The Ballad Of The Green Berets = La Ballata Dei Berretti Verdi / Letter From Vietnam = Lettera Dal Vietnam
Barry Sadler
- Artist
- Barry Sadler
- Label
- RCA Victor
- Catalog number
- 45N 1476
- Format
- 7" · 45 RPM · Mono
- Country
- Italy
- Released
- 1966
- Genre
- Folk, World, & Country
What’s on it
The Ballad Of The Green Berets = La Ballata Dei Berretti Verdi / Letter From Vietnam = Lettera Dal Vietnam has 2 tracks, about 4:58 of music. Open a track to see who wrote, played on and produced it.
ALa Ballata Dei Berretti Verdi = The Ballad Of The Green Berets
- Written-By
- Robin Moore
- BLettera Dal Vietnam = Letter From Vietnam
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Where it came from
The Ballad of the Green Berets was written and performed by Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler, a Special Forces medic who composed the song while recovering from a leg wound sustained in Vietnam. Released in 1966 during the height of American involvement in the conflict, the track served as a pro-military anthem that resonated deeply with a public searching for patriotic assurance. It reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100, becoming a cultural touchstone that underscored the complexities of public sentiment during the mid-sixties.
This specific Italian pressing, released by RCA Victor under the catalog number 45N 1476, reflects the song’s international reach as a piece of Cold War-era pop culture. The design typically features standard RCA label branding of the era, prioritizing the identification of the two tracks as they were marketed to European audiences. While the original recording was intended as a tribute to the Special Forces, the song’s reception remained polarized, mirroring the broader geopolitical tensions of the period.
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