Billboard Performance of Vietnam-Related Singles

Artist	Song	Year	Top Billboard Position
Soldiers Joy	Hawkshaw Hawkins	1959	87
To a Soldier Boy	The Tassels	1959	55
Deck of Cards	Wink Martindale	1959	7
Theres A Star Spangled Banner Waving #2	Red River Dave	1960	64
Seemann (deine Heimat ist das Meer)	Lolita	1960	5
God Bless America	Connie Francis	1960	36
A Cross Stands Alone	Jimmy Witter	1961	89
God, Country and My Baby	Johnny Burnette	1961	18
Greetings (This is Uncle Sam)	Valadiers	1961	89
Soldier Boy	The Shirelles	1962	1
The Big Draft	The Four Preps	1962	61
Where Have All the Flowers Gone	Kingston Trio	1962	21
Detroit City	Bobby Bare	1962	16
Two-Ten-Six-Eighteen	Jimmie Rogers	1963	78
Blowin In the Wind	Bob Dylan	1963	2
We Shall Overcome	Joan Baez	1963	90
Sailor Boy	Chiffons	1964	81
Mr. Lonely	Bobby Vinton	1964	1
Eve of Destruction	Barry McGuire	1965	1
Child of Our Times	Barry McGuire	1965	72
Dawn of Correction	Spokesmen	1965	36
Home of the Brave	Bonnie & Treasures	1965	77
Home of the Brave	Jody Miller	1965	25
Its Good News Week	Hedgehoppers Anonymous	1965	48
There But for Fortune	Joan Baez	1965	50
Toy Soldier	Four Seasons	1965	64
Universal Soldier	Glen Campbell	1965	45
Universal Soldier	Donovan	1965	53
Turn! Turn! Turn!	The Byrds	1965	1
The A Team	SSgt Barry Sadler	1966	28
Ballad of the Green Berets	SSgt Barry Sadler	1966	1
Billy & Sue	B.J. Thomas	1966	34
Coming Home Soldier	Bobby Vinton	1966	11
The Cruel War	Peter, Paul, and Mary	1966	35
Day for Decision	Johnny Sea	1966	45
Distant Drums	Jim Reeves	1966	29
Gallant Men	Everett Dirksen	1966	1
Greetings (This Is Uncle Sam)	The Monitors	1966	100
He Wore the Green Beret	Nancy Ames	1966	89
Homeward Bound	Simon & Garfunkel	1966	5
Last Train To Clarksville	The Monkees	1966	1
Lonely Soldier	Mike Williams	1966	69
Shapes of Things	Yardbirds	1966	11
We Gotta Get Out of This Place	The Animals	1966	13
Where Have All the Flowers Gone"	Johnny Rivers	1966	26
Wish You were Here, Buddy	Pat Boone	1966	49
Alices Restaurant Massacre"- Arlo Gutherie	Arlo Gutherie	1967	97
For What Its Worth	Buffalo Springfield	1967	7
Green, Green Grass of Home	Tom Jones	1967	11
The Beat Goes On	Sonny & Cher	1967	6
Believe In Me Baby Part 1	Jesse James	1967	92
Detroit City	Sonny & Cher	1967	27
Solomon Burke	1967	64
A Letter to Dad	Every Fathers Teenage Son	1967	93
The Letter	Box Tops	1967	1
Open Letter to My Teenage Son	Victor Lundberg	1967	10
Peace of Mind	Paul Revere & The Raiders	1967	42
Requiem for the Masses	Association	1967	100
Somebody to Love	Jefferson Airplane	1967	5
The Windows of The World	Dionne Warwick	1967	32
Ballad of Two Brothers	Autry Inman	1968	48
Dont Cry My Love	The Impressions	1968	71
Does Anybody Know Im Here	The Dells	1968	38
Forget Me Not	Martha Reeves & The Vandellas	1968	93
I Promise to Wait My Love	Martha Reeves & The Vandellas	1968	62
Unknown Soldier	The Doors	1968	39
Goin Up the Country	Canned Heat	1968	11
Kay	John Wesley Ryles	1968	83
Peace of Mind	Nancy Wilson	1968	55
Peace, Brother Peace	Bill Medley	1968	48
Revolution	The Beatles	1968	12
Sky Pilot Part I	Eric Burdon & The Animals	1968	14
Street Fighting Man	The Rolling Stones	1968	48
Tin Soldier	Small Faces	1968	73
Vance	Roger Miller	1968	80
Galveston	Glen Campbell	1969	4
Galveston	Roger Williams	1969	99
All Along the Watchtower	Jimi Hendrix Experience	1969	20
Give Peace a Chance	Plastic Ono Band	1969	14
I Could Never Be President	Johnnie Taylor	1969	48
Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In	Fifth Dimension	1969	1
Color Him Father	The Winstons	1969	7
Compared to What	Les McCann & Eddie Harris	1969	85
Dont It Make You Want to Go Home	Joe South	1969	41
Day Is Done	Peter, Paul, and Mary	1969	21
Fortunate Son	Creedence Clearwater Revival	1969	14
Monster	Steppenwolf	1969	39
Okie From Muskogee	Merle Haggard	1969	41
Color Him Father	The Winstons	1969	7
On Campus	Dickie Goodman	1969	45
One Tin Soldier	The Original Caste	1969	34
The Pledge of Allegiance	Red Skelton	1969	44
Ruby Dont Take Your Love to Town	Kenny Rogers	1969	6
Simple Song of Freedom	Tim Hardin	1969	50
Six White Horses	Tommy Cash	1969	79
Something In the Air	Thunderclap Newman	1969	37
Sweet Cherry Wine	Tommy James & The Shondells	1969	7
Volunteers	Jefferson Airplane	1969	65
America, Communicate With Me	Ray Stevens	1970	45
America/Standing	Five Stairsteps	1970	83
American Woman	Guess Who	1970	1
Ball of Confusion	The Temptations	1970	3
Closer to Home/ Im Your Captain	Grand Funk Railroad	1970	27
Eve of Destruction	Turtles	1970	100
Fightin Side of Me	Merle Haggard	1970	92
Gimme Shelter	Merry Clayton	1970	73
Grover Henson Feels Forgotten	Bill Cosby	1970	70
Heaven Help Us All	Stevie Wonder	1970	9
I Should Be Proud	Martha and the Vandellas	1970	80
Ohio	Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young	1970	14
Peace Will Come (According to Plan)	Melanie	1970	32
Question	The Moody Blues	1970	21
Save the Country	The 5th Dimension	1970	27
Save the Country	Thelma Houston	1970	74
Stoned Love	The Supremes	1970	9
Sunshine	Johnathan Edwards	1970	4
Teach Your Children	Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young	1970	16
War	Edwin Starr	1970	1
What About Me?	Quicksilver Messeger Service	1970	100
We All Have Our Heroes	Bill Anderson	1970	93
Yellow River	Christie	1970	23
Woodstock	Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young	1970	11
Battle Hymn of Lt. Calley	Terry Nelson & "C" Company	1971	37
Bring the Boys Home	Freda Payne	1971	12
Eighteen	Alice Cooper	1971	21
Gimme Shelter	Grand Funk Railroad	1971	61
Id Love to Change the World	Ten Years After	1971	40
Imagine	John Lennon	1971	3
Man In Black	Johnny Cash	1971	58
Military Madness	Graham Nash	1971	73
One Tin Soldier	Coven	1971	34
Peace Train	Cat Stevens	1971	7
Soldiers Last Letter	Merle Haggard	1971	90
Woodstock	Matthews Southern Comfort	1971	23
What the World needs Now Is Love/Abraham Martin and John	Tom Clay	1971	8
Whats Going On	Marvin Gaye	1971	2
Aint Wastin Time No More	Allman Brothers Band	1972	77
Peacemaker	Albert Hammond	1972	80
Standing In for Jody	Johnnie Taylor	1972	74
War Song	Young & Nash	1972	61
Daniel	Elton John	1973	2
Give Me Love, Give Me Peace	George Harrison	1973	1
Steamroller Blues	Elvis Presley	1973	17
Why Me?	Kris Kristofferson	1973	16
The Americans	Byron MacGregor	1974	4
The Americans	Tex Ritter	1974	90
The Americans	Gordon Sinclair	1974	24
Billy Dont Be a Hero	Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods	1974	1
Billy Dont Be a Hero	Paper Lace	1974	96
La La Peace Song	O.C. Smith	1974	62
La La Peace Song	Al Wilson	1974	30
My Country	Jud Strunk	1974	59
There Will Never Be Any Peace	The Chi-Lites	1974	63
You Havent Done Nothin	Stevie Wonder	1974	1
Turn to Stone	Joe Walsh	1975	93

Billboard Performance of Vietnam-Related Singles

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