Posted by Graeme Gigante on November 12, 2025 at 01:22:49:
Veterans’ Day Songs For 5th Hour Theme on Bob Radil’s 60s-70s Show
Hi everyone. I want to start off by saying Happy Veterans’ Day to everyone here and especially to all of you and/or loved ones that have fought and serve. Thank you all for your service! This entire week and everyday we honor all of the Veterans both past and present, especially any of you here and/or any loved ones of yours who served for all of our freedoms. Which is why Steven Green & I in particular have proposed a 5th hour theme especially for all veterans here and beyond with songs that are ideal for this federal holiday. Here are all of my songs for this Friday night’s proposed 5th Hour theme being that it was recently Veterans’ Day. And I have a bunch of them listed from the 1950s throughout the 1980s. They are made to be patriotic ones about either peace or war.
Here it goes:
- This Land Is Your Land
- “The Army Goes Rolling Along” (This song originated in 1908).
- “Stars & Stripes Forever” - John Philip Sousa
- “America The Beautiful”
- The Star-Spangled Banner
- “We Shall Overcome”
- Marines Hymn
- Semper Parartus
- “I’m No Communist” by Lulu Belle & Scotty
- “Get that Communist, Joe” by The Cavaliers
- “Advice To Joe” Roy Acuff
- “Eisenhower Blues” by J.B. Lenoir
- “Uranium Fever” by Elton Britt
- “Atom Bomb Baby” by Five Stars
- “Hydrogen Bomb” by Al Rex
- “Old Soldiers Never Die” by Gene Autry
- “God Please Protect America” by Jimmie Osborne
- “Peace In The Valley”(All the versions of this song by Red Foley, Mahlaia Jackson, and Elvis Presley)
- “Let There Be Peace On Earth” by Jill Jackson, Sy Miller , and/or whoever else’s version you might have of this song.
- “We Shall Overcome”\”Where Have All The Flowers Gone?”
- “Blowin In The Wind” by Bob Dylan
- “Give Peace A Chance” by John Lennon
- “Fortunate Son” by Credence Clearwater Revival (AKA CCR)
- “Eve Of Destruction” by Barry McGuire (And also the version I believe was by the Turtles from the same year if you have that one)
- “For What It”s Worth” by Buffalo Springfield
- “Respect” by Aretha Franklin
- “Bring Em Home” by Peter Seeger
- “War” by Edwin Star
- “We Shall Overcome” by Chris Albert Tindley
- “Draft Resister” by Steppenwolf
- “I Ain’t Marching Anymore” by Phil Ochs
- “I Feel Like I’m Fixing To Die Rag”
- “Masters Of War” by Bob Dylan
- “Mississippi Goddam” by Nina Simone
- “Ohio” by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
- “Times Are A Changing” by Bob Dylan
- “Unknown Solder” by The Doors
- “Universal Soldier” by Buffy Sainte Marie.
- “Handsome Johnny” by Richie Havens
- “There But For Fortune” by Phil Ochs
- “Soldier Boy” by the Shirelles
- “What’s Going On” by Marvin Gaye
- “I’d Love To Change The World” by Ten Years After
- “Billy Don’t Be A Hero” by Bo Donaldson
- “Ain’t That America” by John Mellencamp
- “Born In The U.S.A” Bruce Springsteen
- “Russians” by Sting
- “99 Luftballons” by Nina (The longer version would be nice to hear)
- “Sunday Bloody Sunday” by U.2.
- “Invisible Sun” by The Police
- “Two Tribes” by Frankie Goes To Hollywood
- “Land Of Confusion” by Genesis
- “War Pigs” by Black Sabbath
- “God Bless The U.S.A.” by Lee Greenwood
- “Freedom” by Wham!
- “Pride (In The Name off Love)” by U2
- “Civil War” by Guns N’ Roses
- “Living In America” by James Brown
- “Back In The U.S.A” by Chuck Berry
- “All American Boy” by Bill Parsons
- “Battles Hymn of the Republic” by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
- “This Land Is Your Land” by Woody Guthrie
- “Simple Song Of Freedom” by Bobby Darin
- “Ragged Old Flag” by Johnny Cash
- “God Bless America Again” by Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty
- “Last Train To Clarksville” by the Monks
- “Born In The U.S.A.” by Bruce Springsteen
- “Rockin’ In The U.S.A.” by Kiss
- “R.O.C.K. in The USA” by John Mellencamp
- “Red, White, & Blue” by Lynyrd Skynyrd
- “Kids In America” by Kim Wilde
- “We’re An American Band” by Grandfunk Railroad
- “America” by Simon & Garfunkel
- “God Bless America” by Irving Berlin
- “A Heartsick Soldier On Heartbreak Ridge” by Multiple Artists Including Ernest Tubb, Gene Autry, and many others
- “I’m In Korea” by L.B. Lenoir
- “Old Soldiers Never Die” by Gene Autry
- “Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town” by Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
- “Us & Them” by Pink Floyd
- “Galveston” by Glenn Campbell
- “Good Night Saigon” by Billy Joel
- “For Whom The Bell Tolls” by Metallica
- “Walking On A Thin Line” by Huey Lewis & The News (A song whose music video recently resurfaced in part on a social media clip earlier today by the way and gave me the idea to include this song on the list).
So far, while this is such a relatively long list, I know that between the time I’ve posted all of my ideas for songs for Friday night’s Veterans’ Day 5th hour theme, I know that more songs from anywhere between the 50s-the 80s will pop up and resurface in my mind that I might have forgotten about and especially if they’re still relatively popular ones we still hear every so often every place else on the radio. And when/if any more of them do, I will add them to one or more follow up suggested lists of songs in response to this post. And if anyone else here has any ideas for songs in mind that fit the theme, whether they’re ones I might’ve missed and can beat me to it, or has any songs in mind that I’ve probably never heard (or even heard of) before, feel free to list them in your response/comments down below. And hope this helps !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you all!