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...writes down a song that has been on his mind for years. He copyrights it and sends it to a publisher, where it languishes for months while Sadler plays medic and sings some more in Vietnam. An ABC film crew happens by the camp and records Sadler singing his "Ballad," and he is flown to Saigon to sing for the general. In the hospital (with a leg infection he got from stepping on a poison stick) Sadler "resolved that day to see that America heard my song, even if I had to give it away...
...remember listening to WBZ just over a year ago when Bruce Bradley introduced a new song. he predicted it would be in the top ten within a week. I thought he was crazy; I was wrong. "The Ballad of the Green Berets" sold something over two million copies, and brought fame and fortune to a 26-year-old high school drop-out named Barry Sadler, who has a son called Thor and a smart-aleck grin like that kid in your homeroom who used to shoot craps during morning announcements...
...those 17-hour-day high school students. Tonight's homework: algebra, study for French test, memorize French dialogue, read a chapter on Molière and answer 16 questions, study for history test, write essay on Brotherhood Week, answer four history essay questions, write ballad for English and composition for Creative Writing. Then I am supposed to have time to work on long-range assignments: reading four books in two weeks, working on a term paper and several compositions. Good grief...
Their first significant break with the big beat was Paul McCartney's wistfully beautiful ballad Yesterday, sung to the stately accompaniment of a string quartet. The recording sold 1,800,000 copies, and almost instantly all the shaggies were on the Bach-rock kick. The Beatles followed with another bestseller...
...Ballad Of The Green Berets--Barry Sadler...