJ7FqfyI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWlsFTL2oqA
Dedicated to the One I Love - by The Shirelles (1961)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd4Tf8IMjX0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSyGR-FKW5s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WlpNMf_t3g
Chapel Of Love - by The Dixie Cups (1964)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGYXytcOLuM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vNq02jhKfY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgyQh-6hysA
Be My Baby - by The Ronettes (1963)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7pmwqDLxU0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzhbGaCwBzs
Do I Love You - by The Ronettes (1964)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vix5Ha7jPEw
Da Doo Ron Ron - by the Crystals (1963)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqgtsai2aKY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRYWlFMmhMc
Then He Kissed Me - by the Crystals (1963)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RNA3lPvD48
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC0wi0whX6s
One Fine Day - by The Chiffons (1963)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8LmTaVrPl8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhm1lIGc67o
The Loco-Motion - by Little Eva (1962)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFojuTZHmkU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt9cnNRCdsk
Le Locomotion - by Sylvie Vartan (live 1962)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEPvb1vHIiw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WX0li3PHpM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxaVHKMoA3s
The Leader of the Pack - by the Shangri Las (1964)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnBaQ4HgmEc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syckLQQBShc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPhDYmy0XkQ
Remember Walkin’ in the Sand - by the Shangri Las (1964)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy8_38U3xLU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Iy8vXjynWA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l20Yxz3NXFc (with Ginger & Gilligan)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANJGTyZ6v_A (with interview)
ALSO:
http://www.ww2incolor.com/forum/showpost.php?p=129739&postcount=2
http://www.ww2incolor.com/forum/showpost.php?p=129950&postcount=14
Ballad of the Green Berets - by SSgt Barry Sadler (1966)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH4-tOqLH94
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tglKP1C7aA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballad_of_the_Green_Berets
“Ballad of the Green Berets” is a patriotic song in the ballad style about the Green Berets, an elite special force in the U.S. Army. It is one of the very few songs of the 1960s to cast the military in a positive light and yet it became a major hit, reaching number one on the Billboard Charts for five weeks in 1966.The song was written by Robin Moore and Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler, while the latter was recuperating from a leg wound suffered as a medic in the Vietnam War. Moore also wrote a non-fiction book, The Green Berets, about the force. … (continues)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Sadler
Barry Sadler (November 1, 1940 – September 8, 1989) was an American author and musician. Sadler served as a Green Beret medic and Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. Most of his works have military themes, and he billed himself under his military rank of Staff Sergeant as SSgt Barry Sadler. … (continues)
Also:
http://www.barrysadler.com/
http://barrysadler.ya.st/
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE2DF1E3DF935A35752C1A96F948260
The Green Berets - Movie 1968 - Opening Credits & Title Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBKTxe51NMc
The Green Berets - Movie 1968 - Closing Scene & Song Finale
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QksTWzzwfEI
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Green_Berets_(film)
The Green Berets is a 1968 film featuring John Wayne, George Takei, David Janssen, Jim Hutton, and Aldo Ray, nominally based on the eponymous 1965 book by Robin Moore, but the screenplay has little relation to the book.Thematically, The Green Berets is strongly anti-communist and pro-Saigon. It was produced in 1968, at the height of American involvement in the Vietnam War, the same year as the Tet offensive against the largest cities in southern Vietnam. John Wayne was prompted by the anti-war atmosphere and social discontent in the U.S. to make this film in countering that. He requested and obtained full military co-operation and matériel from President Lyndon Baines Johnson. The U.S. Army’s strict control of the script’s depictions and equipment were reasons why Columbia Pictures, (who had bought the book’s pre-publication film rights), and producer David L. Wolper, (who also tried to buy the same rights), changed their minds about making The Green Berets themselves.
John Wayne had always been a steadfast supporter of American involvement in the war in Vietnam. He had entertained the soldiers in Vietnam, and wanted The Green Berets to be a tribute to them. He co-directed the film, and turned down the “Major Reisman” role in The Dirty Dozen World War II anti-Nazi commando action movie to do so. The film’s first scene illustrates that contention when Green Beret tour guides at Fort Benning, Georgia, show civilian visitors to the U.S. Infantry School the Soviet- and Chinese-made weapons issued to the soldiers and guerillas of the communist NVA and VC. … (continues)
Hundert Mann und ein Befehl - by Heidi Brühl (1966)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLQg-Mv9Hfg
Heidi Bruhl performing “Hundert Mann und ein Befehl” in 1966 (German version of “Ballad of the Green Beret”)
Also:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcrivAsy8es
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballad_of_the_Green_Berets
A German version (Hundert Mann und ein Befehl), sung by Freddy Quinn and later again by Heidi Brühl had considerable success in Germany. The German version is a song against the war. It rejects any sacrifice, not only for the son, but not even for the father. Freddy Quinn sings the song from the point of view of the reluctant but forced soldier, Heidi Brühl from the point of view of the crying girlfriend of the soldier.
ALSO:
http://www.ww2incolor.com/forum/showpost.php?p=129739&postcount=2
http://www.ww2incolor.com/forum/showpost.php?p=129950&postcount=14
http://www.ww2incolor.com/forum/showpost.php?p=130018&postcount=23
Scott Mckenzie - San Francisco (1967)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jefBWhE6VYk
the orignal is in bad shape. many westpac ships were home ported in san fran including mine. on the last trip of a cruise before going home they played this song over the IC system. we made sure the other ships out there knew we were going home.
The Mama’s and the Papa’s - California Dreamin’ (1965)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=RtVIhDgo_uU
Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron - by The Royal Guardsmen (1966)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxzg_iM-T4E
The Royal Guardsmen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Guardsmen
I’m into Something Good - by Herman’s Hermits (1964)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evpMKx5nrfY
Mrs. Brown you’ve got a lovely daughter - by Herman’s Hermits (1965)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv8k0VI9tBc
I’m a Henry the Eighth I Am - by Herman’s Hermits (1965)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5dK9FNPgA4
Theres a Kind of Hush - by Herman’s Hermits (1967)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y6TpPz3YuQ
Herman’s Hermits
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman’s_Hermits
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman’s_Hermits_discography
Okie From Muskogee - by Merle Haggard (1969)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfyayWe6_oY
Phantom 309 - by Red Sovine (1967)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4HhFY3ljZc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtxU1tddH3Q
Vietnam Deck Of Cards - by Red Sovine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJLXbmLPjbU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFqGpiYPWio
Little Rosa - by Red Sovine (1965)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny-bAKUvRoM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cbyCBO-1JM
Roses for Mama - by Red Sovine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0ELWgMp5Ik
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuRbdfpNsvg
It’ll Come Back - by Red Sovine (1974)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-IHnyR1bqU
Red Sovine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sovine
http://www.redsovine.com/
Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport - by Rolf Harris (1963)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPu-C5vvzU4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D-LmRNdQiQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raYS3RGVdCE
Rolf Harris
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Harris
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tie_Me_Kangaroo_Down%2C_Sport
ALSO:
http://www.ww2incolor.com/forum/showpost.php?p=129739&postcount=2
http://www.ww2incolor.com/forum/showpost.php?p=129950&postcount=14
http://www.ww2incolor.com/forum/showpost.php?p=130018&postcount=23
http://www.ww2incolor.com/forum/showpost.php?p=130068&postcount=24
country joe and the fish
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0jxHB3E710
the Henrix experience
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2qRKy36dL4
The Chambers Brothers - time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nuiIqMQ4sA
Johnny Rivers Secret Agent Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo3Wqf86N4w
theres one from the box tops that i know, anyone know the title?
I remember all these namvet. Navy man eh? I did 3 tours, AirCav.
As the starter of this thread at this point I’d like to thank everyone for posting, enabling me to create a fine piece of CD for long car rides.
Vietnam era rather than Vietnam related, betraying my guilty C&W secret. (Not sure if I posted one earlier.)
Son of a Preacher Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOe5pnOjshI
Gypsies Tramps and Thieves
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWeezUxIzaE
Poke Salad Annie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRF24LY5pvw
Son of Hickory Holler’s Tramp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvffogAhfpQ
Angel of the Morning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbbUWd6zXds
Rose Garden
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etqVnea3PwY
Harper Valley PTA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn4-2qMErgM
Stand by Your Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwBirf4BWew
Thanks! That is the song i’ve been searching for.
Tail end of the Vietnam era: Tex-Mex Country Western.
Ridin My Thumb to Mexico - by Johnny Rodriguez (1973)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzBJYmTFU0k
#1 Country hit / #70 Pop hit (1973)
ALSO:
http://www.ww2incolor.com/forum/showpost.php?p=129739&postcount=2
http://www.ww2incolor.com/forum/showpost.php?p=129950&postcount=14
http://www.ww2incolor.com/forum/showpost.php?p=130018&postcount=23
http://www.ww2incolor.com/forum/showpost.php?p=130068&postcount=24
http://www.ww2incolor.com/forum/showpost.php?p=130422&postcount=27
Ridin My Thumb to Mexico - by Johnny Rodriguez
guy sounds like Merle Haggard. identical